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Newsletter 85 Eng
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REPAIR METHOD
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COMPENSATING SYSTEM
SHIMMING SYSTEMS FOR
FLANGE GASKETS page 4
SHIMFREE page 7
EVENTS
GLASS-LINING FOR
BEGINNERS page 11
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THALETEC LocaRep
Repair method facilitates local reglassing of damaged
THALETEC on YouTube components
Workshops:
2017 registration In addition to the repair methods previ- Fig. 1:
ously available (see Table 1), THALETEC Local reglassing
THALETEC Workshops Registration for now offers a new solution, LocaRep: local
reglassing of damaged components.
Termine 2017 und Anmeldung
Appointment 2017 and Registration
our workshops in
2017 has already
commenced. More In particular, built-in glass-lined compo- LocaRep process. In this way, only the
information on nents, such as stirrers, agitating elements, damaged site is repaired and reglassed.
dates, prices as well baffles, dip pipes and valve parts, which The properties of the repaired site are
as the registration have localised damage (e.g. Fig. 2), in comparable to a new glass-lining following
form can be found many cases can be reglassed quickly the local reglassing.
in our new flyer and safely "locally" using the THALETEC
K108 .
Process Flyer
MiniScrew K090
THALETEC heat exchanger
RepCap K091
in the Deutsches Museum
EmPad K092
From 15th February you can visit and expe-
rience the special exhibition about energy EmRep K093
transition "energie.wenden" in the Deutsches
Museum on the Museum Island in Munich. A RepDisk K094
THALETEC heat exchanger (see cover photo)
forms part of this exhibition on the theme of RepSet K095
energy revolution.
PTFE repair sleeve K096
At the centre of the exhibition there is a mul-
timedia interactive game in which the visitor LocaRep K112
makes decisions about energy revolution. The
Welding repair THALE-mail 80, Page 5
exhibition has been conceived as an interna-
tional touring exhibition. It will be in Munich
until 19.08.2018. Table 1: Repair process by THALETEC for glass-lined equipment and components from all
manufacturers
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Fig. 4:
Local glass-lining coating
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Compensating System
THALETEC shimming systems for flange gaskets
Flanges on glass-lined, process enginee- the opening (Fig. 5) as specified in the ted as a result of reglassing glass-lined
ring apparatus can exhibit unevenness, applicable quality standards DIN 28005-2 apparatus, which can even exceed the
flange sheet inclination and an angu- (tanks), DIN 28006-2 (reactors) and DIN values specified by the standards, where
larity by contrast with the ideal axis of 28007-2 (columns). Flanges can be distor- applicable.
Fig. 5:
Table 3 from DIN 28006-2; Shape/angle/incline tolerances for openings and their covers
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Fig. 6:
Methods to compensate for flange uneven-
ness and their fields of application
(b) (c)
(d)
Fig. 7:
THALETEC QuickShim-System: (a) com-
pressed air-driven gun, (b) double cartridge,
(c) mixing tube, (d) cap nut
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Fig. 8:
Lining a manhole seal with the THALETEC
shimming system, QuickShim
Fig. 9:
Seal with wedge-shaped inserts to correct
the angle setting of the agitator nozzle
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Fig. 10:
Angle spacer to rectify angle errors up to 3°
on nozzles up to DN 500
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Fig. 13:
Measuring a manhole nozzle
Features
• Approved for -1/+10 bar and -60°C to • Manufacture of the ShimFree interme- • Fitting the ShimFree intermediate ring
230°C diate ring after measuring the flange using a new type of clip bolt which can
• Available as standard for nozzles up to unevenness on the existing glass-lined be freely positioned on the circumfe-
DN 600; other dimensions upon request equipment rence
Advantages
• ShimFree intermediate rings avoid the • Compensation for flange deviations • Universal solution for all glass-lined
necessity of lining flange gaskets; parti- (angle and/or flange unevenness) in a equipment from all manufacturers
cularly useful for flange gaskets which large range • Complies with the requirements of
are frequently changed • ShimFree intermediate rings make it TA-Luft (German emission standards)
• In manhole openings the ShimFree possible to keep equipment with gre- in connection with THALETEC flange
intermediate ring replaces the manhole ater flange deviations securely sealed, gaskets AGR Premium (Flyer K025 ) or
protection ring used previously even those which have been reglassed GRX Premium (Flyer K099 )
multiple times
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Fig. 14 shows a ShimFree intermediate ring already had a flange deviation of almost 8 Fig. 14:
for a nozzle DN 600, with which a flange mm, would no longer have been usable. Manufactured and glass-lined
unevenness of 8 mm on a manhole nozzle ShimFree protection ring
was rectified. Without the Shim-Free pro-
tection ring the corresponding glass-lined
apparatus, which even before reglassing
Any requirements?
If you are looking to solve difficult sealing regarding compensating processes for
problems in your company, contact nozzle deviations. Just talk to us!
THALETEC.
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Fig. 15:
Nomination certificate for THALETEC and
SLM Solutions for the "Best of Industry
Award – Additive Manufacturing"
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Fig. 18:
Result of the building process in a SLM
plant of SLM-Solutions, Lübeck
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Workshop:
Do you recognise these situations? You as- Especially for those new to the topic of You will find the dates for these and other
sume technical responsibility in a new pro- "glass-lined equipment" THALETEC offers the workshops in our Flyer K108 .
duction plant, in which there is glass-lined newly conceived workshop "Engineering" as
equipment. Or you are at the start of your in Flyer K102 . In addition, it is also possible to hold
career and land in a company with glass- a workshop at your premises which is
lined apparatus? Or you have colleagues The workshop will teach in a condensed tailored to your specific requirements
or employees who are new to glass-lining? form the fundamental basis of glass-lined and criteria. Just speak to us to agree on
But unfortunately, you or your "newbies" apparatus engineering. The content of the content and dates.
only know enamel from Grandma's coo- workshop is divided into two sequential
king pots and the bath tub? events. In the first part of the workshop,
aspects of plant planning and the specifi-
Glass-lined process engineering ap- cation of glass-lined apparatus for process
paratus, such as stirred-tank reactors, engineering plants will be discussed on
tanks, recipient vessels, heat exchangers, the one hand. On the other hand, the fun-
columns and glass-lined pipe lines do not damental basics of the "glass-lining" ma-
have much in common with that which terial system will be taught as well as the
you perhaps know at home. Even if the impact of the properties of the material
basic concept, namely putting a layer of on the potential design and limitations. In
"glass" - the glass-lining material - on top the second part of the workshop, the most
of a basic body of metal, is similar whether important principles of process enginee-
household enamel or technical glass-lining ring construction as well as the design of
is involved. glass-lined apparatus will be discussed and
comprehensively worked through.
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Fig. 19:
THALETEC form for the decontamination
certificate
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