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The following article was written by Allied Heat Transfer’s Director of Engineering, Simon England, and published in the June/July 2020 edition ofAustralasian Drilling magazine. With drill rigs incorporating equipment operating at high pressure, temperature, or a combination of both, it pays to ensure they meet legislated requirements. Pressure equipment is hazardous and should be operated, maintained, and inspected by competent personnel. Common pieces are receivers and sepa

We often have requests to provide coolers such as “My oil is at 80 °C, I need it to be 60 °C, please quote me a cooler doing 80 °C down to 60 °C from 100 L/min”. This almost always results in a cooler larger than required. Your system doesn’t go from 60 °C up to 80 °C in one pass so the cooling doesn’t have to remove it in one pass either. Maintaining an operating temperature is about balancing the heat generated by the system with a cooler removing the same amount at an idea

Some time ago Allied Heat Transfer made the decision to support some of our clients outside of Australia by setting up operations...

Both tubeside and airside behavior affect the overall performance of an air cooler. Two concerns with air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE) operation are two-phase process-side maldistribution in headers and misrated airside fan performance. At HTRI’s Research & Technology Center (RTC), we are developing plans to construct a header box for advanced tubeside analysis. In addition, we want to identify differences between the actual and rated air delivery of the Air-Cooled Unit (ACU)

Did you know that your high pressure coolers may fall under the Australian Pressure Vessel Legislation? At Allied Heat Transfer we have in house accredited Pressure Vessel Inspectors and Engineers that will assist you in determining the legislative requirements applicable to your in service coolers and how to meet them. Analysis of the application will enable us to ensure you are covered. With every high pressure cooler we manufacture, we ensure it is designed and manufacture

Allied Heat Transfer is proud to announce it has sent the first container load of Bowman shell and tube heat exchangers and Allied Heat Transfer ACX air cooled oil coolers to its branch in the Philippines for sale throughout South-East Asia. It has taken several years of hard work to get to this point and it is a massive step forward for the company towards its goal of being the leading heat transfer supplier in the region.

When forming tube-to-tubesheet expansion joints, everyone knows the rule of thumb guidelines published by tube expanding equipment suppliers and in text books, but do they know why that range is proposed, and what happens if it is exceeded? If the joint doesn’t seal within the range what do you do? Pull the tube and try another one, potentially damaging the tubesheet and tube hole? Or do you keep going into an unknown region and hope for the best? Allied Heat Transfer is ofte

We are excited to announce that the team at Allied Heat Transfer have been issued with another patent for the invention of a heat...

BHP needed a company that could design and manufacture a cooling system capable of rejecting its heat load but fit within in a specified space and have an operating noise level of no more than 80 bB(A) at 1m. Allied Heat Transfer were contracted by BHP to manufacture the Air Cooled Heat Exchanger which subsequent to testing was capable of meeting all the customer’s requirements with a noise level of only 75 dB(A) at 1 m.

WA-based Allied Heat Transfer has expanded its ability to analyse heat exchangers and cooling systems while the equipment is still in...

Our Terms and Conditions have been changed principally to reflect the enactment of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 and the...

In June 2011 Allied Heat Transfer determined the need to expand our existing in house service division, originally located at our manufacturing work shop, to a dedicated service work shop. Subsequently the service work shop has prospered into a competent part of Allied Heat Transfer and is currently managed by Peter Brady who was a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry. Peter Brady in conjunction with his highly capable team will efficiently service all your requ

Allied Heat Transfer has recently implemented an online cooler selection program that allows users to design a cooler to match their particular needs, determine the performance of a known cooler, calculate the cooling requirements for their system, and to access our online unit converter. Users have the option to download generated performance specification sheets, 2D drawings in PDF and DXF format or a 3D model in STEP format. Access to our cooler selection program is made a

A new cyclic fatigue test machine has been commissioned at Allied Heat Transfer. Obviously in a business that manufactures heat exchangers and pressure vessels the testing of product is of critical importance. Finished product is tested in accordance with the applicable international standard and our compliance with the test procedure is certified by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA). In addition to hydrostatic testing and when required we also carry out

With this piece of equipment Allied Heat Transfer can test the performance of air cooled heat exchangers and plot the performance; allowing testing of existing units as well as refining the design of new units. Reductions in size, weight, noise and cost of air cooled heat exchangers is expected through the use of this equipment. CSIRO in partnership with Enterprise Connect have recognized the capabilities of this cutting edge piece of equipment and thus placed the Allied Heat

The last of the modular power station lube oil cooling systems for Rio Tinto rolls out of the workshop at Allied Heat Transfer. The turn key cooling system designed with serviceability in mind allows regular maintenance without needing to shutdown the system. Parts such as cooling panels and fans can be replaced whilst the system is still operational, this is a giant leap forward compared to the regular finned tube style heat exchangers that require a shutdown to perform main