Customer Success Stories

Cr Iron Pump Box Spool Liner Inserts Solve Hydro Transport Wear Problem

Published on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and filed under Customer Success Stories, New Developments.
Cr Iron inserts in pump box

An oil sands customer had a problem with extreme high wear on pump spools in the hydrotransport line for oil sands. We worked with the customer to design a reusable spool that houses a 1 ¼” thick wall 27% chrome iron liner >650 Brinnell. Not only will the chrome iron liner wear longer than the [...]

Cyclofeeder Wear Liner

Published on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and filed under Customer Success Stories, New Products.
Cyclofeeder liner

An oil sand customer from Ft McMurray had a Cyclofeeder liner that required new wear liners. Routing Number SUNTRUST BANK They wanted a turnkey operation, they wanted the vessel completely lined and ready to install in their hydrotransport line for pumping oil sands. The vessels were 16’ in diameter and had to be lined with [...]

Frac Pump Sand Slinger

Published on Friday, October 16th, 2009 and filed under Customer Success Stories, New Developments.
Machine balanced sand slinger

One of our oil service companies used our Pliant 25 alloy to improve the wear life of their sand slingers. The slingers are a critical high wear component in hydraulic fracturing pumps. They’re used to mix sand in  the frac pumps. The slingers are over 600 Brinnell hardness and balanced to a G1 spec. Routing [...]

White Iron Cyclone Used in Oil Sands

Published on Thursday, July 30th, 2009 and filed under Customer Success Stories.
White Iron Cyclone Used in Tar Sands

One customer’s success story .. 17 times savings based on acquisition cast, running costs and expected life span! Our cus tomer anticipated a three times increase in life span when they switched from neoprene lined cyclones Routing Number SUNTRUST BANK to white iron cyclones in 2004. Running costs per hour would be 8 times lower [...]