In-depth| EnvironmEnt
Chugoku sets sights on silicone
Chugoku Marine Paints has launched what it is terming a ‘second-
generation’ silicone-based foul-release product for vessel hulls.
CmP antifouling on
C
hugoku Marine Paints is
emphasising its balanced portfo-
application.
lio of antifouling coatings, after
adding an upgraded version of its low
surface energy silicone-based fouling-
release coating to a range that also includes
tbt-free self-polishing copolymers and
copper free self-polishing copolymers.
Its latest product is an advanced version
of the CMP Bioclean HB, which the
supplier says is the result of over 20 years
experience with silicone technologies in
the industrial field, where it has supplied
1.5 million m
2
of paints, and know how
gained from supplying CMP Bioclean HB
products to marine customers over the
last decade.
‘CMP Bioclean HB provides a surface
on the underwater hull which when
compared to existing silicones is ultra (Naval, Merchant Marine and Offshore)
smooth, arising from a more open and
even surface’, according to the company.
This feature results in:
Special Feature:
• Improving smoothness by 25%
• Further reducing adhesion of fouling
High Speed Centrifugal Chiller
• Enhancing reductions in fuel
( The “Quiet Chiller”)
consumption
• Minimising CO emissions
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* Compact Design
* Light Weight
The product is said to be environ-
* dBA 70 at full capacity
mentally friendly, as a result of being
biocide free, and emits very low levels of
volatile organic compounds (VOC). In
addition: ‘The system consists of fewer
coats than has been required in the past,
consequently reducing the costs in the
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CMP Bioclean R provides ‘outstanding
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