MontiPower and Cold Pad Join Forces at Dorsten Industry Event

In September 2022, MontiPower and Cold Pad hosted a joint industry event in Dorsten, Germany, bringing together maintenance contractors, coating specialists, and asset owners to explore the combined value of cold-work surface preparation and cold-applied coating systems.

The Cold-Work Value Chain

The event centered on a compelling value proposition: what happens when you combine a surface preparation method that requires no heat, no open flame, and no abrasive blasting with a coating system that cures without heat and can be applied in live environments?

MontiPower's Bristle Blaster® delivers:

• Grit-free, spark-reduced mechanical surface preparation
• SSPC-SP10 / Sa 2½ cleanliness and 65–85 µm Rz anchor profile
• ATEX Zone 1 and Zone 2 compatibility for use in explosive atmospheres
• No abrasive media, no containment, no compressed air system required

Cold Pad's coating systems offer complementary advantages, delivering cold-applied protective coatings that:

• Cure in ambient conditions without heat application
• Are suitable for live plant and offshore environments
• Provide corrosion protection compatible with bristle-blasted anchor profiles

Event Highlights

Attendees at the Dorsten event participated in live preparation and coating demonstrations, technical presentations, and Q&A sessions with engineers from both companies. The demonstrations showed the complete workflow from corroded steel to fully coated, inspection-ready surface — without blast equipment, without heat, and without operational shutdown.

Key themes from the event included:

• Reducing hot-work permits and associated shutdown costs in live industrial environments
• Enabling maintenance in ATEX-classified zones without special permitting
• Accelerating maintenance cycles through preparation-to-coating workflow optimization
• Demonstrating compliance with coating manufacturer specifications on bristle-blasted substrates

The Broader Implication: Rethinking Maintenance Windows

For asset owners and maintenance managers, the cold-work approach fundamentally changes what is possible within a given maintenance window. When preparation and coating can both be performed without hot-work permits, without blast containment setup, and without operational shutdowns, the total cost and time for a maintenance cycle decreases substantially.

This is particularly valuable in environments such as:

• Offshore oil and gas platforms
• Chemical plants and refineries
• Power generation facilities
• Enclosed storage tanks and vessels

Interested in the cold-work approach to your maintenance program? Contact MontiPower to discuss application-specific solutions or to arrange a demonstration.