ENECON Blog and Articles

A 20-year-old commercial fishing boat propeller shaft in Agadir, Morocco was suffering from severe erosion. Replacement shafts would have cost in excess of $15,000, but ENECON's DurAlloy and Read More...

The stainless steel impeller of a large wastewater treatment facility pump was suffering from severe cavitation. With no solution in sight, the facility’s engineers needed a fast, reliable and cost-effective repair. Learn what ENECON was able to ... Read More...

Constant exposure to salt water rendered this pump useless to the Panama Canal tugboat it was onboard. The Panama Canal Authority had 2 choices; replace the pump for thousands of dollars or repair it for a fraction of the cost. They chose to repair the pump with CeramAlloy ... Read More...

When chillers are opened for their annual maintenance and cannot be resealed, ENECON has the solution. Corrosion can occur by the turbulent water inside chillers. There can be waste, salt or other foreign substance that will cause corrosion to ... Read More...

In the marine industry, everything below the waterline is subject to accelerated wear due to erosion and corrosion. Fighting the effects of erosion and corrosion in a marine environment is one of the most challenging issues a vessel owner faces on a daily ... Read More...

Circulating pumps are often used to circulate elements in a closed circuit. This large salt water circulating pump at a utility company was damaged from years of use. Some of the stationary guide vanes in the pump had to be cut away because ... Read More...

Everyone knows the saying, “If it aint broke, don’t fix it”. This type of mentality will save money in the short term, but can allow for larger complications to arise in the future. That is why most facilities and operations will have a schedule for ... Read More...

Any machinery operating in fresh, salt or brackish water is at risk from corrosion and the effects can be costly. Now imagine if you had the regulations of a nuclear facility. This industry has some of ... Read More...

The main purpose of a pump is to move fluid. If a pump has to be shut down for repair or maintenance, it could be detrimental to a facility or operations. ENECON has repaired and protected countless pumps with CeramAlloy. It is ... Read More...

Water is an essential part of everyday life on earth. It is also a necessity for many industries that use water for heating, cooling, processing, producing power, and so much more.

However, the same water ... Read More...

Ships need to operate efficiently at all times. One part of the ship that is paramount for efficiency is the propeller shaft. If a shaft is worn, pitted or corroded it may not operate correctly. This causes the ship to have less power, increase ... Read More...

These wicket gates for a Francis turbine direct high flowing water so that it hits the turbine blades at the most efficient angle. When not properly protected, these wicket gates suffer from constant erosion / corrosion. The majority of companies will discard their worn out wicket gates and then purchase very expensive new gates for their Francis turbine.

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Major problems can cause catastrophic damages to a facility’s operations. The accumulative cost of: repairs, labor, and downtime can add up.

This 24 inch diameter intake pipe, located at a U.S. Power Plant, was leaking above the ground just below the disc valve. The plant’s maintenance engineers needed a proven, reliable and economical solution to fix this ... Read More...

Drip. Drip. Drip. Quarter-sized holes.

Ship decks have aqueous firefighting foam (AFFF) stations that are used for fire fighting. The foam is, however, corrosive and can make holes in the decks. Right beneath those holes tends to be important rooms or tanks. They certainly wouldn’t want something dripping onto a person or equipment.

The holes are expensive to weld. ... Read More...