{
  "title": "Shipyard Surface Preparation Solutions | Wheelabrator",
  "kind": "reference",
  "company": "Wheelabrator",
  "category": "Mass finishing & blasting systems",
  "parameters": {},
  "summary": "Shipyard surface preparation is organized as a continuous preservation process for steel plate, profiles and large fabrications. The documented line combines pre-heating, roller-conveyor shot blasting, coating and drying to clean steel and apply temporary corrosion protection before assembly.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Shipyard material flow",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Ship construction handles large volumes of sheet steel, profiles and fabricated sections. These parts must be cleaned, treated and painted before final assembly, making corrosion protection and stable throughput central process requirements.",
        "Equipment layout must accommodate large component envelopes and connect surface treatment with transport and coating stages."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Preservation-line sequence",
      "paragraphs": [
        "The documented sequence begins with pre-heating, continues through a pass-through roller-conveyor blast machine, then applies paint and finishes in a drying tunnel.",
        "External transport and a slat conveyor link the main stages so sheets and profiles can move through as an integrated production line."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Surface objective",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Blast cleaning removes the surface condition that would undermine coating performance. The following coating stage provides temporary corrosion protection while parts wait for later fabrication and final coating operations.",
        "Process control must keep the cleaned surface from being re-contaminated between blasting and priming."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Engineering checkpoints",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Line design should coordinate plate width and thickness, profile geometry, conveyor loading, blast coverage, paint application and drying capacity.",
        "Representative material should be used to confirm cleaning uniformity, coating continuity and handling stability before full production rate is approved."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2026-10-11 19:41:33"
}