In addition to our regional Field Service Engineers, we staff highly specialized advisors, analysts, and problem solvers who average more than 20 years of experience in their specific areas.
Our technical service consultants possess extensive knowledge and experience about specific boiler products and service areas. This uniquely qualified team specializes in water chemistry, structural and mechanical systems, burners and controls, air heaters, pulverizers, and metallurgy and welding.
B&W Service Specialists® Consulting Services provide the in-depth experience and inspection techniques necessary to assess the condition of your equipment and identify potential problems. This early detection and proper response helps reduce your maintenance and production costs and unscheduled downtime.
When you need in-depth technical help and assistance, turn to Babcock & Wilcox. Whether it's boilers, pulverizers, water chemistry, air heaters, scrubbers, or related equipment, B&W expertise and technology help keep your equipment performing at peak efficiency.
Areas of expertise
- Water Chemistry
-Conduct internal boiler drum and header inspections
-Evaluate tube sample analyses to determine potential problems and develop corrective action
-Diagnose boiler water and steam quality problems
-Evaluate current water treatment procedures and practices and make recommendations for improvement
-Engineer temporary piping and connections for chemical cleaning systems, prepare detailed cleaning procedures, and monitor the cleaning process
-Conduct follow-up inspections - Structural/Mechanical
-Conduct structural inspections of boilers, air heaters, precipitators and scrubbers
-Conduct structural inspections of all mechanical support members
-Conduct mechanical system inspections including pressure parts, buckstays, flues, ducts, windboxes and critical piping systems
-Perform complete system inspections
-Make recommendations for improvements, modifications and upgrades
-Evaluate failures to determine root cause and provide recommendations for corrective action - Burners and Controls
-Develop recommendations for combustion and control system modifications
-Upgrade burner management systems
-Perform burner inspections
-Audit control systems
-Conduct boiler performance reviews
-Conduct performance testing
-Tune boiler control systems
-Conduct in-plant training - Air Heaters
-Perform detailed annual inspections and recommend repairs
-Analyze operating data to determine thermal performance
-Recommend measures to improve performance and evaluate efficiency
-Consult on seal settings and assist in making adjustments
-Plan outage activities and recommend spare parts for outages and inventory
-Conduct in-plant training - Pulverizers
-Perform inspections and identify potential problem areas
-Advise and make recommendations for upgrades and operation improvements
-Plan and advise on general maintenance such as grinding zone rebuilds
-Plan and advise on specialized maintenance such as complete roll wheel rebuilds
-Coordinate roll wheel and gearbox rebuilds at B&W Service Centers
-Perform maintenance program audits
-Conduct in-plant training - Metallurgy/Welding
-Consult on weld repairs
-Assist in weld procedure development
-Consult on Codes and Standards
-Provide assistance in selecting nondestructive test methods
-Support failure analyses and root cause determinations
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