On-Board Maintenance, Done Right
Short, practical guides for the jobs that keep a vessel in class: cleaning hazardous (ATEX) zones without an ignition risk, moving fluids on board, and applying protective coatings that actually last. Written by SepcoTech around Graco's marine equipment.
Three Jobs That Never Go Away
Almost every fluid-handling job on a working vessel comes back to one of three recurring tasks. Surfaces get dirty: decks, tanks and cargo areas need washing, often inside ATEX-classified zones where an ordinary pressure washer is an ignition risk. Fluids need moving: bilge, sludge, ballast, oil, chemicals and seawater, every day, in port or at sea. And steel needs protecting, since anti-corrosion coatings only perform when they are applied with the right pressure, tip and technique. Get these three right and a vessel stays in class; get them wrong and it shows up at the next survey.
These guides are written for the people who own those jobs: chief and second engineers planning the work, fitters and pumpmen doing it, and superintendents and technical buyers specifying the equipment. Each one explains the job in plain terms, flags the risks and the shortcuts that don't pay, and ends with the specific Graco equipment SepcoTech supplies for it. Every product mentioned can be added to a quote straight from the page, or requested through ShipServ against TN 317545, with exact configurations confirmed by our technical team before anything is ordered.
Four Guides, Done Properly
Each guide ends with the right equipment for the task, and you can add it straight to a quote.
Cleaning ATEX Zones on Ships
Why fuel-oil and LNG vessels count as ATEX zones, the ignition risk of ordinary washers, and how air-operated cleaning solves it.
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Choosing a Marine Transfer Pump
What air-operated diaphragm pumps do on board, how to size one by port and flow, and when to go electric.
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Marine Coating Application
Coating trends, why airless spraying wins on board, and how to match the sprayer to the job: small repair to cargo hold.
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Electric vs Air-Operated Pumps
What compressed air really costs, where electric pumps pay back, where air still wins, and a checklist for deciding.
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Graco has put real focus behind the marine sector. The stated ambition is to be a major supplier for the on-board maintenance of ATEX-classified ships, with a product for every job: blasting, anti-corrosion paint spraying, fluid transfer, cleaning and lubrication. That breadth is why a single range can cover deck maintenance, ballast and bilge work, cargo-tank preparation, fluid transfer and grease systems, and why, where a zone is classified hazardous, there's an ATEX-approved option rather than a compromise.
SepcoTech supplies the full Graco marine range and quotes it against ShipServ TN 317545. Sources: Graco Marine Division interviews and application notes (linked within each guide).