Chesterton® E-Books
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ARC Surface Preparation Guide for Industrial Coatings: Concrete and Metal Surfaces
This e-book takes you through the best steps to prepare your metal and concrete surfaces for the application of industrial coating. From cleanliness and contamination to blasting, learn it all here! Download now.
Benefits of Non-Metallic Wear Rings for Heavy Duty Hydraulic Cylinders and Presses
This e-book explains learn why using high performance, non-metallic wear ring solutions can help reduce the impact of transverse force on your cylinders. Download now.
Addressing Wear and Abrasion of Metals in the Mining Industry
This e-book highlights specific best practices to help protect metal equipment and structures from the harsh conditions and 24/7/365 demands of the mining and ore processing environment. Download now.
Tech Tips to Seal Low E Valves
Reducing emission levels can be tough, but it is key to saving your plant money. This guide will help you succeed in sealing your Low E valves to required levels and help keep profits in your pipes. Download now.
How to Extend the Life of Older Wood-Based Panel Hydraulic Presses
This e-book will help maintenance, operation, production, and EHS managers learn how high-performance sealing solutions/upgrades can cost effectively extend the life of older presses. Learn how upgrading cylinder sealing can pay off in reliability and long asset life. Download now.
Using Split Seals to Save on Maintenance Costs
Seal maintenance on large rotary equipment such as pumps can be a time-consuming and costly exercise. This e-book guides you through the benefits of using split seals on large pump applications and addresses how the technology can save time and money on maintenance tasks. Learn about the many application areas where split seals can be used. Download now.
White Paper: Kaplan Seals – Steps to Improve Runner Blade Trunnion Sealing
With Kaplan turbines, runner blade trunnion seals play a key role in maintaining reliability, efficiency, and protecting the environment from oil seepage. A survey conducted among Kaplane turbine owners found that inefficient or failed blade trunnion seals cause more than 60% of Kaplan turbine Leakage. In this paper, we address best practices around selecting, installing, and supporting Kaplan runner blade trunnion seals to maximize your investments and efforts. Download now.
The Impact of Sealing Systems on the Energy Efficiency of Pumps
Sealing systems can be one of the largest energy drains if not managed correctly. Learn how various seal support systems impact energy consumption, and which applications will yield the largest energy efficiency savings. Download now.
Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems: Using Protective Coatings to Reduce Energy Demands
In this e-book learn how FGD assets can be protected with advanced surface enhancement coating technologies and how this effort can increase plant equipment reliability as well as the overall energy efficiency of the entire flue gas desulfurization plant. Download now.
Six Steps to Increase Pump Packing Reliability in Mining & Ore Processing
In mining operations, small improvements in uptime can have a major impact on profitability. This e-book provides specific ways to increase uptime through more reliable pump packing. Download now.
