{"id":8019,"date":"2026-06-26T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metalcon.ua\/kak-kas-szhiraet-chernjagu-zamena-sistemy-sliva-na-3-otsechnoj-bochke-exo"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:52:39","slug":"kak-kas-szhiraet-chernjagu-zamena-sistemy-sliva-na-3-otsechnoj-bochke-exo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metalcon.ua\/en\/kak-kas-szhiraet-chernjagu-zamena-sistemy-sliva-na-3-otsechnoj-bochke-exo","title":{"rendered":"How UAN eats away &#8220;mild steel&#8221;: replacing the discharge system on a 3-compartment Exo tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8019\" class=\"elementor elementor-8019 elementor-7925\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0114491 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0114491\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9e855d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9e855d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0Hauling UAN (Urea Ammonium Nitrate) pays well, but for a steel tanker, it&#8217;s a slow death if you don&#8217;t keep an eye on it. The other day, a 3-compartment Exo steel tanker rolled into the Metalcon facility. The work order sounded standard: &#8220;check the discharge, there&#8217;s a leak somewhere.&#8221; In reality, we had to save the tanker from a massive failure on the road.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02d6579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"02d6579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-element-09bd2a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09bd2a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-path-to-node=\"6\"><strong>What the inspection revealed:<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f05b340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f05b340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0Anyone working in the ag sector knows what UAN does to standard steel. A look at the lower piping showed a textbook case \u2014 severe through-corrosion.<\/p><p><strong>What went under the knife:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><b data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Main 3-inch discharge pipe.<\/b> The manifold connecting the discharge from all three compartments had rotted down to the thickness of foil, developed pinholes, and was basically held together by paint and rust.<\/li><li><b data-path-to-node=\"9,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Valves (3 units).<\/b> One for each compartment. Seized completely. The salt solution had eaten the valve seats, so they physically couldn&#8217;t hold liquid anymore.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0Sending a tanker like this out for chemical transport is a ticking time bomb. If a pipe bursts in the field or UAN spills at a weigh station, the environmental fines will hit you hard.<\/p><p><strong>How we fixed it: cutting to the core<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0Slapping patches on rotten metal is a joke. There&#8217;s nothing to weld to, and the UAN will eat a new hole right next to it in a week. As a rule, we remove the rot entirely.<\/p><ul><li><b data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Teardown:<\/b> Cut off the old pipe completely, dropped the dead flanges and valves from all three compartments.<\/li><li><b data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">New manifold assembly:<\/b> Built a brand-new piping system from scratch using thick-walled structural steel.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7648247 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"7648247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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