BP chooses RotaBolt's RotaCap innovative technology on Teeside Terminal leading to reduction maintenance costs.
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RotaBolt measurement fasteners have been fitted to a heat exchanger on BP’s Teesside gas processing terminal as part of the company’s continuous improvement programme. The fasteners were used to assure that the correct design load was being achieved on bolted joints on four of the terminal’s re-boilers.
“We have fitted RotaBolts on the bolted joints where the main vessel connects to the channel system,” commented the plant’s Asset Care Engineer, “we had been using ultrasonic measurement of bolt extension to check correct pre-load but the use of RotaBolt measurement has helped us overcome some inconsistencies. The improvements, which included re-machining the sealing faces, are assuring our leak-free start ups.”
The joints experience substantial temperature differentials during start-up and can be subject to distortion. During these thermal swings it is essential that the correct tension is being achieved and maintained across the joints to assure integrity.
The technology built-in to each RotaBolt fastener assures that the correct tension is achieved and maintained throughout the life of the bolted joint. The design of the fastener also has the added benefit that it is very quick and easy to check during maintenance.
The RotaCap on the top of the fastener can be ‘instantly’ finger-tip checked. This dramatically reduces the amount of time taken to carry out routine maintenance leading to a substantial reduction in costs.
The heat exchanger is part of BP’s Central Area Transmission System linking a riser platform in the Central North Sea with the Teesside terminal. Engineers working on the system had successfully used RotaBolt measurement technology on other applications at BP and decided to try using the fasteners during the summer of 2012.
About RotaBolt: James Walker RotaBolt is a member of the James Walker Group. This global manufacturing group, with an annual turnover in excess of £170-million (Euro 200 million), operates through two strategic business units: Sealing Products & Services, and Rail Systems & Products. It has 50 production, engineering, distribution and customer support sites worldwide and sells in over 100 countries. Their technology has been used in gasket sealing and compression situations bringing a marked reduction in maintenance costs.
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