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DoubleShield 3.3

The anticorrosion tape “Metalnastri DoubleShield 3.3” is a new concept of technology based on a double active-passive protection barrier. The product is a compound between two different layers of material: a sacrificial anode as inner layer and a sealing membrane as outer layer. The result is an unique and effective product that provides active protection to the metal surface that has to be covered with, and a physical-chemical passive protection. “Metalnastri DoubleShield 3.3” is a free solvent and environmentally friendly. It is designed to protect permanently underground structures, providing protection for the life-span of the same and virtually avoiding any future maintenance.

DESCRIPTION

The product “Metalnastri DoubleShield 3.3” is a coupling between an electro-conductive adhesive laminar zinc tape with the main purpose of active protection, and a self-adhesive membrane made from a polymer-modified bitumen with a HDPE carrier foil that performs as external sealing, working as a barrier for physical and chemical protection.

FEATURES

Active protection: is provided by the sacrificial action of the high purity laminated zinc (>99.95%) by its electro-conductive adhesive which ensures a positive electric connections between the metal substrate and the zinc so that it can act as a sacrificial galvanic anode.

Passive protection: is given by the top coat bonded to the zinc foil, this is composed of a membrane made from a polymer-modified bitumen with HDPE carrier foil which bonds in an excellent way to the zinc, sealing and protecting it against any external attack and any mechanical damages

Chemical protection: the special composition of the outer coat provides a resistance to all the aggressive substances that naturally occur in soils.

MAIN USES

Metalnastri DoubleShield 3.3 is used mainly for:

  • underground pipes;
  • steel pole for the public lighting;
  • underground steel storage tanks;
  • joining under and above-ground steel structures

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ACTIVE PROTECTION

An anticorrosion protection by means of insulating coating ( paintings, plastics, rubber and so on) achieves exclusively a passive protection of the surface.
DoubleShield 3.3 coating with electro-conductive adhesive, manufactured by Metalnastri, represents an effective step ahead in the technique of protection against spontaneous corrosion phenomena of whichever metal structure. The DoubleShield 3.3’s inner layer ensures a positive electrical connection between the metal substrate and the zinc , through the specially formulated electro-conductive adhesive.
The high dissolution tension of zinc tape and its fixing to the steel surface by means of binder in the electro-conductive film permits, whenever in some areas there is a lack of coating or whenever an electrolyte infiltrates between the metal structures and the zinc tape, the immediate formation of a galvanic cell, in which, the zinc becomes an anode dissolving itself and protecting the metal structure (cell cathode). In this case the product realizes an “active protection” of the metal surface.
The complete homogeny and isotropy of the zinc lamina avoid, all along the superficial development, the presence of variations of dissolution tension: it has a very low auto-corrosion consumption.

PASSIVE PROTECTION

DoubleShield 3.3’s outer layer is a self-adhesive bituminous sealing membrane cold-applied, that is a self-adhesive, flexible, crack-bridging made from polymer-modified bitumen with HDPE carrier foil on one side.
It is used for underground structures permanently against ground moisture (capillary water, retained water) non-accumulating seepage water.
The self-adhesive bituminous sealing membrane with HDPE carrier foil affords immediate resistance to water and driving rain, is flexible, tear-resistant and cold-bending. It is environmentally friendly and is resistant to all aggressive substances that occur in soils. It does not contaminate ground water.

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