Mining and minerals processing puts steel infrastructure under constant stress. From ore processing equipment and conveyors to structural steel, pipelines, and storage vessels, coatings degrade faster and maintenance cycles come around more frequently than in most industries.
Traditional coating removal methods, such as grit blasting or high-pressure water jetting, create significant contamination challenges in mining environments. Airborne dust, grit residue, and wastewater disposal all add cost, complexity, and safety risk, particularly when hazardous coatings like lead-based paints are involved.
RPR’s induction heating technology bonds directly with the steel substrate, rapidly transferring energy to release coatings cleanly without abrasives, water, or airborne particulate. Work can be performed in confined spaces, on complex geometries, and in proximity to active operations with minimal disruption. The system’s 100-metre working distance means crews can reposition quickly across large sites without moving power equipment.
WEAR RESISTANT MATERIALS
Engineered with various induction heads for challenging geometry steel sections, rivets encountered on many Steel bridge structures
MINIMISED WASTE DISPOSAL
No grit or water media added, eliminating the need for transport and disposal.
ENVIRONMENT
75% less energy consumption with zero grit or water deposits left behind.
OPERATOR FRIENDLY
Safe, quiet, and low-dust operation with minimal protective gear required.
SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS (SIMOPS)
Low-noise, low-dust process lets other trades work safely in parallel, reducing asset outage time.
Resulting from a project called Green Tank, co-funded by the European Commission; RPR Technologies now offers optimized solutions for coatings removal in storage tanks. Combining a patented induction technology and elements of semi-automatic platforms, the RPR Induction Coatings Removal System has proven to be twice as efficient as other methods.
Mounted to an electric trolley with vertical support, the system is ideal for removal of difficult coatings on tank floors and the lower wall section, securing a consistent result and alleviating workload for the operators. After heating the coating is scraped off in stripes that is easily collected and transported for disposal, offering considerable environmental savings in logistics and waste handling.
