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SIGMAPRIME

Product catalog summary

Overview: SIGMAPRIME® is a universal primer developed by PPG Protective & Marine Coatings, designed to enhance environmental compliance while providing exceptional anticorrosive protection. It is suitable for various vessel areas and offers increased efficiency and simplified processes for shipyards and vessel owners.

Key Features:

Multi-purpose epoxy anticorrosive coatings suitable for all vessel areas, including water ballast tanks, topsides, underwater hull, cargo holds, decks, cargo tanks, superstructure, and interiors.
High-quality adhesion to steel, shop primer, galvanized steel, and non-ferrous metals.
Available in low-temperature versions, performing well down to -10°C (14°F).
Can be overcoated with various other coating types, including epoxy, polyurethane, acrylic, and more.

Product Variants:

Sigmaprime 200: Two-component system, applicable up to 200 µm DFT in one coat, VOC emissions max 430 g/L.
Sigmaprime 700: 70% high-solids system, applicable up to 200 µm DFT, VOC emissions max 313 g/L.
Sigmaprime 800: 80% high-solids system, applicable up to 250 µm DFT, VOC emissions max 257 g/L.

Benefits for Shipyards:

Reduced number of products and simplified specifications.
Increased production speed and reduced stock requirements.
Improved application control and reduced waste.
Supports environmental compliance by reducing solvent emissions.

Benefits for Vessel Owners:

Long-term anticorrosive protection and simplified maintenance schemes.
Reduced maintenance costs and building schedule disruptions.
Quality assurance through simplified specification and inspection routines.

Global Supply and Quality Assurance: The SIGMAPRIME range is globally available, with strict quality control ensuring consistency across production locations. All formulations are fingerprinted by DNV laboratories to maintain quality standards.

Catalog excerpts

PPG Protective & Marine Coatings Bringing innovation to the surface™

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SIGMAPRIME®Universal primer - increased environmental compliance PPG Protective & Marine Coatings (PPG) is a world leader in protective and marine coatings. Our global capabilities and respected protective coatings brands enable us to provide our customers with exceptional products, performance and service. Our proven and trusted products protect a wide range of assets for the most demanding markets and environments, including: • Civil Infrastructure • Marine • Mining • Offshore PPG has the scale and resources to deliver outstanding support with well-established operations in over 60 countries....

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Driving increased efficiency into your business Proven performance Marine coatings are recognized as an essential factor in the service life and operational profitability of most forms of shipping. Consequently, they have now become a crucial consideration, from the new-build design stages onwards. The SIGMAPRIME range consists of high-quality, multipurpose epoxy anticorrosives that have been specifically designed to suit modern shipyard building practices and to ensure excellent long-term corrosion protection. Such is the importance of using the most suitable marine coating, that the success...

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The SIGMAPRIME range offers excellent water and corrosion resistance when applied to steel and non-ferrous metals, exhibiting excellent adhesion, flow and wetting properties, as well as outstanding crack resistance and edge retention. It provides exceptional anticorrosive protection due to its excellent adhesive qualities on shop primer, steel (blasted or mechanically pre-treated), aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel and hydro-jetted surfaces The SIGMAPRIME universal primer can also be overcoated with virtually all other coating types, such as epoxy, polyurethane, acrylic, alkyd, chlorinated...

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SIGMAPRIME 200 Two-component, multi-purpose, anticorrosive epoxy system. Low-temperature version delivers excellent performance when applied down to -10°C (14°F). • One coating for all vessel areas • Pure epoxy coating • Can be specified up to 200 pm (7.9 mils) DFT in one single coat • VOC emissions maximum 430 grams per liter (3.59 lb per US gallon) • Exceptional anticorrosive performance • Excellent adhesion to steel, shop primer, galvanized steel and non-ferrous metals • Low-temperature version available • Proven crack resistance • Good edge coverage SIGMAPRIME 700 70% High-solids, two-component,...

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Fingerprint quality assured The global nature of the shipping business now demands worldwide supply. Providing marine coatings to the shipping industry usually requires local manufacture, often using local raw materials. For coating systems in critical areas, it is vitally important that these coatings are identical to those originally specified, together with track records and approvals (such as DNV/Marintek). The composition of the SIGMAPRIME range, regardless of production location, is strictly controlled and all SIGMAPRIME product formulations have been fingerprinted by the DNV laboratories...

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SIGMAPRIME SIGMAPRIME 200 • wo-component, multi-purpose, anticorrosive epoxy system T • an be specified up to 200 µm (7.9 mils) DFT in one single coat C SIGMAPRIME 700 • 0% High-solids, two-component, multi-purpose, anticorrosive epoxy system 7 • an be specified up to 200 µm (7.9 mils) DFT in one single coat C SIGMAPRIME 800 • 0% High-solids, two-component, multi-purpose, anticorrosive epoxy system 8 • an be specified up to 250 µm (9.8 mils) DFT in one sing

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