Watertube Boiler Division
As a world-class internationally competitive
JTB Works, Bellville, Cape
General
John Thompson Boilers focus is the world-
competitive design, manufacture, construction
and maintenance of industrial boilers and their
combustion equipment with outputs of up to 320
tons of steam per hour. The company also
designs and manufactures related products
incorporating heat transfer technology and
selectively undertakes high integrity fabrication
work.
Watertube Boiler Division
The watertube boiler division supplies new
boilers and combustion equipment to a variety of
industries. An overall service is provided
incorporating capacity and efficiency
improvements to older boilers, repairs and
maintenance, supply of OEM spares, reliability
studies and metallurgical services.
New Boilers
The range of new boilers includes:
Coal-fired boilers with traveling grate and
CAD spreader stokers
Bagasse-fired boilers with CAD spreader
stokers as well as pinhole and dump grates
Oil-fired / gas-fired boilers
Our customer list covers the widest range of
major industries throughout sub-Saharan Africa
including: sugar, food and beverage, chemical,
petrochemical, steel, metallurgical, pulp and
paper, textiles and many others.
operation we have been contracted by the
World Bank, under the auspices of the Global
Environmental Facility, as a technology transfer
source to assist Chinese boiler manufacturers
burning low-grade high-ash Chinese coals to
reduce emission levels to acceptable
international standards.
Zoned CAD Stoker
A 75-tons-per-hour JTB coal-fired watertube
boiler incorporating the high-efficiency JTB
zoned CAD stoker is to be manufactured at the
Jinan Boiler Works outside Beijing as a
verification unit prior to general manufacture in
China.
High Pressure/Temperature Boiler for Cogeneration
120 T Single Drum Cornertube Boiler
for refinery installation
Retrofitting, Repair and Maintenance
Our teams are available at short notice for
routine or emergency procedures.
Refurbishment, retrofitting, shutdowns, service
contracts, relocating and re-builds are carried
out on all types of boilers, furnaces and
mechanical plant and associated equipment.
Our service covers more than 100 industrial
units of original equipment manufacture
(OEM), 90 utilities in Eskom and municipalities,
and over 700 pressure vessels.
Site Erections
Our construction department has the teams
and equipment to undertake specialist site
erection, lifting and rigging services, new
installation of piping, vessels and tanks,
steelwork erection and specialist welding
services for our industrial customers.
Erection of Refinery Boiler
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Metallurgical Services Project Management

As a leader in the field of boiler technology, In addition to supplying standard boilers, JTB
JTB has extensive materials engineering project manages and engineers large turnkey
facilities for both in-plant and on-site boilerplant installations which include civil,
investigations. electrical, instrumentation, fuel and ash
handling flue gas clean-up and pre-boiler
These facilities enable detailed investigations to plant.
be conducted to establish the metallurgical
condition of materials and failure analysis. The The project management objectives of directing
Pinhole Grate Boiler under Construction
methods involved range from hardness and co-coordinating human and material
inspections and thickness checks to detailed resources throughout the life of the project are
Spares
metallographic examination using replication achieved by utilising modern management
techniques. techniques to cover the predetermined
A full range of original equipment spares is
objectives of scope, cost, time, quality and
immediately available nationwide for all John
participant satisfaction. A project manager is
Thompson and Ical boilers, stokers, mills and
appointed for each project and has
other ancillary equipment. A large proportion of
responsibility for the overall management of
cast spares are produced in the JTB foundry in
the project.
Bellville, Cape Town, which was recently licensed
to produce all castings under the Meehanite
Our Services
process. It is the only foundry in South Africa
dedicated solely to boiler castings. Supply and installation of new watertube
boilers
Retrofit, overhaul, repair and
maintenance
On-site Inspection of a Steam Drum
Installation of wet gas scrubbers
Spares service - fast, nation-wide
Secondhand Boilers
Supply and installation of refurbished
secondhand boilers
The division overhauls and installs second- Project management
hand boilers of all types, makes and sizes, Reliability Studies
backed by in-house engineering, Boiler Inspections
manufacturing and site installation facilities to Metallurgical Surveys
ensure that the end product will offer a safe
Bagasse & Coal Feeders on 150 T boiler
and reliable long working life.

After Sales Service

This service includes the preparation of boilers

for statutory inspections, re-tubes, and burner
and stoker repairs as well as on or off site
conversions from/to oil, gas and coal. Our
service teams also handle recommendations
regarding maintenance and service contracts for
trouble-free running of plant.
Sugar Mill incorporating JTB boilers
and Gas Clean-up Equipment

Refinery Boiler at Dusk - The Finished Job

John Thompson Boilers. A division of ALSTOM SA (Pty) Limited

Cape Town Head Office PO Box 129, Bellville, Western Cape, RSA, Tel:+27(0)21 959-8400, Fax:+27(0)21 959-8535, e-mail:info@johnthompson.co.za
Johannesburg Office PO Box 8382, Edenglen, RSA, Tel:+27 (0)11 392-0900, Fax:+27 (0)11 392-0938, e-mail: infojhb@johnthompson.co.za
Durban Office PO Box 32292, Mobeni, RSA, Tel:+27 (0)31 408-9700, Fax:+27 (0)31 408-9722, e-mail: infodbn@johnthompson.co.za
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