Wencon Exports Epoxy Based Repair Concept
Wencon from Denmark, who are primarily known for providing epoxy-based repair kits for emergency repairs aboard the world’s merchant fleet, have during 2009 focused on finding, training and certifying marine-oriented workshops, in some of the world’s major ports around the world, to perform durable repairs with epoxy.
To date, twelve workshops have been certified, and March 2010 a workshop in Italy will be added to the list. The goal for 2010 is to certify an additional eight workshops around the world, and to inform customers of the opportunities which now exist. “Our goal is to have a certified workshop in all the ports in the world where our customers usually get repairs done,” says Managing Director John T. Nielsen.
Choosing for instance to refurbish a seawater filter with Wencon it will, when done correctly, retrieve both its initial durability and functionality and typically at a fraction of the cost of a new spare part. Often the refurbished part is even better than new, since epoxy protects against wear and galvanic corrosion. Furthermore it is much easier and faster to mount back the refurbished part then adapting a new one.
“Most of the workshops have made a good start and have some tasks already, but we and they can do much better. There are plenty of repair jobs out there, especially in these times where focus is on keeping operational costs down” concludes John T. Nielsen.