Hydro Parts Solutions recently manufactured two stuffing boxes for an injection pump at a Gulf Coast refinery.
An issue at the refinery had caused two of the stuffing boxes for this application to fail. Because of this unexpected failure, the end user required six new stuffing boxes on an expedited basis.
Hydro Parts Solutions was able to reverse engineer and machine these components from AISI 4140 steel on an aggressive timeline, providing the first two stuffing boxes within 4 days. The remaining four components were completed within 9 days.
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Hydro Parts Solutions recently manufactured three impellers for a rerate project being developed through Hydro’s Rocky Mountain service center in Denver, CO. Hydro Global Engineering determined the new hydraulic design for the rerated pump, which required modifications to the casing and new impellers.
State of the Art Parts: Hydro Parts Solutions recently supplied a new impeller as part of a project to improve the operation of a pump that was not performing per the OEM curve. The first step in the process was reverse-engineering the used sample impellers. The reverse-engineered model was used by Hydro’s Global Engineering team to perform a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis to determine the best possible hydraulic design for the plant’s expected operating range.