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.
Two seasons in the water
The propeller, untouched. The washer, not.
Propeller treated with our technology after two seasons without hauling the boat out. The hull carries conventional antifouling paint and the difference shows. One untreated washer is left on the nut: it is the only part with barnacles.
- Two seasons without cleaning the propeller
- The painted hull does accumulate growth
- The untreated washer, encrusted, in the same shot
NEXT STEP
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