1. WHAT IS RE-ENGINEERING?
Celeros Flow Technology’s ‘Re-Engineering Solutions’ deliver many benefits over simple part replication and reverse engineering - it is more than just replacement parts.
Part replication and reverse engineering generate like-for-like parts. However, without understanding why the part requires replacing you will replicate the same issues that led to the part requiring replacement in the first place – not addressing the root cause, and not taking the opportunity to review future requirements for the pumping equipment.
By contrast, the Re-Engineering Solutions offered by Celeros Flow Technology go far beyond mere parts replication: incorporating engineering input, additional analysis, mating part analysis, component design optimization, and system analysis as the root cause of component failings may be caused by other factors, which may influence the solutions offered.
2. WHEN TO USE RE-ENGINEERING
When spare parts are required for a pump overhaul, it can often be problematic to source replacement parts. Common problems faced by Operators include:
- Difficult to find spare parts for the pump
- Pump manufacturer unknown
- Pump manufacturing no longer available (“Orphaned Equipment”)
- Existing pump failing prematurely - “bad actor”
- Performance issues – pump / components
- Want to alter / improve materials of construction
- Want to alter some aspects of the pump, but retain the existing footprint
- Want an alternate solution to a replacement pump that is cost effective / faster / incorporating other changes
The solution is Celeros FT Re-Engineered Replacement Parts
3. WHY USE RE-ENGINEERING?
Our Re-Engineering Solutions are specifically tailored to add value to Customers’ installed assets in several ways, including:
- Increased efficiency through improved or modified hydraulic design
- Increased efficiency through improved manufacturing processes
- Reduced cavitation damage due to improved suction design
- Increased part strength and reduction of stress concentrations
- Improved corrosion resistance
- Responsiveness to changes in production (re-rating)
- Optimizing pump performance
- Reducing operational costs (Total Cost of Ownership)
- Increasing Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
- Extending service life of equipment
- Secured source of quality obsolete and spare parts
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