Cutting Tool automates decoking operations.
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Available as either new equipment or as upgrade to existing hydraulic decoking systems,
AutoShift(TM) combination cutting tool enables automation of hydraulic decoking operations. Mode shifting is accomplished remotely by water pressurization and depressurization, thus avoiding personnel exposure to high pressure water, hot spots or steam eruptions, hydrogen sulfide vapors, and mechanical hazards. Manual shift feature is also provided.
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Flowserve Introduces AutoShift(TM) Combination Cutting Tool, the Next Step in Decoking Automation
DALLAS - August 11, 2005 - The new Flowserve AutoShift combination cutting tool provides automated, simplified and, most important, safer hydraulic decoking operation. The patented* AutoShift tool makes remote operation feasible by removing the operator from the cutting deck. Mode shifting is accomplished automatically and remotely by water pressurization and depressurization, not manually as with other tools. As such, there is no personnel exposure to the dangers of:
o High pressure water
o Hot spots or steam eruptions
o Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) vapors
o Mechanical hazards
The AutoShift combination decoking cutting tool provides numerous benefits to hydraulic decoking operations, including:
o Improved operator safety
o Greater system automation
o Reduced cycle times
o Improved efficiency
o Easier maintenance
o Shifting flexibility to free "stuck" tools
o Manual shift feature
AutoShift is available as both new equipment and as an upgrade to existing hydraulic decoking systems. The complete AutoShift apparatus is assembled, tested and stocked as a cartridge and can be quickly retrofitted at an authorized Flowserve Service Center. The retrofit assembly can be used to upgrade existing Flowserve Pacific combination tools (both axial and rotary types) and to replace Flowserve Worthington tools, Flowserve Pacific non-combination tools as well as non-Flowserve cutting tools.
With more than 100 years of decoking experience through its Worthington, Pacific and IDP heritage brands, Flowserve is the undisputed global leader in hydraulic decoking systems. It has pioneered many significant advancements in hydraulic decoking, transforming it into an increasingly safer, more efficient and automated process.
Flowserve Corp. is one of the world's leading providers of fluid motion and control products and services. Operating in 56 countries, the company produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and valves as well as a range of related flow management services.
For more information about Flowserve AutoShift technology, contact Frank Korkowski at 323-584-1858 or visit www.flowserve.com.
* U.S. Patent No. 6,644,567 and select international equivalents
