Restoring a Community Landmark While Ensuring Safe and Reliable Water Storage

February 4, 2025By induronCoatings, Project Spotlight, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: Steve Freed,  Induron Regional Manager In the fall of 2024, U.S. Tank Painting completed the recoating of a 1.2-million-gallon standpipe owned by New Jersey American Water. The project’s success was hard-earned, overcoming a unique set of challenges involving metal repairs, comprehensive interior and exterior blasting with containment, and the added difficulty of working within … Read More

Project Spotlight: VCSFA Wallops Island Deluge Tank Coating

July 30, 2024By induronCoatings, Induron, Project Spotlight, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: Steve Freed, Induron Regional Sales Manager The construction and coating of a new 283’-3 ¼” high deluge tank at Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority’s (VCSFA) Wallops Island Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA, showcases a remarkable collaboration among various specialized parties. Pittsburg Tank & Tower served as the tank manufacturer and erector, while Corrosion … Read More

Questioning our Assumptions about Primers in Immersion and their Place in the Water Industry: A Brief, Plain English Summary

September 6, 2023By adminInduron, Induron In the News, Uncategorized, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: William Seawell, Technical Service Manager In July 2023 Materials Performance Magazine published a white paper sponsored by Induron Coatings detailing various technical reasons that the common engineering understanding about the galvanic mechanism of action in organic urethane zinc primers deserves re-examining at the systemic level.  

A New Look for TL-70

August 1, 2023By adminCoatings, Induron, Induron In the News No Comments

By: Andy Odorzynski, Induron National Sales Manager Coatings for the water tank industry have undergone major changes in recent years. The implementation of NSF-600, supply chain woes, and new technological innovation have all come together to result in a more rapidly changing set of linings than the industry has seen for quite some time. While … Read More