Aquilex

Aquilex understands that every minute your plant or piece of equipment is offline means lost productivity, revenue and profits.

We are committed to developing the solutions that can be implemented faster and last longer – minimizing your downtime now and in the future. Automation and advanced tooling substantially improve the quality of repairs, speed of service and safety of personnel.

Aquilex brings erosion/corrosion mitigation, boiler repair and overhaul, and a wide range of industrial cleaning solutions to service your outage and turnaround needs. Our unique resources and capabilities provide you with results critical to your schedule and quality needs.
The mounting pressure to reduce the environmental impact of energy production has resulted in the accelerated erosion and corrosion of critical boiler and vessel components. Many plant components were not originally designed to withstand the harsher operating environments caused by lower quality feed stocks and more stringent operating regulations.

Aquilex can reduce costs associated with erosion and corrosion by applying a thin protective layer of alloy material to boiler and vessel walls and components. This can be done in situ or in our shops.

Aquilex’s advantage comes from heavy investment and research into the technologies of machine-applied weld metal overlay. This knowledge is used in designing and building innovative, superior overlay equipment systems for the exclusive use of our trained and experienced application craftsmen. For example, our Tenth Generation (GenTen System™) weld overlay system requires less operator input, provides higher reliability and productivity, and assures quality of overlay. It is uniquely able to operate in unusual configurations, such as overhead or on elliptical or cone-shaped components.

Field Applications
Aquilex performs the large majority of overlay work in the field. With our advanced equipment systems and trained and experienced field forces, we mobilize to the worksite in response to planned or emergent needs.

Aquilex’s overlay equipment inventory and available field labor pool are among the largest in the world. Generally, the amount of area and the client’s available schedule dictate the number of pieces of overlay equipment that will be necessary to complete the work in the allotted time.

Shop Applications
Aquilex WSI’s patented Unifuse® weld overlay process provides ease of bending and fabrication after overlay, eliminating the high maintenance costs of conventional protection methods. Only Aquilex can apply Unifuse to tubes and pipes for ultimate protection and the longest service life.

Nuclear Services
Aquilex WSI Nuclear Services is the industry leader in advanced, engineered welding technology, including Alloy 600 cracking mitigation and other nuclear component repair services. With highly-skilled field technicians, we provide advanced engineered repair solutions to the industry’s most challenging problems.

Many nuclear systems and components pose significant challenges for change out, repair, modification, or upgrade. In addition to technical aspects of such repairs, the repair plans must be designed to minimize radiation exposure, contamination risk and total repair time. Aquilex WSI Nuclear Services has implemented thousands of complex nuclear repairs with ALARA and personnel safety designed into every repair approach. Additionally, our repairs are engineered to meet customer schedule constraints while being financially attractive compared to component replacement or other repair options.

Types of nuclear plants served:
• Pressurized Water Reactor Plants (PWR)
• Boiling Water Reactor Plants (BWR)
• CANDU Plants

Aquilex HydroChem offers the broadest line of industrial cleaning processes, with the skill and experience it takes to deliver them safely, efficiently and reliably.

Our custom-designed tooling, combined with one of the newest and largest equipment fleets in the industry, enable Aquilex HydroChem to deliver unmatched speed, effectiveness and safety. We can solve your most difficult cleaning challenges, whether it is precise hydrocutting of steel vessels or cleaning miles of complex process piping.

Aquilex HydroChem is the only supplier to bring true robotic automation to heat exchanger cleaning with our breakthrough Synchronized Tools and Robotic System (STARSSM). By introducing computer-controlled tube lancing, STARS improves the reliability, speed and safety of heat exchanger cleaning and reduces the wasted downtime:

• Reliability – From the first to the last tube, STARS delivers consistent cleaning power and uses “Teach and CleanSM” technology to make sure that no tubes are missed or need to be recleaned.
• Speed – The technology decreases the time needed to move from tube to tube, eliminates operator fatigue and reacts to tube anomalies faster, improving the overall process speed.
• Safety – The only truly robotic, automated process available today, STARS takes our and your headcount out of the line of fire, improving the overall safety of your operations.

With the combined strength of Aquilex WSI, Aquilex SMS, Aquilex Welding Services B.V. and Aquilex Welding Services Poland, our European execution platforms, we can handle everything from the planning and support for a major turnaround to 24-hour emergency response to emergent situations. Our highly trained and specialized craft can be mobilized anywhere in the world. And we feature the industry’s largest portfolio of proven and qualified weld procedures, including our patented Unifuse® process for overlay.

Let us help you determine the best solution for your particular, unique needs.