Linings

Picture Yourself As The Plant Manager In One Of The Many Industries That Relies On Specialty Alloys, Glass Linings, Or Other Corrosion-resistant Materials To Protect Your Equipment And Keep Your Production Running On Schedule. You’ve Just Gone Into Shut Down For Annual Maintenance. Your Inspection Team Informs You That Your Critical Process Vessel Is Shot And Needs To Be Replaced. Not What You Wanted To Hear, Obviously.

When Working With Chemicals, The Job Of A Lining Is To Either Stop The Chemicals From Eating Through Their Containment Or To Stop The Container Itself From Contaminating The Chemicals Within. In The First Case, We’re Fighting Chemical Corrosion And Permeation. In The Second, We’re Protecting Chemicals That Require Ultra High Purity To Be Effective.

PVDF Offers Excellent Chemical Corrosion And Permeation Protection In A Wide Variety Of Applications. It’s Very Effective Against Chlorinated And Brominated Solvents. It’s Very Malleable And Easily Shaped. When Bound To A Substrate, Depending On The Chemicals Involved, It’s Thermally Stable In Temperatures Up To 230°F. It Comes In A Range Of Sheets And Resins And Is Significantly Less Costly Than Other Fluoropolymers Or Exotic Metal Alloys.