Industrial Basement Waterproofing · Minsk
Underground equipment vault required chemical-resistant waterproofing. Pure polyurea cured in 30 seconds, returning facility to service same-day.
Customer Type
Industrial Equipment Operator
Industry
Industrial Manufacturing
Project Scale
1,800 m² (floor + walls)
Duration
3 days
The Challenge
Equipment vault experienced water intrusion through cold joints and tie-rod penetrations. Chemical exposure ruled out epoxy systems. Downtime cost $15k/day — needed return-to-service in under 72 hours.
Our Solution
Abrasive blasted to CSP 4. Applied pure polyurea membrane at 2.5mm DFT using JYYJ-H-V8T at 36 MPa with 10-inch PLC precision. Gel time tuned to 8 seconds for vertical work, cure to service in 30 seconds.
What Pioneer Delivered
Not just a machine — a matched system, a trained crew on site, and after-sales backing end to end.
- On-site survey of the vault — mapping the cold joints and tie-rod penetrations that were the real leak paths and confirming the concrete could be primed damp before any spray.
- A single-source system — the JYYJ-H-V8T machine and the chemical-resistant pure polyurea matched, tuned to an 8-second gel and warranted together, not equipment and material sourced from three suppliers who blame each other.
- A spray crew trained for confined-vault vertical and overhead work and fast-gel polyurea — the hard part of waterproofing is laying an even pinhole-free film on walls, and we own it.
- Holiday-tested QA and a return-to-service plan built around $15k/day downtime — the equipment vault went back to service the same day, saving roughly $30k versus a 3-day epoxy alternative.
- Ongoing remote support for ratio, temperature and gel-time tuning, plus re-order of the exact matched chemical-resistant polyurea — so the next vault or repair is a phone call, not a new project.
Execution Process
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1 · Abrasive Blasting to CSP 4
Vault floor and walls are abrasive-blasted to a CSP 4 concrete surface profile, opening the pores and removing laitance, old coatings and contamination. Cold joints and tie-rod penetrations are routed and prepared as the known leak paths.
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2 · Primer & Detail Setup
A moisture-tolerant primer is applied to the blasted concrete and the routed cold joints and penetrations are detailed to anchor the membrane. The JYYJ-H-V8T is set to 36 MPa with its 10-inch PLC, gel time tuned to 8 seconds for vertical work.
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3 · Pure Polyurea Spray Application
Spray 2.5 mm DFT of pure polyurea over floor and walls with the JYYJ-H-V8T at 36 MPa, the 8-second gel letting the film build on vertical surfaces without sag. The seamless monolithic membrane bridges every cold joint and tie-rod penetration.
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4 · Cure & Same-Day Return
The polyurea cures to service in about 30 seconds and the membrane is holiday-tested for pinholes before the vault is signed off. With chemical resistance and over 400% elongation built in, the equipment vault is returned to service the same day.
Key Technical Highlights
Coating System
2.5 mm DFT pure polyurea
Seamless chemical-resistant membrane bridging cold joints and tie-rod penetrations.
Spray Unit
JYYJ-H-V8T @ 36 MPa
High-pressure plural-component rig with 10-inch PLC for precise vertical build.
Gel Time
8 s, tuned for vertical
Fast gel holds the film on walls without sag, then cures to service in 30 seconds.
Surface Prep
CSP 4 + moisture-tolerant primer
Blasted concrete profile and primer anchor the membrane to a damp substrate.
Elongation
>400%
High elongation bridges live movement cracks so leaks do not reopen.
Return to Service
Same day
Cured in seconds, holiday-tested, vault back in service against $15k/day downtime.
Project Gallery
On-site application and finished surfaces from this project.
Project Results
Same day
Return to service
polyurea cured in seconds
~$30k
Downtime saved
vs 3-day epoxy alternative
>400%
Elongation
bridges movement cracks
10-year+ rated
Chemical resistance
vs processing chemicals
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