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Iso 12944 PDF
Iso 12944 PDF
Iso 12944 PDF
It should be noted, that because of the approval given by the European committee,
this standard will replace existing national standards such as BS5493 and DIN
55928.
The main problem I see at the moment is that it appears unlikely that the US based
specifying houses will use the specification, but will continue to use SSPC and
NACE guidelines.
ISO 12944 states that it is designed for use by engineers who have some technical
knowledge in the area of corrosion protection, as well as knowledge of other
relevant specifications.
Many will find the durability ranges to be extremely useful - this is the estimated time
to first major maintenance. This needs to be agreed between the interested parties
with reference to ISO 4628/1 to ISO 4628/5. It should always be realised that much
less effort is required to maintain a coating which has broken down to Ri2 than one
which has broken down to Ri3, for example.
and are assuming the coating has reached a breakdown level of Ri3.
(It is emphasised that the durability range is not a guarantee time. It is purely
present to help the owner of the structure estimate sensible maintenance times.
The guarantee time is generally shorter than the durability range, and there is no
simple relationship between the two.)
SUMMARY SECTIONS
ISO 12944-2 Covers the corrosivity of various environments and how these can
be measured. Various anti-corrosive systems can then be
specified for these environments.
IS 19244-3 Deals with best practices in structural steel design from a corrosion
prevention viewpoint.
ISO 12944-4 Covers surface preparation - reference to ISO 8501, IS0 8502, IS0
8503, ISO 8504.
ISO 12944-5 Typical paint systems by generic type for a given durability in a
given environment.
ISO 12944-6 Laboratory testing of paint systems, particularly intended for those
where sufficient practical experience is not yet available. Does not
cover power tool cleaned steel specifically.
ISO 12944-7 Covers application at works or on site, inspection and follow up.
Also deals with reference areas.
PART 2
CLASSIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTS
Defined from weight loss of metallic (low carbon steel and zinc) specimens over a
defined period of 1 year (not more and not less).
C3 Medium 200-400 g/m2 Urban and industrial atmospheres Production rooms with high humidity
(25-50µm) Moderate SO2 pollution and air pollution 200µm
Moderate coastal Cl)
C4 High 40-650 g/m2 Industrial and coastal. Chemical processing plants 240µm (Zinc)
(50-80µm) 280µm (Non-zinc)
C5-I Very high 650-1500 g/m2 Industry with high humidity and 320µm
industrial aggressive atmosphere
* Above thicknesses refer to multi-coat systems. Where single coats are applied higher film thicknesses will be required (see recommended
specifications).
PART 3
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
ISO 12944-3, which covers basic design criteria, is really outside the scope of
protective coatings manufacturers. This can only really be fully implemented at the
New Construction stage or by major modification at a later date. Coatings are often
expected to alleviate, or help alleviate, corrosion problems due to design errors. In
this instance, it could well be that different coating specifications would be required
for these areas which could be thicker/more corrosion resistant than those used
elsewhere. Typically, if a certain area was subjected to frequent ponding of rain
water because of design, then either modification would be required to prevent this
or a different coating system could be needed.
ISO 12944-5
PROTECTIVE PAINT SYSTEMS
This section, and that on testing, are those most likely to be argued over and to
provide the greatest areas of contention.
In the areas of generic paint systems, almost every type which can be imagined has
been covered, and what appears to me a series of quite complicated matrices have
been put together. This is possibly why this part of the specification is not due for
completion until 1998 and will be the last section finalised.
At this time there continues to be much discussion on this section, and modifications
will certainly be made.
Currently, for example, it is indicated that both solvent based alkyds and water
based acrylics will dry at 0ºC, certainly we would not recommend this type of
condition for water based, and on conventional alkyds I would expect an extremely
negative effect.
• Note, the proposed definition and rider regarding zinc rich coatings. This now
becomes much closer to the SSPC SP20 definition than, for example, current
British Standards.
• Recommended that maximum d.f.t. is not greater than 3x nominal d.f.t. (this is
much greater than we would specify and would certainly potentially create
problems). Reference to paint manufacturer’s technical data sheet.
C2 80µm ≡ Low
150µm ≡ Medium
200µm ≡ High
C4 160µm ≡ Low
200µm ≡ Medium
240µm ≡ High (Zinc)
280µm ≡ High (Non Zinc)
• All paints for all systems shall be suitable for the highest corrosion stress of the
given corrosivity or immersion category.
A2 Systems for C2 (system not shown if it has high classification in A3, A4).
Where a paint system cannot be allocated to one of the Tables A1 to A9, full
information regarding:-
Surface preparation
Generic type
Number of coats
Nominal dry film thickness
There are an extremely wide range of generic coatings included in the specification,
and really these can only be considered as examples. Basically, paint types used
by all participating members have been included. No reference or allowance
appears to have been made to recognise the effect of the introduction of legislation
to reduce solvent emissions, and paint types whose use is being restricted for health
and safety reasons are also included.
It is likely that most interest will be with the “high” durability systems, i.e. those with
an expected life to first major maintenance of 15 years plus. With these it is also
likely that the following environments will be most important:-
C4 High Corrosivity
C5-I Very High Industrial
C5-M Very High Marine
The C3 area of medium corrosivity will meet the 15 year requirements with most
reasonable 2 or more coat schemes, giving minimum d.f.t’s of 150-200 microns.
When considering the actual schemes listed, the following points are worth noting:-
1. All coating systems, with the exception of those designed for immersion, are
very multi-coat in type. This would almost certainly lead to a request from
any contractor to reduce the number of coats and utilise higher solids
coatings with higher d.f.t’s.