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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2018
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
John M. Spangler, Peoria, IL (US);
Brent Skinner, Pekin, IL (US);
Anca Marcu, Peoria, IL (US);
Salwa Batour Zoghbi, Edwards, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A process and system to protect an apparatus such as parts, components, equipment, vehicles and the like from environmental effects such as corrosion or rust using the oil-based VCI and a water-based film. In one aspect of the disclosure, the water-based film can be applied on top of a layer of an oil-based VCI that has been applied on an apparatus such as a vehicle (described below). In other aspects of the disclosure, the oil-based VCI is mixed in with the water-based film and then applied on top of the apparatus. In still other aspect of the disclosure, the oil-based VCI is applied on top of a layer of water-based film that has been applied to the apparatus.