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Removal of Underground Earthing Facilitates Increased Corrosion Protection to Pipelines

Removal of underground earthing facilitates increased corrosion protection to pipelines Candice Blackney, Select Solutions The pipeline industry is very collaborative in terms of cathodic protection, as everyone’s protection systems can affect each other’s assets detrimentally and end up inadvertently causing corrosion. Therefore, when a water authority wanted to increase the current output of their protection system,...

Six decades of corrosion technology innovation part 3

Six decades of corrosion technology innovation part 3 With thanks to Warren Green, Greg Moore and Les Boulton for their contributions to this article. From the earliest days of the Australasian Corrosion Association, it was well known that structures and materials deteriorate (corrode) over time. It was also recognised that new technologies and new materials...

Treatment of Rusted Surfaces

Treatment of Rusted Surfaces R A Francis, R A Francis Consulting Services It is generally accepted that, for maximum protection, paints must be applied to surfaces which are entirely free from rust and other contamination. This is especially true of modern high performance coatings such as epoxies, inorganic zinc silicates, etc where abrasive blasting to...

Protective coatings – a guide to project delivery

Protective coatings – a guide to project delivery J. Rigby, Remedy Asset Protection This article aims to present a description of the asset maintenance industry and how the various intermediaries fit into the larger picture. Many of you are experienced in designing, engineering, protective coatings or project delivery, however many professionals and contractors tend to operate in...

60 years on, the ACA still fights the good fight part 2

60 years on, the ACA still fights the good fight part 2 As our Association starts its seventh decade, it is interesting to reflect on the achievements and advances the ACA has made in the continuing fight to minimise the impact of corrosion.  

New technology from Hempel improves zinc-rich epoxy primers

New technology from Hempel improves zinc-rich epoxy primers Hempel have developed a new technology that they claim improves the corrosion protection of traditional zinc-rich epoxy (ZRE) primers,which can still be applied using the same application techniques. This technology is called AvantGuard® and is said to make the metallic zinc pigment more active by combining it...

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Branch Awards

Reg Casling Award (South Australia) The Reg Casling Award is open to all students undertaking an undergraduate degree or TAFE course where the subject of corrosion is the main focus of study. The award is granted for the best academic performance in South Australia.  The recipient must be a current member of the ACA (student...

The Victor Nightingall Award

The Victor Nightingall Award was established in 1998 by the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) in honour of Victor Nightingall. Victor Nightingall (1881-1947) was a leading 20th Century Australian scientist and inventor based in Melbourne. He invented and patented the world’s first inorganic zinc silicate coating and founded the inorganic zinc coating industry in the 1940s. The award is given to recognise distinguished achievement in the development, manufacture or application of protective coatings or advancement of the protective coatings industry.

Honorary Membership

Members who have been awarded Honorary Membership are listed below Tony Betts William Denholm Bill Hayter PJ Hill Peter Hosford Phil Jack Peter Knuckey John McCoy Jim McMonagle Dennis Richards Graham Robilliard Gordon Stewart Robert Thomson John Tanti

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