Amarinth has refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps for ADNOC on schedule utilizing its facility in the United Arab Emirates to meet strict shutdown deadlines.
Engineers test a newly refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pump for ADNOC at Amarinth’s facility in UAE – Image courtesy of Amarinth.
The UK company supplied the original pumps to ADNOC in 2016 for sodium hypochlorite dosing duties on the Umm Lulu offshore platform located within the Arabian Gulf, 30km north-west of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Because sodium hypochlorite is very corrosive, Amarinth originally used titanium alloy for all wetted elements.
During a routine capital evaluation, ADNOC decided the pumps had been due for refurbishment. ร้านซ่อมเครื่องวัดความดันomron dosing pumps are crucial to production and refurbishment needed to align precisely with a particular shutdown schedule.
The shutdown schedule wouldn’t allow the pumps to be returned to the UK for a full strip, evaluation and refurbishment, so Amarinth used its UAE facility to undertake the work.
Amarinth’s UAE facility was capable of full the strip and assessment report inside five working days and suggest two refurbishment projects. The first concerned a full rebuild, test and warranty of the first pump replacing all of the titanium elements including impeller, shaft, bearing brackets and mechanical seals. The work wanted to be accomplished in simply eight weeks. Amarinth prioritised the ordering of the titanium components and was capable of have the parts manufactured and shipped to the UAE to align with the rebuild schedule. The second venture undertook the identical work on the other two backup pumps to be accomplished on a 24-week schedule.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, stated: “Having equipped the original pumps to ADNOC we now have a wealth of expertise in working with titanium components. We are additionally happy with the growth of our native UAE facility for service and help and which enabled us to successfully expediate this explicit refurbishment, benefiting each ADNOC and the local financial system.”
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