World’s foremost authority on corrosion, Nace International has just published the study “International Measurements of Prevention, Application and Economics of corrosion Technology”, Impact. In it, the association estimated at $ 2.5 trillion per year the overall cost of corrosion today, equivalent to 3.4% of world GDP. Prepared for two years and presented in Canada, the study calculated that the implementation of better corrosion prevention practices could result in an overall saving of 15% to 35% of the cost of the damage, ie between $ 375 billion and $ 875 billion.
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“As the chief executive of Nace stated at the time, the study reinforces the need for a change in how the corrosion decisions are taken. Whether we are talking about oil rigs, ships, pipelines, airplanes or bridges, control and prevention are essential to avoid the disasters that are repeated from time to time”, says Duperron Marangon, CEO of PhDsoft and a specialist in maintenance management.
The only conclusion is: you’re loosing money by not using corrosion prevention on your company.
Impact includes a case study of corrosion management in the automobile industry that saved $ 9.6 billion in 1999, compared with 1975, to demonstrate the importance of adopting corrosion management systems throughout the life cycle of large structures such as those mentioned by Marangon. It states that the best practices in this area include: corrosion management systems that are integrated with the general policy of the organization; corrosion management information available to everyone in the organization, as well as linked to its overall objectives; and organizational leadership actively involved with the corrosion management decisions.
The problem is so critical, that NASA has a Corrosion Technology Laboratory that provides technical innovations and engineering services in all areas of corrosion.
As a university professor and CEO of PhDsoft, Duperron Marangon has been developing, in the last 20 years, softwares capable of increasing the efficiency of the process of maintaining large structures, while reducing costs. If you want to know more on corrosion or about projects in which the specialist is working nowadays, contact PhDsoft at +1 (713) 340-9958 or by the e-mail phdsoft@phdsoft.com.
