Tyhoo Internal FBE Coating Qualified by Shell
2021-08-17 16:06 admin
December 2016, Yulong Tyhoo Pipe Coating Co., Ltd (hereinafter Yulong Tyhoo), a subsidiary of Tyhoo Group and the fisrt large-diameter pipe internal primed FBE coating production line in China, has successfully passed Shell’s Qualification assessment for internal primed FBE coating and became a qualified supplier of Shell.
During the assessment, Shell conducted a systematic audit to Yulong Tyhoo’s quality management system and HSE management system and witnessed production demonstration of internal primed FBE coating and offline lab testing according to Shell standard DEP 31.40.30.39-GEN February 2012 “Internal Fusion-Bonded Epoxy Powder Coating For Water Injection Line Pipe”.
During the assessment, Yulong Tyhoo has applied internal primed FBE for 20inch (508mm) size pipe with TAFF-523 as primer and TAFF-837 as topcoat FBE. Both the primer and FBE are specially designed and produced by Newsun Chemical, a subsidiary company of Tyhoo Group, specializing in producing all types of anti-corrosion materials for line pipe, drill pipe, OCTG and steel structures.
During the assessment, lots of tests were conducted to both coating materials and applied coatings in Yulong Tyhoo’s laboratory, and had shown excellent performance through all kinds of experiments.
Shell also expressed the interest and intention of introducing pipe internal primed FBE coating with internal field joint coating into Shell’s future projects as a complete internal coating protection solution for pipelines.