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KTA-TATOR, INC.
Corporate Headquarters
115 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
Phone: 412.788.1300
Fax: 412.788.1306
E-mail: info@kta.com

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Coating Condition Assessments and Maintenance Planning

Evaluation of current and potential coating conditions requires the services of an expert. That expert must also be armed with the most advanced tools used in the industry in order to develop the most accurate, dependable and comprehensive results and recommendations possible.

KTA-TATOR, INC. developed The Original, first-of-its-kind maintenance painting management system in 1950 Since then, it has evolved into a system which incorporates hundreds of man-years of expert knowledge and an advanced computer software. We call the system the Coating Assessment and Painting Priority System®, (CAPP for short).

CAPP® Provides

• Complete Compnent Itemization
• Structural Component Inventory
• Coating Condition Assessment
• Structural Condition Evaluation
• Generic Coating Type Determination
• Hazardous (Lead) Paint Detection
• Risks of Recoating Existing Systems
• Prioritization According to Need
• Tracking Coating History
• Recording Associated Information
• Identification of appropriate coating repair or replacement materials (when used in conjunction with the KTA PaintSpec® program)

Additional Services

• On-Site Quality Control Inspection of Coatings/Linings
• Underwater Inspection of Coatings
• Laboratory Testing of Coatings
• Failure Investigation of Coatings/Linings
• Materials Design/Engineering Support
• Coating Recommendations
• Coating Test Patch Application and Evaluation
• Specification Preparation
• Containment Design
• Hazardous Materials Abatement Management

What Is CAPP® All About?

The KTA Coating Assessment and Painting Priority (CAPP®) System is a computerized maintenance painting management tool designed for organizing the maintenance painting of industrial facilities, tanks, and bridges. It is a comprehensive management system with a proven track record.

Maintenance painting surveys were initially developed by KTA in the 1950. The survey concept was re-designed for a Virginia Department of Transportation project for the inspection and prioritization of bridge painting needs throughout the state in 1986.

Since then, the KTA CAPP® System has undergone many revisions and updates, including computerization in 1989. The KTA CAPP® System has been used to track coating conditions in chemical facilities, refineries, water and waste treatment plants, pulp and paper mills, power plants, manufacturing facilities, transmission towers, pipelines, and bridges across the country.

For the first few years of maintenance painting under the KTA CAPP® system, the items containing the most severely deteriorated coatings are weighted more heavily so that those portions of the plant or structure are assigned a higher priority. After a few years of carefully planned painting, the priorities are shifted to place greater emphasis on coatings that are in a localized touch-up condition.

This is the ultimate objective of the KTA CAPP® System, to touch-up coatings before they deteriorate to the extent that a significant amount of surface preparation is required. By the time coatings appear to require repainting, it is often too late to accomplish the touch-up economically. Expensive surface preparation is required by that time.

KTA-Tator, through the use of the KTA CAPP® System, can help predict this drastic deterioration before it starts, saving unnecessary expenditures. One of the program features includes being able to estimate lifecycle costs for the work.

For more information on KTA's CAPP® System, please download our flyer (PDF 199Kb).

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