HARD FACING STOPS CABLE PARTING

The problem of heavy mooring buoy chains that wore through in less than a year at a North African port and were a constant damage threat to oil tanker loading pipelines was solved by welding friction and corrosion resistant hardfacing underlays in a two-stage operation. Badly worn areas were first built up with a chrome-moly type electrode for welding low alloy steels. A final overlay has excellent resistance to friction, abrasion, and corrosion. No accident has happened since then, and wear has been reduced.

• Corporate Authors:

  Spearhead Publications Limited

  2 Fife Road
  Kingston-on-Thomas S, urrey,   England 
• Publication Date: 1968-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 130-131
• Serial:
  • Tanker and Bulk Carrier
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Terminus Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance; Mechanical failure; Single point moorings; Welding
• Old TRIS Terms: Cable failure; Spm maintenance and repair; Welding techniques
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056591
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM