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Bgas Question and Answer PDF
Bgas Question and Answer PDF
5. Describe how you would carry out a check on air pressure of a blasting?
Alert the Operator
Shutdown the abrasive
Insert the Hypodermic needle gauge into the reinforced hose as possible to the nozzle at 45°
toward the nozzle Take direct reading from the gauge
14. How many times can garnet be used for site blasting? Why?
One time only, because after blasting the garnet fall on the ground & it gets contaminated. And
we can’t use contaminated abrasives for blasting.
15. List the equipment required for an abrasive blasting operations site?
A compressor
A pot containing the abrasives.
Vapour Traps for oil and water (knock out pots).
A hose, usually carbon impregnated to discharge static electric
External couplings
A nozzle
A dead mans handle for operator safety.
16. When power brushes are authorised for use BGas/Transco site, the wire is made from which non-
sparking producing materials ?
Phosphor bronze and Beryllium bronze
23. Give three different names for the cross section of a blast.
Anchor pattern.
Surface profile
Key
Peak to trough height
Amplitude
24. What is the most common cause of flash rusting on a blasted substrate?
Rouge peaks
26. Which abrasive would have the effect of work hardening a substrate?
Metallic Shot
29. In what situation would it be better to use steel grit in preference to copper slag abrasives?
Copper slag can be used only once, because it shatters into small pieces on impact. So Grit it can
be used many times
30. If cracks or laminations are found on a substrate after blasting what steps should be taken?
Cracks or laminations must be referred to the Engineer
31. Using comparators to ISO 8503, what are the three main profile assessments?
1- Fine
2 - Medium
3 - Coarse
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32. What are the other two assessments when the above three are not appropriate?
1 - Finer than Fine
2 - Coarser than Coarse
33. What would be size of copper slag needed to give a profile of 50 to 75 um?
G – 16 would be size of copper slag needed to give a profile of 50 to 75 um
38. Name the gauge used for measuring pressure at the blast nozzle?
Hypodermic Needle Gauge
42. Could you tell the difference between rust grades A and B blasted to Sa3?
No Difference
43. Could you tell the difference between rust grades C and D blasted to Sa3?
C – Slight pitting
D – Heavily Pitted
51. Name two typical areas where needle guns might not be used?
Rivets & bolts, Weld end preparations
54. Which British standard would be used in determining the size of copper slag abrasive?
BS 410 (specification for test sieves)
55. Which British standard would be used in determining the size of metallic abrasive?
BS 410 (specification for test sieves?
58. What are the main factor governing the grade of a blast finish?
Time, Velocity of particles.
63. What would be the typical temperature and concentration of sulphuric acid in the pickling
process
70C, 5-10% concentrated sulphuric acid, 5-25 min.
65. What would be considered to be advantages of wet blasting over dry blasting?
Wet blasting removes toxic materials, more environmentally friendly, spark free and ideal for
removal of soluble salts etc.
67. Name a third type of paint other solvent free and solvent borne?
Powder paint.
69. What are the three main disadvantages of chlorinated rubber paint?
Low resistance to solvent.
Low temperature tolerance, 65C maximum.
Spray application resulted in ‘cobwebs’
70. Would it be good practice to apply chlorinated rubber over alkyd resin?
No.
75. How does the paint using the barrier principle work?
The material form a thick impermeable layer of a high electrical resistance.
76. How does the paint using the passivation principle work?
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83. Name two pigments likely to be used for high temperature service?
Aluminium & Carbon.
84. By what name would you call the basic unit of a polymer?
monomer (mer).
90. Briefly describe the difference between saturated and unsaturated when referring to oil or
polymers?
Saturated oil are oil which cannot combine with oxygen to form a film and unsaturated oil combine
with oxygen and solidify by polymerization to form film.
94. If pigments was added way below the CPVC, how would it affect the film?
Good gloss properties but poor covering power (opacity), low cohesive strength.
102. Which of the common extenders could not be used in whites and pastels?
Slate flour (black colour).
103. How would the film affected if pigment was added above the CPVC?
Film would be porous, low in cohesive strength and adhesion.
106. If chromium was used as a pigment, what colour would the paint be?
Green, yellows & Oranges.
108. Two metals are commonly used as galvanic pigmentation, name them?
Zinc & Aluminium
122. In a coating, which dries by solvent evaporation, what type of polymerization occurs?
Linear polymers.
124. Which generic types of paint dry by solvent evaporation followed by oxidation?
Alkyds, phenolics, natural oil and resins.
134. Two other terms relate to induction period, what are they?
Stand time and lead time.
141. What is the term used for paints needing temperature in excess of 65C to cure?
Stoving.
147. When using a whirling hygrometer which bulb should be read first and why?
Wet bulb, the water in the wet bulb uses heat energy from the air to change into water vapour.
148. At what speed should the thermometer bulbs pass through the air?
4m/sec.
150. What is the stated criteria for acceptance, prior to calculations on a whirling hygrometer?
On two consecutive spin the reading should be within 0.2C, wet bulb to wet bulb and dry bulb to dry
bulb.
151. Name two pieces of equipment used for taking steel temperature?
Magnetic and digital.
156. When using a flow cup which unit of viscosity would be used?
Second.
162. What is the main difference between the rotathinner and krebs stomer?
Rotothinner measures dynamic viscosity and kerbs stomer measures kinematic viscosity.
166. Briefly describe how to do the volatile, non-volatile test to BS 3900 Pt B2?
A dry glass stirring rod and watchglass along with 2gm of paint is weighted, watchglass containing
paint is place into a hot air oven, stir to drive away volatile content, take a final weight of the glass,
rod, and dry paint and simple calculation will give volatile / non volatile ratio by weight.
167. Name the equipment used to determine the flash point of a solvent?
Abel cup.
177. For what reason would the Koeing albert apparatus be used?
To test the hardness of a film.
178. For which two reason could a density cup be used on site?
To calculate the density of the solvent.
To calculate the 2 pack are mixed in correct proportion.
182. How would the density be affected if solvent was added to paint?
The density of paint decrease
189. What stage of the BK test would be recorded as the drying time?
Solvent Evaporation time, the solgel transition, surface drying time and final dry time.
193. Give one reason why an inspector would use a PIG gauge?
To measure MIO.
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196. What is the reason for taking WFT immediately after application?
To obtain true readings (solvent start evaporating as it exits the spray tip).
206. What percent reading would be expected when measuring gloss on a glass panel?
Near 100%
208. If an aggregate size of 35 um was present in a paint of 30 um DFT what would be a likely
result when using a gloss meter?
Matt.
209. Name three common tests for determining adhesion of a paint film?
V cut test, cross cut and dolly test.
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211. Inter coat adhesion and primer to substrate adhesion are two adhesion faults name the third?
Cohesive failure.
213. What criteria is used when assessing a cathodic disbondment test panel?
219. What voltage would be used on a 250 um thick paint using a sponge pinhole detector?
9V.
220. What voltage would be used on a 450 um thick coating with sponge pinhole detector?
90V.
224. Other than the wet sponge which other equipment could be used to determine the presence of
pinhole/holidays?
Spark detector (high voltage)
245. What colour should a galvanized surface be after application of ‘T’ wash?
247. Other than pigment, base and curing agent name two other constituents fo FBE powder paint?
248. Give the main differences between airless and conventional spray.?
Conventional spray Airless spray
Slow application Excellent application rate
Low air pressure 40-75 psi Can need 100 psi to operate pump
Delivery pressure greater than 20 psi Delivery pressure greater than 6000 psi
Need special paint container use manufacture container
Low maintenance high maintenance
Easy to clean need flushing to remove traces of paint.
249. Brush application has advantages over spray application, what are they?
Environmentally friendly, less waste of material, any dust or detritus on the substrate present worked
in to the film.
250. What is the main consideration when selecting a metallic pigment for a sacrificial paint?
The metallic pigment must be less noble (more electronegative)
265. What are the hazard signs for Toxic, very toxic, harmful and corrosive?
Black symbol of skull and crossbones on orange square for toxic, very toxic.
Black diagonal cross on an orange square for harmful.
Black symbol showing a tilted test tube dripping onto a hand for corrosive.
273. How can you tell the difference between blooming and chalking?
Blooming – under surface , chalking – over surface
274. What could be the reason for inter coat adhesive failure?
Oil , Grease etc.
275. Why are manufacturer developing solvent free, water borne and powders?
Environment protection act requirement.
288. Why & What Equipment to be protected and masked before preparation and painting?
Prior to any cleaning, surface preparation or painting, the contractor shall protect and mask
equipment and areas in need of protection, with masking material. Eg. Fire protection equipment,
weld end preparation, lubrication paints and nameplates.
289. What is the name of the mill used to produce mastics, fillers and putties?
Tripple roll mill.
290. What special surface preparation are required for coating on concrete ?
Scrabbling.
291. Give the reason why different surface require different paint systems?
Painting always depends on the nature of surface (rusted, pitted, or new), type of surface (ferrous or
non-ferrous) condition (industrial or marine) cost, temp. etc.
292. What additional information would you record when maintenance painting a pipeline without
removing the previous coats?
What the existing painting is ?, The extent of breakdown and corrosion, the in service environmental
conditions, the nature and extent of any surface contamination.
293. If you worked on a contract where frequent stoppage occurred for poor weather, what
additional information would you record?
what the weather conditions were, how long stoppage lasted, progress of work to stoppage,
assessment of damage caused by weather to wet painted areas, loss of material due to stoppage.
295. What is another name for a sand mill and describe its operation?
Pearl or bead mill, rotation disc attached with vertical shaft aid to shear as paint, slurry, forced
through steel ball which present between the disc. The degree of dispersion is high. Suitable for long
production run of popular paints.
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296. Briefly state the preferred paints system ( and DFT) for new and maintenance painting at
works and site for above ground pipeline and plant installations?
High build aluminium primer - 75 um.
MIO - 75 um
High build epoxy - 75 um
Epoxy or polyurethane acrylic - 40 um
Total - 265 um