Zinc Engine Anodes
Engine heat exchangers have a common problem
of corrosion due to the difference in metal between casing and tube
stack. Employing zinc pencil anodes reduces the corrosion on the
casing prolonging the life of both casing and tube stack whilst in
seawater. Zinc is the only material that has an official
specification, the American MIL-A-18001 K spec. Zinc is a
well-proven anode material and its capacity is virtually unaffected
by the operating current density, although the driving voltage
diminishes with increasing temperature therefore it has limited
application. If zinc is not to this specification i.e. high purity
zinc 99.99%, it will have a limited use as an anode material because
of iron present as an impurity.
We manufacture equivalent
engine anodes to suit Volvo Penta, General Motors, Aifo,
Caterpillar, Onan, Cummins, Bukh, Mitsubishi, Scania, Boudouin,
Lombardini, VM, Ford, Isotta Fraschini, Renault, Nanni Mercedes,
BMW, Ruggerini, Kelvin Engines and Yanmar.
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