Bolted joints are critical assets in many facilities yet are often overlooked among the multitude of assets and equipment that must be specified and maintained.
FluidEfficiency's bolted joint experts assist plants with the technical and logistical challenges of establishing and maintaining bolted joint integrity.
Our bolted joint integrity experts can help you to:
- Efficiently plan turnarounds/maintenance
- Reduce project costs
- Reduce scope creep and unbudgeted expense
- Support LowE program compliance
- Increase reliability of critical joints to avoid downtime
Core Program
EVALUATION: Evaluate current products, procedures, and practices
- Specification review
- Torque and tension calculations and evaluations
- Review of bolting techniques/procedures
VERIFICATION: The right technology for the right application
- Onsite measurement of equipment components
- Gasket recommendation/change if necessitated after evaluation
- Ensuring recommendations meet specifications
- Custom gasket design
- Bolt material recommendation
DOCUMENTATION: Record findings in a Joint Sealing Database
- Effectively plan and pre-buy materials to control outage costs
- Document the basis for the selection of the best technical solution
- Support Low E compliance programs whether you are pre-consent decree, need validation for consent decree negotiations, or already have a consent decree in place
OTHER SERVICES:
- Onsite immediate technical sourcing
- Onsite trouble shooting
- Supplier qualification
- Supplier recommendation
- Asset BOM/drawing development and management
