Established in 1965 with plants at Syston and Gainsborough, Interfuse is a family-run business specialising in the manufacture of precast masonry blocks, which are distributed throughout the country through builders' merchants. The company’s plants, which are amongst the most advanced facilities of their kind in the UK, are capable of producing around 21 million dense and lightweight blocks per year in a range of sizes; with solid, cellular and hollow formats; and with standard and close textured finishes.
The manufacturing process for the concrete and lightweight building blocks uses a press to precast the products and a series of kilns to provide heat for rapid curing. At its Gainsborough site, Interfuse has recently installed a Fulton FT-C vertical coil thermal fluid heater to replace a live steam system that was proving too expensive to operate.
Fulton’s highly-efficient FT-C thermal fluid boiler offers a compact, fuel-fired, 4-pass heater design capable of operating at temperatures up to 345°C. The system is designed to provide high-fluid velocities and low-film temperatures for improved longevity. The system’s compact footprint also means it could be skid-mounted, accommodating ancillaries such as circulating pump, expansion tank and related pipework, to minimise the floor space required for installation.
Fulton Launches New Highly-Efficent Hot Water Boiler.
Fulton Limited, a leading manufacturer of steam, hot water and thermal fluid boilers, is introducing a new, highly-efficient modular hot water boiler.
Commenting for Fulton, sales and marketing manager Carl Knight says: “The new FHE-250 will complement the company’s existing range of boilers and its introduction enables Fulton to fulfil the many requests it receives for a hot water solution.”
He goes on to say that, with steam and hot water being the key to many processes, the list of potential industrial, chemical, pharmaceutical, medical and food and beverage applications for a Fulton boiler is almost endless.
The new FHE-250 low-temperature hot water boiler will initially be available in a 250kW model and features a fully-condensing, stainless steel heat exchanger. A modular approach to its design also means that additional boilers can be combined to suit any application and hot water requirement. With the complexity of control being a criticism of many hot water boilers available on the market today, the new FHE uses a single control panel, which is capable of controlling a single unit or a modular installation.
Fulton packaged and skid-mounted boiler systems save site work and provide 'instant' plant power.
Fulton has an enviable reputation for manufacturing fully-prefabricated plant rooms and skid-mounted systems offering high levels of efficiency and reliability. The company’s comprehensive service includes initial design, application advice and total after sales support.
Systems are built in Britain to BS2790 1992 Class 1 and are available for electric, gas, oil and dual-fuel firing, with steam duties from 14 kg/h to 4787 kg/h F&A 100ºC.
All systems are designed to be delivered to site and installed on a prepared concrete base and final installation is made easier by connecting to termination points, pre-installed by the customer, to ensure that the new boiler plant matches existing site services.
Leading steam boiler manufacturer Fulton Limited has introduced two one-day training courses offering a mix of theoretical and practical operational assignments, that the company claims bridges the gap between the more expensive certified courses – those that can cost many thousands of pounds per employee – and straightforward ‘toolbox’ training.
Its Operator Routines & Maintenance course, which is designed for boiler operators, covers basic day-to-day operation and monitoring and provides employees with the knowledge required to monitor a boiler and ensure it is running efficiently and safely. It also includes training in operational procedures, daily blowdowns, and checking of water levels, alarms, etc. the course also examines the importance of correctly treated feedwater and what boiler inspectors will look for during routine insurance inspections.
The second course – Knowledge of Steam Systems – looks at both the boiler system in depth as well as auxiliary equipment including the steam and condensate loop. It is aimed at more experienced operators such as technicians and engineers.
Commenting for Fulton, customer services manager Jeff Byrne says: “We have always promoted the benefits of operator training to our customers and we enjoy seeing technicians and engineers grow in confidence as they improve their knowledge. Training also proves invaluable to employers, as operators handle more of their own maintenance and repair and avoid call-outs to ‘boiler breakdowns’ that require no more than the simple flick of a switch to resolve. Real examples like this prove that a Fulton one-day Operator Routines & Maintenance course could potentially save the cost of many expensive and unwanted engineers’ visits.”
Pulaski, NY — Fulton Companies (www.fulton.com), the global manufacturer of steam, hydronic and thermal fluid heat transfer products and provider of innovative energy management solutions, has closed a deal in which it has acquired 100 percent of Costerm Swiss AG, a specialised industrial burner and engineering company based near Zurich, Switzerland.
“We are very pleased to have Costerm join the global Fulton family,” says Fulton Companies CFO Kevin LaMontagne. “Plans are in development to share R&D resources, use Costerm burners on large Fulton boilers, sell Fulton products through the Costerm sales office, and sell Costerm products through Fulton sales offices.”
The deal was completed on December 20th 2011.
Correctly Sizing a Steam Boiler-What do I need to know?
The correct selection of a steam boiler output is critical to its operation, efficiency and performance. If undersized for the system load, then steam pressure will rapidly decrease thus causing the boiler to collapse its steam space, in turn causing low water alarms and ultimately burner lockout.
To prevent this, the boiler needs to be matched correctly to the system steady state demand and any short-term peak demands that may occur. In short, ensure that the boiler is sized to the system’s worst case scenario!
To achieve optimum system steam supply to demand ratio, it is important to know what you’re trying to achieve. For example what you are heating, its mass and the temperature rise you require, over which timescales (i.e. how quickly do you need to heat your product?)