Corrosion doesn’t just cause metal fatigue, it tires out your people too.

It’s well known that corrosion puts a lot of stress on equipment and structures. What’s less obvious is the toll it can take on personnel. There are a number of different ways it can be tiring, frustrating, and demoralizing:

Equipment Reliability: When military personnel face chronic equipment problems due to corrosion, it can disheartening and feel like an added burden.

Maintenance Burden: Dealing with corrosion-related maintenance tasks can be time-consuming and physically demanding, diverting focus from other critical tasks. This added workload can lead to fatigue, reduced productivity, and lower morale.

Safety Concerns: Corrosion can compromise the structural and operational integrity of military vehicles, aircraft, and support equipment. In some cases this poses a significant safety risk to personnel. (30%-40% of avionics failures are corrosion-related.*)

Reduced Operational Capability: Corrosion can limit the military's operational capabilities. When rapid response is necessary, corrosion-related delays can hinder mission success, leading to frustration and lower morale.

Resource Allocation: The financial and logistical resources required to address corrosion may divert resources away from other essential military needs, such as training, modernization, and personnel support.

Work Environment: Corrosion can also affect the living and working conditions of military personnel. Poor living and working conditions can have a detrimental effect on morale and overall well-being.

Training and Readiness: Corrosion-related equipment issues can disrupt training schedules and readiness exercises. This can diminish military personnel's ability to stay prepared for their missions.

So when you take steps to reduce the stress of corrosion on your equipment, you’re also reducing the stress on your people. From advanced protective covers to corrosion-free environments there are impactful, cost-effective, and scalable ways to mitigate, and even eliminate corrosion-related issues - with ROI measured in both money and morale.

*Tri-Service Technical Manual NAVAIR 01-1A-509-1, TM 1-1500-344-23-1, TO 1-1-689-1. CLEANING AND CORROSION CONTROL VOLUME I. CORROSION PROGRAM AND CORROSION THEORY. 01 March 2005.

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