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SKAla

Corrosion protection of weld seams in heavily loaded marine structures

The preparation and coating of weld seams is a decisive, but also laborious and expensive working step for the corrosion protection of marine structures.

The following issues are addressed in the SKAla project: 

  • Development of the application of the emission-free treatment of weld seams with lasers on marine structures.
  • Introduction of a procedure for the application of a weld seam-tolerant coating system under production conditions. 
  • Investigations of the interactions between laser-treated weld seams & protection performance of the developed coating.

Fundings:

Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

Main partners:

Fraunhofer IFAM, cleanLaser, Sherwin Williams, TU Hamburg, Hermann Maschinenbautechnologie

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Tom Marquardt

Optimizing weld seam protection in marine structures

Development and evaluation of an emission-free laser treatment process for weld seams, combined with weld-tolerant coating systems under production conditions.

Figure 1

An example of a crack in a weld seam in a tank.

Figure 2

Prepared steel samples with weld seams in Muehlhan’s laboratory.

Figure 3

Samples with stripe coated weld seams for accelerated ageing testing and for offshore site testing, coated in Muehlhan’s laboratory.

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