New pipeline, vessel door closure system
Here's the SENTRY, a nonthreaded, internal pipeline and vessel door closure.
The new product features:
- Security—with heavy, rugged locking components that retain pressure in shear and compression modes.
- Safety—with all locking components fully engaged until vessel depressurization is complete.
- Quick, easy operation—with little effort required from a single operator to close the largest closure with minimal time
All pressure retaining components on the closure are made from ASME SA designated materials. The pressure-energized seal promises extended service life and reduced maintenance expense, the firm says.
The simple profile of the sealing surface allows for easy inspection and cleaning. An improved hinge arrangement and a means of holding the locking segments in the open position help make operation smooth and easy.
The method of securing the closure's locking components to the door also helps to prevent the possibility of injury during pipeline or vessel servicing.
Source: R&M Energy Systems, 363 N. Sam Houston Parkway, Suite 950, Houston, TX 77060.
Right of way software enhanced
An enhanced version right of way software suite specifically addresses the needs of pipelines.
Quorum ROW is designed to manage right of way information and documents, integrate ROW data with GIS, and streamline business processes.
Version 3.0 enhancements include a GIS component to allow automatic generation of ROW corridors from pipeline center lines derived from field data, alignment sheets, and ownership bands.
Other enhancements include data import and export capabilities, the Quorum Web Viewer, which allows users secure remote access to the system and associated ROW information, and, the Quorum Site Assessment module to facilitate tracking and management of environmental, cut line, ecological, and safety assessment data.
In addition, the new version supports a complete interface to the Pipeline Open Data Standard for pipeline companies.
Source: Quorum Business Solutions Inc., 2929 Briarpark Drive, Suite 215, Houston, TX 77042.
New excavator performance tracking system
A new machine information center (MIC) on-board data logger provides excavator owners with operating information.
Available on 80C to 800C excavators, MIC helps managers improve productivity, increase profit, and minimize operating costs.
The MIC is integrated into the machine systems and records an array of data that reveals how the machine was operated and how productive it was.
The system consists of three pieces—an on-board data logger that is standard on every machine, a cable and software kit to allow the machine owner to access the logged data via a Palm Pilot, and an MIC Dataviewer for your PC to summarize and manage the data.
The on-board data logger captures and stores up to 10,000 hr of data. User friendly software translates the data into charts, graphs, and reports.
Alarms and faults, engine speeds, hydraulic and coolant temperatures, pump pressures, hours of operation, and swing-travel-front operation times are stored.
MIC provides information in as small as 15 min increments, indicating if the excavator was idle, operating, or off. The job site superintendent can use this to determine operator behaviors, if they need to add another truck or even substitute a smaller excavator.
The data also can help a technician troubleshoot sequence of events and operating conditions.
For example, if the overheat alarm goes off, the technician can use MIC data to see if the excavator was running hot based on coolant temperature or from the events, and alarm log can see if it was an electrical problem causing the alarm to go off.
Managers can optimize component life by using MIC to track how many hours are on the undercarriage and the swing bearing, also how hard the engine and pumps have been working.
Source: John Deere & Co., One John Deere Pl., Moline, IL 61265.
New fluid designed for coiled tubing operations
New FloPro CT rheologically engineered well intervention fluid is specifically engineered for the requirements of coiled tubing operations.
With a solids content of less than 1% by volume, the system features hydraulically optimized rheology, lubrication, and density, helping suit it for a range of coiled tubing intervention applications, including deeper wells with higher angles and tortuous paths.
The system is suited for cleaning sand and debris from wells as a prelude to inserting production tools. The fluid is thermally stable to more than 300° F. and reduces mechanical drag, helixing, and buckling.
Source: M-I LLC, Box 42842, Houston, TX 77242-2842.