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Surface treatment of cylinders

Kosan Crisplant’s vast product line of equipment for surface treatment of LPG cylinders is a means to obtain high cylinder quality and long cylinder lifetime. Surface treatment, including cleaning and painting, is an important and natural part of the regular standard inspection procedure.

  • Nice-looking cylinders have high market value
  • End-users prefer newly painted cylinders
  • Surface treatment extends cylinder lifetime
  • Distributors and end-users treat newly painted cylinders with care

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Benefits icon Your benefits

  • A smooth unbroken cylinder surface can be cleaned easily
  • Surface treatment protects against corrosion
  • Kosan Crisplant only uses internationally recognized sub-suppliers
  • Use manpower for cylinder maintenance in quiet periods
  • Reduction in procurement of new cylinders

Possibilities icon Your possibilities

There are three main methods for surface treatment of LPG cylinders:

  • 1 Make-up wet painting in filling hall (hazardous area)
    In-line in chain conveyor
    Drying of cylinders on chain conveyor
    Operation can be manual or fully automatic
  • 2 Wet painting in non-hazardous area
    Cylinders suspended in overhead conveyor
    Can be used in combination with shotblaster and drying oven
    Operation can be manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic
  • 3 Powder painting in non-hazardous area
    Cylinders suspended in overhead conveyor
    Must be used in combination with shotblaster and drying oven
    Operation can be manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic

When using the above methods, the following equipment can be applied:

  • Stand-alone cabins for shotblasting
    In-line shotblasting with automatic loading onto or unloading from chain conveyor
    Ovens for burning off old painting before shotblasting for obtaining the best possible starting point for new surface treatment
    Manual spray booths
    In-line wet painting booths
    Fully automatic powder painting plants with overhead conveyor system and loading onto or unloading from chain conveyor

Safety icon Your safety

  • All equipment for surface treatment of LPG cylinders is EU approved and designed in accordance with current EU directives
  • National/local approvals
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Surface treatment of cylinders

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Hot repair of LPG cylinders

The equipment for hot repair of LPG cylinders includes accessories for cutting and surface welding of shrouds and foot rings as well as equipment for normalising LPG cylinders.