Who should be responsible for the anti-corrosion treatment of the inner wall of pressure vessels?
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Our company has signed a contract with a equipment manufacturing plant for the production of pressure vessels. Some of these vessels require their inner walls to be coated with epoxy resin to prevent corrosion, but the contract does not specify who is responsible for carrying out this task. Who should be responsible for anti-corrosion treatment of the inner walls of the pressure vessels? Can it be assumed that the original contract can be handled by the equipment manufacturer without any additional costs? **Are there any regulations regarding this?
If it’s not specified in the contract, it will cause problems and disputes; negotiate with the manufacturer: each party should bear half of the cost.
It depends on what’s specified in the contract at the time of ordering; are there any drawings? We have cases where we ask the manufacturing factory to do it, and there are also cases where we go to the site and hire professional anti-corrosion teams to carry out the work.
Since the contract does not specify this, the equipment manufacturer will surely be unwilling to do it without an additional cost. It is recommended to negotiate with the manufacturer and pay a portion of the cost.
Generally, the manufacturing unit applies rust-proof paint and primer, while the user handles the topcoat. If anti-corrosion treatment is required internally, it should be specified in the contract; this is something that the manufacturer handles, and the costs are certainly included in the price of the equipment.
If your company is involved, and there are no mentions of epoxy resin anti-corrosion measures in the tender documents or the equipment drawings provided to the manufacturers, then it will be your company that has to take care of it. However, if done properly, each can bear half of the burden. After all, aren’t you gods!
If your company, in the tender documents and the equipment drawings provided to the manufacturers, addresses issues related to epoxy resin corrosion protection. You can ask the manufacturer to take responsibility (since the user responded to the bid, this anti-corrosion requirement is already assumed).
Please carefully review your manufacturing contract to see whether you have agreed on a unit price or a total price If it is the unit price, your company will bear the cost; if it is the total price, the other party will bear it.
If there is an agreement, it shall be borne by the party that made the agreement; if there is no such agreement, Party A shall bear it
No other instructions are given; the requirements are specified on the drawings, and if manufacturing is carried out according to those drawings, it should be the responsibility of the manufacturer.