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What Causes Waste Heat Boiler Corrosion Within Smelting Furnaces and How Can it be Prevented?

Non-Ferrous pyrometallurgical plants across the globe rely on smelting furnaces to extract copper, nickel, lead, and zinc which are subsequently used in a wide variety of manufacturing processes. Renowned for their efficiency and speed, these assets need to be carefully maintained to operate at maximum capacity. Waste Heat Boilers (WHB) suffer from high-temperature sulfidation leading […]

Integrated Global Services (IGS) Acquires Amstar

RICHMOND, VA – Integrated Global Services, Inc. (IGS, www.integratedglobal.com), a leading provider of thermal spray surface protection solutions and portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company (“JFLCO”), is pleased to announce it has acquired GE Steam Power’s on-site thermal spray coatings technology , AmStar. AmStar’s 888 material and related corrosion- and erosion-resistant […]

Integrated Global Services (IGS) Invests through the Pandemic, Welcomes Industry Experts

Integrated Global Services (IGS, www.integratedglobal.com), the global leader in surface protection for mission-critical equipment, is pleased to announce the recent hire of a number of experienced executives and operational staff in North America and Asia. North America Mark Smith and William Nixon joined the North American organization with over 30 years of experience protecting critical assets […]

Boiler Cladding: Cutting Corners is no Longer the Norm!

When power boilers are experiencing erosion, corrosion or fouling, boiler operators rely on thermal spray and weld overlay companies to consistently solve these problems ensuring boiler’s lasting reliability. How Can Tube Leaks be Avoided? Tube leaks can cause the plant to drop 25% in its baseline profitability. Such losses are unacceptable to the operator. So […]

Keeping the Lights on in the Middle of the Pandemic

This critical maintenance project was completed at an international paper making company’s flagship US mill with state-of-the-art technologies utilized in their paper making process. Kevin Phillips, IGS Industrial Applications Project Management Expert, commented: “This was the cleanest paper mill I have worked in in 24 years. Usually, you have black liquor and smelt all over […]