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Kettle Inspection

When no inspection ends in a catastrophic failure.

LOCATION
Italy
KETTLE WEIGHT
800 Tonnes

When a Customer running a large kettle decided to save on kettle diagnostics, little did he know that he was bound for a catastrophy.

CUSTOMER FOCUS

While managing his very large kettle, the Customer let his focus slip from kettle diagnostics. This soon resulted in a very significant leak, with great damage to the furnace.

OUR RESPONSE

After the leak occurred, Zinco dealt with the customer to determine its cause and proposed a long term plan of periodical checks . Since the first dramatic occurrence, no other incident has happened and the Customer is checking its kettle once a year to properly plan burners regulation and kettle changeout. The movies showing the large leftover block of solid zinc being cut in a tedious and expensive process are a strong reminder that no chance must be taken with the zinc kettle!