Newsletter
This past month, PSS commissioned our first drop in pump – a split case double suction BB1 pump. This was a brilliant success with calculated power savings of about 1 MUSD per year. The drop-in bare...
PSS recently overhauled 4 Ebara centrifugal compressors at a major gas processing plant in Thailand. The scope of work included the replacement of the John Crane dry gas seals, couplings, axial and...
A major water utility in Thailand recently awarded a drop-in pump replacement order to PSS. The original pump, a split case BB1 originally manufactured by a major Japanese OEM, suffered a catastrophic...
An air products company in Thailand was having reliability issues on their hydrogen process Burkhardt reciprocating compressor due to bearing failures after 2000 hours. The compressor used a splash...
A major refinery in Thailand had a catastrophic failure on their Dresser Rand Coppus steam turbine RLHB19. The turbine was equipped with an electronic overspeed protection system which was severely...
A major refinery in Thailand was having problems operating their Shin Nippon stripper pumps. These are low specific speed single stage OH2 pumps. For this particular process, the customer operates 2...
A synthetic rubber manufacturer was having constant seal leakage problems with their SBR agitator seal for the past 5 years. The Flowserve BRO double seal would leak instantly on the outboard...
A petrochemical plant in Rayong was facing major problems on their storage tanks with corroded annular plates and resulting damaged concrete base. The corrosion was externally created by environmental...