Regulating the temperature of your air heaters is not only essential for peak performance and results -- keeping temperatures consistent can also reduce the strain on tools and electricity, saving money on both tool maintenance and energy costs.
In this economy, it is critical for manufacturers to operate their combustion equipment efficiently and safely, while minimizing downtime and meeting environmental regulations.
The pressure vessel designs found in most horizontal firetube type
boilers can be subjected to excessive stresses if the pressure vessel
is heated up unevenly.
To help ensure that your system provides optimum performance from day one, insist on working with a supplier that has operational experience, manufactures its own product and has products with proven performance.
Our new government administration is pushing “green” legislation that would require all of us to operate our plants in a more energy efficient and environmentally friendly manner in the near future. Energy conservation options available today, which do not currently provide a good return on investment, will become affordable and necessary for manufacturers in the future.
Have a large gas stream that needs filtration but it’s too hot for your bag house filter media? The typical solution may be costing you needless, expensive maintenance.
An electric process heater (EPH) is any heater that has not already been defined by its application. There are two types of EPHs: Immersion and Circulation. The immersion heater is immersed in the process fluid and heats by natural convection. The circulation heater is inside of a pressure vessel or duct and heats by forced convection. The Gaumer Co., Houston, estimates there are approximately 10,000 new EPH designs each year in North America.
News about rising energy prices dominates our headlines almost nightly. For manufacturers, fuel prices represent a cost of producing goods that can eat into margins and damage a company's bottom line. One way to ensure that energy costs don't hurt profits is to maintain burners or upgrade combustion equipment to more efficient options.
Cleaning out your hot oil system on the fly has never been so easy. This can be done when you are starting up a new or used hot oil system or for general maintenance of an existing system. Whichever your situation, the cleaning of your system can be done by your own maintenance department or you can hire a company to do it turnkey for you. If you do hire a company to do this for you, please make sure they are qualified to work on a hot oil system and have the proper equipment like hoses, pumps and filtration systems. Below are six easy steps to clean out your hot oil system.
