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Enerfab has provided us with construction services for many years, encompassing multiple projects. For our (station name omitted), they have been our primary boiler contractor, working both major replacement contracts and routine maintenance during planned and forced outages. Major work includes reheater, superheater, waterwall, headers, and high-energy piping replacement. In most cases, they are the low-cost, competitive bidders providing the best performance for safety, cost, and duration. Additionally, they work safely while handling large pieces that require well-engineered lifting and rigging plans. We will continue to partner with Enerfab on future projects.– Outage Manager at Large Electrical Services Company

Our company was looking for solutions for an ash handling system that had become a maintenance disaster. The system carried boiler ash from the economizer section of the boiler to the drag chain conveyor at the bottom of the boiler. The system consisted of. 8” pipe with a 1.5” thick ceramic lining on the interior. Although the piping is exposed to abrasive boiler ash and water, its wear was not too extreme, other than at and around the elbows or 45-degree bends. The biggest issue with the lined pipe is that our operators regularly beat it to clear ash blockage, which often causes the liner to break and plug the line. This, in turn, caused premature replacement of the piping. Enerfab’s pipe fabrication division, Enerpipe, heard about our issues and contacted one of their valued suppliers and leading industry experts for erosion and corrosion control, Iracore International, Inc. They worked with us to evaluate one of the system's highest maintenance areas. Then, they offered an experimental elbow and straight-run set of test spools incorporating Iracore’s polyurethane-lined piping technology. This was installed during the next outage in 2013. Because the rest of the system still required considerable maintenance, we inspected the test spools many times since installation and found that they had held up exceptionally well. Both pieces had minimal wear and no misbonding between the polyurethane and steel. One exceptional feature of the lined pipe is that if the operators beat on it, it does not break loose and cause blockage, leading to repeated piping replacement and related downtime. We experienced exceptional performance in above-average erosion conditions with this product. Another excellent feature is that Enerpipe can fabricate this product to almost any dimension desired. This is a superior product and can drive down long-term business costs. – Maintenance Superintendent at a Wholesale Utilities Power Company