Applications

The smallest of dirt particles can do substantial damage to the blades of a steam turbine. For this reason a thorough cleaning of the high pressure steam lines feeding the turbine is imperative before a new installation is commissioned.

This is achieved by blowing and thermally cycling the steam lines with superheated steam which cleans out all the debris left during the construction process. One might expect welding scale, swarf, nuts, bolts and the general detritus left after lines have been welded.

A Russian coal mine is set to become one of the most technologically advanced in the world as it prepares to install an explosion proof soft starter for its massive conveyor system.

This is achieved by blowing and thermally cycling the steam lines with superheated steam which cleans out all the debris left during the construction process. One might expect welding scale, swarf, nuts, bolts and the general detritus left after lines have been welded.

Pro-Roll is a specialist finisher of high specification metals for high tech industries including aerospace and F1 and counts Rolls Royce, Ferrari and Corus among its many prestigious customers. Its speciality is the production of low volumes of high grade section in special alloys and materials such as titanium. Ironically, this 21st century company is based in an historic grade 2 listed mill near Sheffield that was formerly water powered and was only electrified in 1957.

Energy conscious plant operators are installing soft starts at an unprecedented rate, so that they save energy by stopping intermittent duty motors when they are actually not in use. Until recently it has been conventional practice to leave motors idling between duty cycles, but increasingly this is now seen as wasteful of energy - especially with recent rapid rises in electricity prices. Idling motors also exhibit very poor power factor, contributing to kVAr charges.