Heat exchangers are critical components for industrial systems, helping manage temperature, protect equipment, and keep your operation going. They also require expert service. Alfa Marine & Protein services all forms of plate-and-frame heat exchangers, as well as shell-and-tube units. We help keep your heat exchangers running with the expertise needed to reduce downtime and extend equipment life.
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| Work | Premium |
Standard |
Basic |
Frame Service |
Description | |
| Initial inspection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Reasons for initial inspection: - Determine the nature of fouling/scaling - Reject obvious defective plates - Confirm quantity and materials of the plates and gaskets. |
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| Gasket removal with Nitrogen | ✓ | ✓ | Gasket removal with proper procedures to avoid plate damage and preparing surface to secure new gaskets. | |||
| Pressure washing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Removal of loose fouling deposits before entering the chemical bath. | |
| Chemical cleaning | ✓ | ✓ | Standardized plate cleaning procedures with approved chemicals to avoid plate damage. | |||
| Plate inspection | ✓ | ✓ | Reasons for inspection: - measure plate deformation - visual corrosion/erosion |
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| Dye Penetrant inspection | ✓ | This procedure allows detection of cracks and holes undetectable to the naked eye. | ||||
| Gasketing with original Alfa Laval gaskets. Oven curing for glued gaskets |
✓ | ✓ | Alfa Laval guarantees use of original spare parts. Glued gaskets are oven cured which ensures maximum gasketed lifetime and increases the number of openings and closings of the equipment without gasket replacement. | |||
| Final inspection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Reasons for inspection: - verify gasket placement - verify plate order and orientation |
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| Reconditioning Report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Detailed report with all completed work, pictures before and after, and general recommendation for the equipment. | |
| Minor frame repair | ✓ | - External cleaning of frame - Bolt greasing |
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| Open, Remove Plates, Reinstall Plates, Close |
✓ | |||||
| Dye penetrant inspection of the liners | ✓ | To identify cracks and corrosion in the liners | ||||
| Plate Packing, Crating & Shipping documents |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pressure Test | ✓ | Guarantees that the equipment is properly sealed and ready for installation | ||||
| Replacement of defective plates to a level agreed with the customer | Opcional | Opcional | Opcional | Alfa Laval has plates and gaskets in stock to provide a quick service | ||
| Reconditioning of tightening bolts | Opcional | Facilitates easier equipment opening and closing. As an option you can replace bolts for other type with more features for a faster maintenance. | ||||
| Frame painting | Opcional | Improve corrosion resistance to external agents (pressure and frame plates) | ||||
| Plate deformation adjustment | Opcional | Opcional | Opcional | Restoration of gasket seating groove for optimum sealing | ||
| PHE Redesign | Opcional | Opcional | Opcional | Opcional | Improve thermal efficiency and/or reduce fouling | |
