Fixing Infrastructure Problems
Applications
What do we mean when we say “we fix infrastructure problems using advanced materials”? Just this: Next Composites specializes in the use of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) and other advanced polymers to repair industrial infrastructure that’s been degraded by the effects of time, weather, and corrosive materials.
Types of Infrastructure
Here’s a partial list of the kinds of industrial infrastructure that we’ve successfully repaired:
- Pipes
- Above- or below-ground
- High-temperature fluids
- Any length or diameter
- Steel, concrete, or alloy
- Tanks
- All capacities
- Any type of liquid, gel, or slurry
- Any material
- Lined or unlined
- Columns and beams
- Any length or thickness
- Walls, slabs, and floors
- Secondary containments
- High-temperature ducts
Infrastructure Issues
A lot can go wrong with infrastructure. Next has expertise in repairing and mitigating a broad range of infrastructure issues, such as:
- Corrosion
- Abrasion
- Impact
- Blast mitigation
- Seismic retrofits
- Composite reinforcement
Methods and Materials
Our expertise encompasses a range of advanced materials and methods, including:
- Composite materials
- Carbon fabrics
- Basalt fabrics
- Glass fabrics
- Specialty coatings an linings
- Advanced grouts
- Corrosive environments
- High temperature facilities
- High pressure environments
- Limited access situations
Advantages of CFRP
Using advanced materials in infrastructure repair can yield a number of advantages:
- Repair in place
- Short turnarounds
- Minimal operational impact
- Lower cost
- Superior results
- Can often be capitalized