• HMAS Canberra in the Eastern Australian Exercise Area during Exercise Ocean Explorer 2018. Defence
    HMAS Canberra in the Eastern Australian Exercise Area during Exercise Ocean Explorer 2018. Defence
  • The covers reduce corrosion by absorbing moisture. Australian Pump
    The covers reduce corrosion by absorbing moisture. Australian Pump
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The RAN is seeking new cover designs to combat corrosion on topside naval assets.

The vinyl covers currently in use trap humidity and can accelerate corrosion.

Envelop covers were developed by NAVSEA to protect US Navy topside equipment. The covers have also been adopted by the Australian Army.

Distributor Australian Pump has been invited to design Envelop covers for the huge deck mounted capstans on HMA Ships Canberra and Adelaide

“The process is simple,” Australian Pump’s chief engineer John Hales said.  “We visit the ship, inspect the asset in company with crew, use our modelling camera to take a series of photographs, and take basic dimensions. 

“The next step is a prototype which, if acceptable, results in the production of the finished product, its part numbering and codification.”

Australian Pump expects the savings to the RAN to echo those of the US Navy, which has made Envelop covers mandatory on all vessels.

“We hope to work with Land 400 and believe that if the country is going to spend that much on these phenomenal 8-wheelers, we might as well spend a little more on covers to protect them from deterioration from corrosion, high temperature and dust,” Hales said.

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