Reclamation and failure investigation using saws
Recovering end plates from heat exchangers
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The end plates of heat exchangers are often one of the more expensive parts of the fabrication, and during tube replacement extracting the end plates for reuse during the re-tubing process.
The end plates have many hundreds of tight tolerance holes drilled, designed for a fit with the tubes. Once the casing is removed, and the end plate sawn off the tubestack, replacement tubes can be installed and the outer casing re-fitted.
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