©2008 Sponge-Jet Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Removing Fire Damaged Coatings in Power Plant Mill fire damaged paint on pulverized fuel line Blast area covered.

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Removing Fire Damaged Coatings in Power Plant

• Mill fire damaged paint on pulverized fuel line

• Blast area covered with simplistic containment to capture the Sponge MediaTM for recycling

• Paint is usually removed by scrapers and hand tools

• Conventional blasting not acceptable due to potential dust contamination to nearby rotating equipment

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Removing Fire Damaged Coatings in Power Plant

• Burned paint removed using Silver 30 Sponge MediaTM abrasive;

• Media recycled 8-10 times

• 62.5micron (2.5 mil) profile with SA2.5(NACE 2) Near White Blast Cleaning

• Low blast pressure 4.1bar (60psi) to control rebound

in confined area

• Project completed in one day (Sponge Media) vs. 3-4 days (hand tools)

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640 Removing Fire Damaged Coatings in Power Plant

• Burned paint removed using Silver 30 Sponge MediaTM abrasive;

• Media recycled 8-10 times

• 62.5micron (2.5 mil) profile with SA2.5(NACE 2) Near White Blast Cleaning

• Low blast pressure 4.1bar (60psi) to control rebound in confined area

• Project completed in one day (Sponge Media) vs. 3-4 days (hand tools)