IMO / AFS
Regulation is closing the chemical option
IMO/AFS pressure on biocide antifouling paints is narrowing the alternatives available to fleets and shipyards.
MARINE · NAVAL
Biocide-free antifouling for propellers, hulls and sea intakes.
A titanium surface that stays clean without chemicals, reapplications or service stops. Biofouling doesn't wear it down, the titanium's robustness is structural, not a coating that runs out.
−8%
fuel on fouled propellers
0.87 yr
payback on propellers
>25 yr
titanium service life
THE PROBLEM
Biocide paints run out. Biofouling doesn't.
−3 to 8%
More fuel from fouled propellers
Biofouling on propellers and hulls raises fuel consumption and multiplies dry-dock stops for cleaning.
Chlorides
Corrosion in seawater
Salt water corrodes hulls, sea intakes and cooling circuits. The titanium surface is inert to chlorides: it neither corrodes nor needs oversizing.
THE SOLUTION
Four ways to apply active titanium to the naval sector.
The same anti-biofouling titanium surface, applied to whatever component lives in contact with seawater. Catalogue sale or integration into manufacturing.
PROPELLERS
−8% fuel · 0.87 yr payback
Titanium by casting or coating over steel, bronze or stainless. Less consumption and fewer dry-dock stops.
GRATES & SEA INLETS
Catalogue · 0.39 yr payback
DN200-DN600 intake grates in active titanium. No clogging at the sea inlets, no unplanned stops.
HULLS
Hulls without biocide paint
Titanium surface on the hull: less drag, less fuel, no repainting or biocides. IMO/AFS compliant by design.
PIPING & CIRCUITS
Clean piping and sea intakes
Sea intakes, seachests and cooling circuits protected. No biofouling clogging, no cleaning stops.
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