FASTENERS For PETROCHEMICAL

APPLICATION

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 Tri-Star’s trademark MasterCote® fluoropolymer
coating for bolts and nuts is the industry leader. It is
used in off-shore and subsea installations all around
the world.

MasterCote® high PTFE content combined with low-

friction and self-lubricating properties made it more
durable in high-corrosion environments than any
other fluoropolymer coating. We worked closely with
them to derive a product that was both effective and
cost efficient.

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 Why a fasteners so critical for process plant?

• Fasteners used in the petrochemical industry should ideally be able to

survive the high pressure/high temperature environments.
• It used in the petrochemical plant are required to bear with extreme
fatigue conditions like extreme weather and high-pressure situations.

• Material Grade Size (Diameter/Length etc)

• Parts to Drawing Raw Material Origin
• Mechanical Properties
• Traceability
• Destructive and Non-Destructive Testing
• Coating / Plating
• Surface Treatment
• Certification

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 What we are offering?
1. PETROLEUM STUDBOLTS &
NUTS
GRADE:
✔ ASTM A193 B7, B7M, B18, B8, B8M
✔ ASTM A194 2H, 2HM, 4/4L, 7/7L,
7ML, 8, 8M, 8C
✔ ASTM A320 L7, L7M, L42
✔ A453 Grade 660 A/B/C/D
✔ A2-70, A4-70, A4-80
✔ S32750/S32760 Super Duplex
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2. SPECIAL FASTENERS
✔ CNC Machining
✔ Thread Rolling
✔ Exotic Material stock: Inconel 718,
S32750/32760, C63000, B23 Cls 5,
E4340,
✔Specific Heat Treatment
✔ Special Coating Requirement
✔ Unique marking, traceability and
testing requirement
 Common Material Grade

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 Non Standard Products Range

• Type “I” Anchor Bolt

• Type “J” Anchor Bolt
• U-Bolt
• Pipe Clamp

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 Non Standard Products Range

• Machining Item

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 Production Capabilities

• Cutting Machines
• CNC Turning
• CNC Milling
• Thread Rolling Machines
• Heat Treatment
• Conventional Turning
• Conventional Milling
• Nut Tapping Machines
• Computerized Marking Machines
• Plating Facility – Zinc, Zinc Nickel,
Cadmium
• Coating Facility

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 Testing Facilities
Mechanical Metallurgical
1) Tensile Test 1) Grain Size Measurement
2) Impact Test (Charpy Method) 2) Micro/Macro-etching and Micro/Macro-
3) Proof Load Test structure Examination
4) Hardness Test 3) Inclusion
5) Micro hardness 4) Carburization & Decarburization
6) Chemical Analysis 5) Coating Thickness
6) Salt Spray Test
7) Corrosion Test (Electrolysis Method)

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 Testing Laboratory

Impact Test Chemical Analysis
Tensile Test/Proof Load Hardness Test

Metallurgical Test
Salt Spray Test

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 SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS
ONSHORE INLAND ENVIRONMENT
An onshore, inland environment is assumed to be not contaminated by
chlorides; however, it may contain other species causing corrosion in
conjunction with water or moisture presence. The selection of fastener
materials requires an assessment of the potential corrosion mechanisms.
Therefore , low alloy steels as well as stainless steel fastener materials are
usually selected, but the lower alloyed steel fasteners may require protection
against atmospheric corrosion.

ONSHORE/INLAND – GENERAL HYDROCARBON SERVICE

Materials selection for bolts / nuts where the internal equipment environment
is General Hydrocarbon Service, and the external environment is an
atmospheric environment that is not contaminated by chlorides is shown in
Table 1.

ONSHORE/INLAND – SOUR SERVICE

Materials selections for bolts and/or nuts where the internal equipment is
Sour Service, and the external environment is an atmospheric environment
that is not contaminated by chlorides is shown in Table 2.

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 Table 1:

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 Table 2:

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 SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS
OFFSHORE AND/OR MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
The coastal or offshore environment is characterized by the presence of
chlorides and moisture and/or water spray to influence the materials
deterioration mechanism. Low – alloy steel fastener materials are usually
selected for offshore and coastal marine environments. However, the
materials require protection against marine corrosion as shown in Table 5.

Coastal and offshore environments provide chlorides sufficiently

concentrated to cause stress corrosion cracking, pitting and crevice
corrosion in lower alloyed austenitic and martensitic stainless steels. The
use of the lower grades if the austenitic stainless steels, such as AISI 303,
AISI 304 and AISI 316 as bolt or nut material is not recommended since the
corrosion resistance to chloride controlled degradation is very poor.

Martensitic stainless steels such as 17-4PH, are not fully corrosion

resistant for marine service; they may also suffer serious crevice and
pitting corrosion, so the use as fastener materials is not permitted without
prior approval.

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 SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS

SUBSEA ENVIRONMENTS
In subsea applications, the fasteners are fully submersed in sea water and protected
by the cathodic protection system implemented for the subsea structure and/or
equipment. Fasteners used for subsea assemblies shall be selected primarily in
accordance with the strength requirements of the assembly, such as subsea
wellheads, risers, subsea templates and subsea flanged connections. Depending on
the particular strength requirements, low alloy steels, high alloyed materials as well as
non – ferrous materials shall be considered .

The higher strength quenched and tempered steels may be susceptible to hydrogen
embrittlement as a result of the cathodic protection system. Typically, a hardness
limitation below ~HR 32 (tensile strength below 690 MPa) can mitigate this effect in CP
systems. Organic bolt coating which may shield the CP or interrupts the continuity
across bolted connections of the structures, shall not be applied. Alternative materials
with improved hydrogen embrittlement resistance may be considered, such as Cu or
Ni alloys.

Bolts, studs and nuts for subsea applications that will be insulated shall be of the
same materials as required for sour service and NACE MR0175/ISO 15156 compliant.

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 MARKING
All studs, bolts and nuts shall be permanently marked as defined in the
applicable fastener materials standards, e.g. ASTM A 193 . The
Following information shall be included:

Manufacturer’s identification mark and/or code

B7

Steel Grade / Property Class

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 Coating & Plating

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 Coating System
1. Two Types of Protection:
Galvanic Protection or Cathodic Protection
Barrier Protection

2. Galvanic Protection:
HDG (average 45µm) – ASTM A153 / ASTM F2329
Electro – Zinc Plating (average 12µm) – ASTM B633
Electro – Cadmium Plating (average 12µm) – ASTM B766
Electro – Zinc / Nickel Plating (average 12µm)
Mechanical Galvanized (average 45µm)

3. Barrier Protection:
Fluoropolymer – PTFE

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Plating, Coating or Galvanizing
Electroplate, Zinc
Hot-Dip, Zinc
Mechanical Deposit, Zinc
Chromium/Zinc Corrosion
Protective Coating
Electroplate, Cadmium
Electroplate, Chromium
PTFE(Xylan) Coating
Teflon Coating
Clear Chromate Finish
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Degree of Corrosion
Characteristics
Resistance
Very good Gold, Silver-Gray, Black color
Very good Silver-Gray color
Maximum corrosion protection
Very good Gray color
Smooth finish, good coverage in recesses and thread roots
Very good Gray color
Excellent corrosion resistance at high temp
Excellent corrosion resistance in salt fog
Excellent Gold, Silver-Gray color
Particularly effective corrosion protection in marine
applications High lubricity
Good Bright Blue-White color
Hard surface, add wear resistance
Good Black, Blue color
Excellent corrosion protection at -205℃~260℃
Good Blue color
Excellent salt spray and good resistance to a variety of
chemicals
Very good to Clear bright or iridescent chemical conversion coating
excellent applied to plated part to enhance corrosion protection,
coloring, and painting bonding
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 4. Over Sizing of Nuts:
To compensate for coating thickness
General practice:
+ 0.01” (+ 0.254 mm) for Electro-Plating thickness of 10 – 15 microns &
Fluorocarbon 15 – 20 microns.
+ 0.015” (+ 0.381 mm) for HDG.
Nuts Over – Sizing is done before plating and coating but in case of HDG, it is
done after galvanizing. Therefore, HDG nuts have no coating on the thread.

Nuts can be purchased already oversized as per our requirement and

specification. It also can be done by re – tapping of standard nuts in our factory.

The standard “Go” and “No – Go” gauge cannot apply on over – sized nuts.

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 Benefit
• MasterCote® coating is effective and more
economical than using stainless, incoloy, titanium
and other exotic materials.
• MasterCote® bolting materials last much longer
than any other fluoropolymer coatings.
• MasterCote® gives the best corrosion resistance,
low friction with self-lubricating, non-galling
properties - thus reducing make up and break-out
torques. It is excellent for offshore and subsea
installations.
• MasterCote® resists most acids and is unaffected
even when exposed to hydrogen sulphide at 121ºc
at 2,000psi.

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 Performances
• MasterCote® CPFC system (Cadmium Base) has been
saltspray tested to 9,000 hours without a spot of rust. That is
one year under extreme laboratory conditions.

• MasterNIZCote - ZNFC system (Zinc-Nickel Plated Base) has

been saltspray tested to 5,000 hours. Results were 0% rusty
and 0% stained. Both nuts were functional.

• Mastergard® - Xylar 2(Ceramic system Base) has been

saltspray tested to 4,500 hours. esults were 0% rusty and 0%
stained. Both nuts were functional.

• MasterCote® ZPFC system (Zinc Plated Base) - has been 

saltspray tested to 4,000 hours. Results were 20% rusty and 50% 
stained. Both nuts were functionable.

• MasterCote® FC system (Phosphate Base) - the most

economical in our series of coated bolts and nuts, sustains
about 3,500 hours under the same salt-spray tests.

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 Awards & Certifications
API 20F –
Certification – API Q1 / API 20E & 20F Monogram
1st in Asia 

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 Xylan Coating

Our Brand of Coated Fasteners Include :

• MasterCote® • Metallic Base PTFE Top
Coat

• MasterGard • Ceramic/Metallic Base

PTFE Top Coat

• MasterNiZcote • Zinc Nickel Base PTFE

Top Coat

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