Pentek Tools Meet Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) Standards and Specs *

** Airborne emissions, resulting from the use of Pentek equipment supporting decontamination operations, will be below the OSHA PEL action levels. 

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SSPC SP-11, Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal
Highest Level of Power Tool Cleaning
· Remove tightly adherent materials
· Where abrasive blasting is not feasible or permissible
· Require roughened, clean, bare metal surface
· Retain or produce a surface profile of 1 mil or greater
· Tool media includes:
·          Rotary impact flap assemblies       *Roto-Peen Scaler
·          3M Heavy Duty Roto-Peen Flaps   *Roto-Peen Scaler

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·          Coated abrasive band                   *Roto-Peen Scaler w/ Cushioned Wheel
·          Needle guns w/ “wire bundles”       *Corner-Cutter®
·          2mm needles:                                *Corner-Cutter®
·  Surface shall be free of all visible oil, grease, dirt, dust, mill scale, rust,paint, oxide, corrosion products, and other foreign matter.
·  Surface resembles SP-10 (near-white) or SP-6 (commercial blast)

SSPC SP-15, Commercial Grade Power Tool Cleaning
Same as SP-11 with the following exceptions:
· Staining permitted in no more than 33 percent of each unit area
· Surface resembles only SP-6 (commercial blast)
Suitable for certain coatings where the added expense of going to SP 11 is not justified by an anticipated increase in coating life.

SSPC SP-3, Power Tool Cleaning
One step above SSPC SP-2 Hand Tool Cleaning
· Power assisted Hand Tools
· Remove only loosely adherent materials
· Faster and less expensive than hand tool cleaning

SSPC-SP COM, Surface Preparation Commentary for Steel and Concrete Substrates is intended to be an aid in selecting the proper surface preparation method, materials, and specification for steel, other metals, and concrete.
·  Circumstances where SP-11 or SP-15 may be applied:
·          Where abrasive blasting is not feasible or permissible
·          To reduce volume of hazardous waste produced by abrasive blasting
·          Cleaning around sensitive equipment or machinery
·          Touch-up of welded or damaged areas of erection assemblies
· Consider cost of mobilization and containment necessary for abrasive blasting
· Power tools reduce contamination of adjacent areas
· Less particulate contamination of the environment with power tools
·  ** Power tools with vacuum shrouds attached to high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) vacuum reduce air pollution and provide localized debris containment

** Pentek tools attached to our VAC-PAC® HEPA Vacuum and Packaging System provide this warranted performance objective:
Airborne emissions, resulting from the use of Pentek equipment supporting decontamination operations, will be below the OSHA PEL action levels.  This warranty is exclusive within the HEPA vacuum industry

* SSPC specifications are the property of The Society of Protective Coatings and can be found at http://sspc.org

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