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Plate Exchanger Service
Service on a plate exchanger divides into four tasks: renewing gaskets, cleaning plates, expanding the pack when duty grows, and testing to confirm integrity afterward. Each one is straightforward when planned and disruptive when it happens unexpectedly. Trending approach temperature or the overall coefficient tells you when a unit needs attention far more reliably than a fixed calendar does.
What We Do
Regasketing
Gaskets are the shortest-lived component in a plate exchanger and the cheapest to renew. Doing it properly is...
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Plate Cleaning
Fouled plates lose duty gradually and quietly. Cleaning them restores it, and how you clean depends entirely...
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Plate Pack Expansion
Adding plates to an existing frame is the cheapest capacity increase available, and it is only possible if...
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Leak Testing & Inspection
A pressure test after reassembly costs an hour. Finding a misplaced gasket by putting product through the...
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When performance says so rather than on a calendar. Trend the approach temperature or overall coefficient and service when it crosses a threshold. Most plants that adopt this find they service less often and lose less production.
Yes. Elastomers take a compression set that is not visible, and a reused gasket will seal at first and weep once the unit cycles. The gasket cost is trivial against opening the unit twice.
Chemically, often yes. Where the deposit is heavy, opening the frame and cleaning plates individually is faster and more thorough, and it lets you inspect at the same time.
The pack dimension stamped on the unit or given in its documentation. Plate packs are tightened to a dimension rather than a torque, and over-compression damages both plates and gaskets.
