In the cement industry, water is critical – especially reprocessed water used for cooling and dust suppression. When a feed pipe carrying this water fails, downtime can be costly.

SCOPE

The customer advised that they had a leak in a stainless-steel feed pipe that was carrying reprocessed water. The pipe is used in preparing paste in the cement plant.

SOLUTION

The customer reduced the line pressure and then cleaned and roughened the damaged area. The leak was stemmed with Rapp-it Steel Putty and a Rapp-it Pipe Repair Bandage was applied over the top. The line was up and running at full capacity, 30 minutes after application.