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This guide separates observed facts, engineering assumptions and data that still require confirmation. It does not promise a universal service life or replace the exact product data and project specification.
The outage window is fixed; everything else must fit inside it
A shutdown gives a set number of hours, and a reline competes with every other job for access, cranes and crews. Linings that are designed and ordered in advance, prefabricated where possible and installed to a sequence fit; linings improvised on the day overrun or are cut short. The plan below works backwards from the start-up date. Data from previous stops, as in shutdown scope data, sets the starting point.
Months before: survey, decide the scope, design
Inspect the equipment at the previous stop, or by camera or ultrasonic readings in service, and record the wear map. Decide which zones are relined now and which wait, then design the lining by zone with grade, thickness, format and fixing. Send the data listed in what to send for a wear lining quote early enough for a reviewed offer; a quote produced in a hurry is a quote with margins for the unknown.
Weeks before: supply, prefabricate, prepare access
Order tiles, shaped parts in IC CUSTOM and fixing materials in IC BOND with time for delivery and inspection on arrival. Where the geometry allows, prefabricate lined sections or panels in the workshop and number them, so that the site job is fitting rather than lining. Plan scaffolding, lifting, confined-space permits, ventilation and lighting, and check that the adhesive will cure at the temperature expected inside the equipment.
During the stop: remove, prepare, install, cure
The sequence is fixed: isolate and clean, remove the old lining, inspect and repair the steel, prepare the surface, install, then respect the cure before any load. Surface preparation and curing are the steps most often shortened and the most common causes of early debonding; their requirements are in ceramic wear lining installation in six steps and choosing an adhesive for ceramic tiles. Heating may be needed in cold weather.
Before start-up: inspect and record the baseline
Check joints, edges and the absence of hollow-sounding tiles, confirm that clearances and openings are as designed, and record a photo and thickness baseline at fixed points. That record makes the next stop’s survey quick and shows whether the lining performs, as described in the commissioning inspection baseline and the inspection checklist.
How Induscoat supports a planned reline
Induscoat reviews the survey, proposes the lining by zone with IC TILE, shaped parts and fixing, schedules supply against the outage date and supports installation and the hand-over inspection, as described on our page on ceramic lining installation and fixing. The earlier the wear data arrives, the more of the work can be done before the stop.