passivating 316 s/s
passivating 316 s/s
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HI
We are doing some custom processing of liquid egg for a bigger food company. They want any new product lines and/or tank passivated before use.
Currently, that is not our practice. We tig weld all our s/s line,with an argon purge and then polish the welds. We have never had a problem with rust or corrosion. But to keep our customer happy we passivated a new line we just installed.
The pipe was a 1/2" 316 s/s. We used a 20% citric acid solution at 120F for 40 min. then rinsed the lines with water.
The comment made after seeing our record of passivation, "you should have air dried the line after passivating, with compressed air for 30-40 minutes".
Did we passivate correctly and is the air drying step necessary ?
Thank you
Tom
We are doing some custom processing of liquid egg for a bigger food company. They want any new product lines and/or tank passivated before use.
Currently, that is not our practice. We tig weld all our s/s line,with an argon purge and then polish the welds. We have never had a problem with rust or corrosion. But to keep our customer happy we passivated a new line we just installed.
The pipe was a 1/2" 316 s/s. We used a 20% citric acid solution at 120F for 40 min. then rinsed the lines with water.
The comment made after seeing our record of passivation, "you should have air dried the line after passivating, with compressed air for 30-40 minutes".
Did we passivate correctly and is the air drying step necessary ?
Thank you
Tom





RE: passivating 316 s/s
If the line is for food service it will be a good practice to have it dried after passivation.
luis
RE: passivating 316 s/s
When the stainless steel parts are to be used for applications where corrosion resistance is a prime factor to achieve satisfactory performance and service requirements, or where product contamination must be avoided, passivation followed by thorough rinsing several times with hot water and drying thoroughly after the final water rinse is recommended, whenever practical.
RE: passivating 316 s/s
Passivation, yes. Anything that has been cut, formed, polished, or welded will need passivation in order to restore optimal corrosion resistance to those surfaces.
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Plymouth Tube
RE: passivating 316 s/s
please educate me on how AIR DRYING insures passivation or at least that was what customer led us to believe.
Thanks
tom
RE: passivating 316 s/s
The reason that I don't like air is that it has to be very clean and very dry. Like the air used for paint systems in auto body plants. We found it easier and less expensive to use nitrogen.
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Plymouth Tube
RE: passivating 316 s/s
I don't see what kind of improvement can give to the passivating process...
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Corrosion Prevention & Corrosion Control