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REPAIRS AND DEFECTS

Repair and defects is subject of the rules of Calcification Society, IACS, and general
shipbuilding practice.

The authority in this activity is the Class Surveyor.

Defects are a status fact which is light up by involved persons in ship building. In
this aspect a major role is supported by NDT, which analyze and evaluate the grade
of defect.

Based on the decision and state of defect correction method is the feedback
involving certificated persons, documents, method s

Defect is detected during the production flow and during a inspection stage.

Method of identification are visual and NDT.

Defects are result of:

- Defect material

- Wrong technology applied

- Wrong material storage

- Unskilled workers

The defects are in general divided in material defects and technological defects.
There are solutions for both types, but in boundaries.

According to the classical defects most of the defects are common in shipbuilding
practice, thats why the manuals give examples and solutions, mentioned the range
defect could be accepted or in case are out of limit , how to be treated to be
accepted .

Correction are done based on rules an accepted by Class and Client, mandatory
Class Inspector

Procedure of the repair is settled by a document, issued by the builder and common
agreed by Class and Client.

The result of repair is a point of inspection as any point of ship schedule inspection.

As classical procedure there are following steps to be applied:

1. Identification defect , visual or NDT


2. Repair method, technology solution, and approval.

3. Report of nonconformity shipbuilder , owner , class

4. After repair inspection

5. Closing point.

Defects and repair are valid for materials, construction steel and pipes, paint.

Material defects : pitting, rolled in scale , roll marks, scratches and grooves, sand
patches , sharp edges seams .

In this case defects have not to excide 5% of the total surface in question.

Defects have to be remedied by grinding and welding in accordance with IACS Rec.
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Lamination is a still mill defect. In this case repair is carried out by grinding and
welding. If major lamination appear inserting plate has to be applied.
Remedial
In order to remembers few paint defects already mentioned before:
Paint surface preparation defects:

- rust grind, sandblast , sandpaper

- dust air vacuum , sweep

- pitting weld , grind


- grease degrease ,

- wet- dry

- pinholes- weld ,grind

- Sharp edges- grind sharp edges

Paint defect:

- over pot life- remove paint, shotblast

- over cure time- activate by sandpaper , shot blast

- over thickness coat, over spray, (orange skin ), sandpaper

- under thickness coat- activate and one coat apply

- sagging- sandpaper

- pilling off paint- remove paint , shotblast

- blistering- remove paint ,shot blast, repaint

- Yellowing remove paint by shotblasting

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