New Subsea Fastener Coating from British Everlube Products

It is no doubt that trying to prevent the premature failure of subsea bolts is very important, as any failure may lead to oil/gas leakage in offshore installations. Many tests for corrosion resistance have been done on the new Everlube 1174® coating developed by Everlube Products, a subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright. According to the testing results, the Everlube 1174® with high dielectric strength and excellent insulation, is a low VOC, low-friction, load bearing, thin film, resin-bonded, corrosion-resistant, thermoset PTFE coating and can provide 1,500 hours of salt spray protection when applied over a phosphate pre-treatment, 2,500 hours over Zinc plating, and 5,000 hours over a Cermet basecoat. These subsea bolting system can also come into contact with various chemicals which are present in seawater or in oil extraction equipment. Everlube 1174® can resist all current hydraulic fluids used in the oil and gas industry.