Heat Exchanger Manufacturers and Tube Drilling and Machining Performed In-House

A heat exchanger’s heart, the tubes, are the basic components of the shell and tube sheet heat exchanger, providing the heat transfer surface between one fluid or gas flowing inside the tube and the other fluid or gas flowing outside of the tubes.  Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger works with our heat exchanger clients to design and manufacture custom heat exchangers that operate where the demands from high temperatures and pressures are significant.

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger provides a comprehensive, turnkey array of custom tube sheet drilling and machining design and service offering for any industry that requires the use of specialized and reliable heat exchanger equipment.

We invested in the Quickmill Intimidator 96 drilling equipment, along with trained, professional drilling operators, to give our clients and their heat exchanger projects large part machining and drilling accuracy.  Everything is done in-house in the Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger manufacturing facility.

Our investment in a top-of-the-line and state-of-the-art machining and drilling program saves our clients money and time because we handle everything in-house in Charlotte, NC.

We design and fabricate to all TEMA configurations, from single pass to multiple pass exchangers.  Our Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers can be fabricated from Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel or Nickel Alloy materials. They are designed, inspected and tested at our facility to meet stringent ASME and TEMA B, C and R standards.

If your company needs engineering design and manufacturing for Storage Tanks, Pressure Vessels or Heat Exchangers, please contact Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112 or Fred Weissbach in our Gulf Coast office in Houston, TX at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com.

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Heat Exchanger Manufacturer & Storage Tank Manufacturer Desktop Brochure

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger designs, engineers and manufactures storage tanks, pressure vessels and heat exchangers for just about every industry and marketplace.

Bendel began manufacturing carbon steel tanks in Charlotte, NC, in 1963 under the name of Atlas Steel Products Company. The name was changed to Bendel Corporation in 1982 when the manufacturing division was spun-off from the parent company. Primary ownership has never changed hands.

Download the Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Brochure.

Our company brochure outlines our full array of services and products for you to use at your desktop and in your planning.

If your company needs engineering design and manufacturing for Storage Tanks, Pressure Vessels or Heat Exchangers, please contact Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112 or Fred Weissbach in our Gulf Coast office in Houston, TX at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com.

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Heat Exchanger Manufacturers for Petrochemical and Pharmaceutical Industries

Heat Exchanger Manufacturer Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger in Charlotte, NC would like to help youlearn more about our heat exchanger manufacturing program.  In general our heat exchangers are termed according to their flow arrangements, and they are usually designed to maximize the surface area of the walls between two fluids.

In shell & tube Heat exchangers, there are a series of tubes. One unit has fluids that is either heated or cooled while second unit which runs over the tubes can either give heat or absorb heat to carry the process.  In shell-and-tube exchangers, many tubes are mounted inside a shell; one fluid flows in the tubes and the other flows in the shell, outside the tubes.

Heat Exchangers are extensively used in Industry for cooling & heating in large scale process and systems. If there is waste of energy which can be recovered, it can be used to heat different processes without phase change.

Heat Exchangers include boilers, evaporators, superheaters, condensers, and coolers. These unique pieces of equipment are ideally used in various fertilizer, chemical, petrochemical, automobile and cement industries.

Industry Applications for Heat Exchangers

Chemical, Petrochemical, Electroplating, Pulp & Paper, Caustic Chlorine, Sea Water, Aerospace, Fertilizer, Dyes & Intermediate, Food Processing, Petroleum Refining, Hydrochloric Acid, Sulphuric Acid, Acetic, Formic, Phosphoric Acid, Chlorination system, Pickling, Sulfonation, Pesticides, Ferric & Cupric Chlorides, Brine solution, wet chlorine generation of steam for production of electricity, Brine solution, Wet Chlorine gas, Flue gas, Waste water treatment, Refrigeration system, Wine brewery industry.

To find out more about our Bendel heat exchanger manufacturing products, please call Jim Rozsa rozsa@bendelcorp.com or Vince Petrucci petrucci@bendelcorp.com at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger headquarters in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112. Or if you are in TX, AR, LA or OK and in Houston at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com. We look forward to serving you soon from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

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Heat Exchanger Manufacturers & Heat Exchanger Engineer Spotlight

Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers are used in applications where the demands from high temperatures and pressures are significant.  Bendel manufactures heat exchangers for industries like power plants, chemical plants, petrochemical plants, petroleum refineries, natural gas processing, and sewage treatment.

The basic heat exchanger manufactured at Bendel is a piece of equipment built for efficient heat transfer from one medium to another. The media may be separated by a solid wall, so that they never mix, or they may be in direct contact.  At Bendel, we customize every heat exchanger project to the specific and demanding tasks that our heat exchanger clients need.

Our in-house engineering team stresses definition of design, testing, fabricating, and quality control at each stage of development.  We are advanced users of exceptional engineering and design software systems like HTRI, AutoCAD and Compress.

There are two primary classifications of heat exchangers according to their flow arrangement. Inparallel-flow heat exchangers, the two fluids enter the exchanger at the same end, and travel in parallel to one another to the other side. In counter-flow heat exchangers the fluids enter the exchanger from opposite ends. The counter current design is most efficient, in that it can transfer the most heat from the heat (transfer) medium.

Shell and tube heat exchangers consist of a series of tubes. One set of these tubes contains the fluid that must be either heated or cooled. The second fluid runs over the tubes that are being heated or cooled so that it can either provide the heat or absorb the heat required. A set of tubes is called the tube bundle and can be made up of several types of tubes: plain, longitudinally finned, etc. Shell and tube heat exchangers are typically used for high-pressure applications (with pressures greater than 30 bar and temperatures greater than 260°C). This is because the shell and tube heat exchangers are robust due to their shape.

Our Quickmill Intimidator is the superior solution for large part machining and drilling accuracy. The Quickmill gives us increased production efficiency while improving the quality and performance of our Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers.

Our Intimidator Gantry 96 (96″ x 185.5″) provides our craftsmen with a powerful, precise tool that performs flawlessly time after time.  Bendel even accepts drilling outsource project work where you can ship the materials to us or we can purchase and ship finished products back to you.

To find out more about our specific manufacturing products, please call Jim Rozsa rozsa@bendelcorp.com or Vince Petrucci petrucci@bendelcorp.com at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger headquarters in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112.  Or if you are in TX, AR, LA or OK and the Gulf Coast, please call our regional sales manager Fred Weissbach in Houston at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com.  We look forward to serving you soon from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

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Heat Exchanger Manufacturer Services Heat Exchanger Customers from East Coast to Gulf Coast in Houston!

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger manufactures shell and tube heat exchangers to TEMA and ASME specifications in our manufacturing facility in Charlotte, NC.  For almost 50 years, Bendel has provided exceptional design and manufacturing of storage tanks, pressure vessels and heat exchangers to customers across the East coast and Southeast United States.

Recently Bendel expanded our company footprint to include servicing customers along the Gulf Coast states by opening a regional sales office in Houston, TX, staffed by Gulf Coast Regional Sales Manager Fred Weissbach.

Our expansion of services into the Gulf Coast region gives Bendel customers more direct contact with our company through our Houston office and Fred Weissbach.

Beyond our internal engineering and design teams inside Bendel, we offer our heat exchanger manufacturing clients a complete turnkey product…delivered to your location on our own fleet of trucks.  Our heat exchanger manufacturing facility on the Bendel campus includes our own $1M Quickmill Intimidator drilling machine and an experienced operations team.  We even provide outsourced drilling services as our customers need it.

To find out more about our specific manufacturing products, please call Jim Rozsa rozsa@bendelcorp.com or Vince Petrucci petrucci@bendelcorp.com at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger headquarters in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112.  Or if you are in TX, AR, LA or OK and the Gulf Coast, please call our regional sales manager Fred Weissbach in Houston at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com.  We look forward to serving you soon from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

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Pressure Vessel Manufacturers Adhere to Strict ASME and Code Pressure Vessel Manufacturing Guidelines!

Our pressure vessel manufacturing, storage tank manufacturing and heat exchanger fabrication programs each carry special codes, marks and symbols of quality control and industry specification guidelines.  Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger has a long history of compliance and adhering to these professional codes, symbols and industry manufacturing guidelines.

The UL Mark

The UL Mark on a product means that UL has tested and evaluated representative samples of thatproduct and determined that they meet UL requirements. Under a variety of programs products are periodically checked by UL at the manufacturing facility to make sure they continue to meet UL requirements. The UL Marks may be only used on or in connection with products certified by UL and under the terms of written agreement with UL. In addition to these marks, UL also provides access to the marks required in a number of other key world markets.

The R Stamp

The National Board offers the Certificate of Authorization and R symbol stamp for the repair and/or alteration of boilers, pressure vessels, and other pressure-retaining items.  Organizations seeking a National Board R Certificate of Authorization must:

• have and maintain an inspection agreement with an authorized inspection agency;
• have a written quality system that complies with the requirements of the current edition of the NBIC and includes the expected scope of activities;
• have the current edition of all three parts of the NBIC; and
• have available a copy of the code of construction appropriate to the intended scope of work.

The U Stamp

It is a mark applied to the name plate of a pressure vessel by an authorized shop or other organization to indicate that the vessel has been fabricated in accordance with the ASME Section VIII Division 1 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Along with the stamp there is a U-1 Form that provides details such as Maximum Allowable Working Pressure, Materials, Type of Non-Destructive Examination, etc. Some states have laws that require the use of the ASME Code for pressure vessels and boilers.

NFPA 22

This standard provides the minimum requirements for the design, construction, installation, andmaintenance of tanks and accessory equipment that supply water for private fire protection, including the following: (1) Gravity tanks, suction tanks, pressure tanks, and embankment-supported coated fabric suction tanks (2) Towers (3) Foundations (4) Pipe connections and fittings (5) Valve enclosures (6) Tank filling (7) Protection against freezing.

API 650

API 650 standard covers adequate safety and reasonable economy for tanks used in the storage of petroleum, petroleum products and other liquid products. It establishes minimum requirements for material, design, fabrication, erection, and testing for vertical, cylindrical, above-ground, closed- and open-top welded storage tanks for internal pressures approximating atmospheric pressure. A higher internal pressure is permitted when additional requirements are met. This Standard applies only to tanks whose entire bottom is uniformly supported and to tanks in non-refrigerated service that have a maximum design temperature of 93°C (200°F).

These codes and marks are the most common standards and guidelines that we strictly adhere to when manufacturing products for our pressure vessel, storage tank and heat exchanger customers.

To find out more about our specific manufacturing products, please call Jim Rozsa  rozsa@bendelcorp.com or Vince Petrucci petrucci@bendelcorp.com at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger headquarters in Charlotte, NC at 866-596-5112.  Or if you are in TX, AR, LA or OK, please call our regional sales manager Fred Weissbach in Houston at 832-436-4626 or email weissbach@bendelcorp.com.  We look forward to serving you soon from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

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Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Expands into Houston, TX with Fred Weissbach

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger has expanded deeper into the Southern USA to service customers in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.  To strengthen the Bendel brand and product line into this region, we are introducing our new regional sales manager for these states, Fred Weissbach.  Fred will be headquartered in Houston, TX.

Bendel has a long-standing reputation across the country and the south and southeast states are very important to our business.  “We are strengthening our presence with new and existing customers in the petroleum and chemical industries in these states,” said Fred Weissbach.  “Our sales and marketing emphasis will extend into these states with our heat exchanger product line, as well as our traditional storage tank and pressure vessel products.”

Fred Weissbach can be reached at 832-436-4626 (office) or 832-704-0806 (cell) and his email address is weissbach@bendelcorp.com.

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Heat Exchanger Fabricators & Manufacturers Complete a Custom Heat Exchanger Project.

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger fabricates custom heat exchangers for many different industries and fabricators, including the piping fabrication market.  The two heat exchangers in these photos were fabricated for a piping fabricator’s project.

The piping fabrication industry fabricates custom pipes and equipment for markets like Medical Gas, Pre-Insulated Underground, Jacketed, Chemical, Process, Sanitary, Steam, Hydronic, and Plumbing.  Other industries that benefit from piping fabricators include Power Generation, Food & Beverage, Pulp & Paper, Automotive, Chemical & Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Refinery Piping, and Water/Wastewater Treatment.

If your company would like to learn more about Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger and our custom heat exchanger fabrication program, please contact Bendel at 866-596-5112 or email Vince Petruccior Vivek Patel at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.  We look forward to talking with you soon!

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Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Hires New Production Manager

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger is pleased to announce the arrival of Randall Beatty as the new Production Manager at Bendel.  Randall brings many years of successful production, resource and team management experience in our field to Bendel and we are very excited to have somebody of his caliber on our team!

As the new production manager at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger, Randall is responsible for managing all of the Bendel resources in our fabrication and manufacturing facility.  Randall keeps our many client projects on track, on time and on budget!  He is an integral part of the overall management team at Bendel and our clients will appreciate his experience at keeping projects on schedule and the quality and standards high.  Again, please join us in welcoming Randall Beatty to the Bendel team!

If your company would like to receive a quote on storage tank, heat exchanger, or pressure vessel fabrication, please contact Bendel at 866-596-5112 or email Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.  We look forward to talking with you soon!

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Storage Tank Fabricator & Heat Exchanger Fabricator – Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Brochure Overview

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger has a long history of service in the storage tank, pressure vessel, heating and cooling media, and the heat exchanger fabrication industry. 

For more than 45 years, the Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger team has been fabricating custom Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloy vessels per UL, API or ASME specifications. Our custom above-ground storage tanks are designed, engineered and fabricated up to 75,000 gallon capacities by teams of experienced and dedicated professionals.

Read about all of our Bendel capabilities in our company brochure:  View & Download Our Company Brochure from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

If you need cost estimates or more information about custom storage tank, pressure vessel or heat exchanger fabrication, please call Bendel at 866-596-5112 Toll Free.  We look forward to serving you soon!

 

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Heat Exchanger Engineering & Storage Tank Engineering from Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

The Bendel engineering and drafting teams are highly-trained, experienced and focused professionals.  Our internal system stresses definition of design, testing, fabricating, and quality control at each stage of development.

Our engineers and draftsmen are highly-trained and experienced with the following design and engineering software:

• AutoCAD: Design and dimensional layout of Storage Tanks, Pressure Vessels, Reactors and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.
• Compress: Mechanical design of Pressure Vessels, Reactors and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.
• HTRI: Thermal analysis of Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.
• Custom “In-House” programs: Developed by our experienced engineering staff for the efficient creation of Bill of Materials and Customer Quotations.

We are frequently called upon by our clients to address unusual and challenging vessel design scenarios, and our engineers currently design to the following industry-recognized codes:

• ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 (U & R Stamps)
• TEMA
• API-650, 620 and 12F
• UL-142
• NFPA-22

The Bendel engineering team has a primary focus to design and produce best-in-class mechanical designs to meet all technical and mechanical industry standards.

Bendel Corporation has developed our Quality Assurance Program around the requirements of the ASME Code (Section VIII, Division I) for the design and fabrication of shop built Tanks, Pressure Vessels and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.

The Program is documented in the Bendel Quality Control Manual and is reviewed annually to ensure compliance with all of the latest revisions of the ASME Code.

If you would like more information about our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program, please call us at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.

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Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger Launches New Company Name and Creative Brand

Bendel announced today that our company is launching a new name and a new creative brand as we move into the second decade of 2000!

“Our new company brand name will be known as Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger,” said Bendel president Bill Beaver.  “Bendel has quickly grown to be known as a premier designer and fabricator of heat exchangers, and we needed to make a market adjustment to reflect our growing customer demand.”

Bendel began manufacturing carbon steel tanks in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1963 under the name of Atlas Steel Products Company. The name was changed to Bendel Corporation in 1982 when the manufacturing division was spun-off from the parent company. Primary ownership has never changed hands to date.

“In recent years, we have seen a growing demand from new and existing customers for our custom heat exchanger engineering design and fabrication product,” Beaver says.  “Bendel has invested in state-of-the-art milling and drilling machine designed to provide close tolerance machining of tubesheets used in the manufacture of our custom Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers.”

Bendel uses the Quickmill Intimidator as the superior solution for large part machining and drilling accuracy. The Quickmill gives us increased production efficiency while improving the quality and performance of our Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers. The Intimidator Gantry 96 (96″ x 185.5″) provides our craftsmen with a powerful, precise tool that performs flawlessly time after time.

“Bendel will continue to design and fabricate our storage tanks and pressure vessel products,” added Beaver.  “This company has had a fantastic period of growth over the past 49 years, and we are initiating our business plan to keep Bendel on the growth path for the next 50 years.”

For more information about our Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger program, please contact our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger.

 

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Stainless Steel Tank & Heat Exchanger Fabricator with Free Engineering Calculator!

Bendel Tank & Heat Exchanger invites you to download our handy engineering calculator tools to use freely on your desktop!

It’s easy to do.  Just visit this link and follow the easy download instructions!

Our free desktop tools give you calculators that you can use to calculate Pressure, Capacity, Flow, Temperature, Volume and Finishes.  Every calculation that you would need to make to design and configure a tank or vessel is contained within the calculators.

We also included handy conversion tools within the calculators for Surface Finish, Grit Size, Mass, Density, Length, Volume, Pressure/Vacuum, and Temperature.

We hope you enjoy using the Bendel Desktop Tools Widget and please give us a call at 1-866-596-5112 if you have any questions that we may help you with.  Thank you and have a great 2011!

 

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Heat Exchanger Fabricator Has Flow Arrangement Options

We have been posting some “behind-the-scenes” and educational information about Heat Exchangers, how they work, what is the science behind them, etc.  And now we want to take a look at “flow arrangement” and how we classify flow arrangement when fabricating our Heat Exchangers.

Basically, there are two primary classifications of heat exchangers according to their flow arrangement. In parallel-flow heat exchangers (at left), the two fluids enter the exchanger at the same end, and travel in parallel to one another to the other side.

In counter-flow heat exchangers (at right) the fluids enter the exchanger from opposite ends. The counter current design is most efficient, in that it can transfer the most heat from the heat (transfer) medium.

For efficiency, heat exchangers are designed to maximize the surface area of the wall between the two fluids, while minimizing resistance to fluid flow through the exchanger. The exchanger’s performance can also be affected by the addition of fins or corrugations in one or both directions, which increase surface area and may channel fluid flow or induce turbulence.

In a cross-flow heat exchanger (at left), the fluids travel roughly perpendicular to one another through the exchanger.

The driving temperature across the heat transfer surface varies with position, but an appropriate mean temperature can be defined. In most simple systems this is the “log mean temperature difference” (LMTD). Sometimes direct knowledge of the LMTD is not available and the NTU (Number of Transfer Units) method is used.

If you would like more information about our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program, please call us at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.

 

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Heat Exchanger Fouling Can be a Nightmare Maintenance Issue with Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers!

Fouling occurs when a fluid goes through the heat exchanger, and the impurities in the fluid precipitate onto the surface of the tubes. Precipitation of these impurities can be caused by:

• Frequent use of the heat exchanger
• Not cleaning the heat exchanger regularly
• Reducing the velocity of the fluids moving through the heat exchanger
• Over-sizing of the heat exchanger

Effects of fouling are more abundant in the cold tubes of the heat exchanger than in the hot tubes. This is because impurities are less likely to be dissolved in a cold fluid, because for most substances, solubility increases as temperature increases. A notable exception is hard water where the opposite is true.

Fouling reduces the cross sectional area for heat to be transferred and causes an increase in the resistance to heat transfer across the heat exchanger. This is because the thermal conductivity of the fouling layer is low. This reduces the overall heat transfer coefficient and efficiency of the heat exchanger. This in turn, can lead to an increase in pumping and maintenance costs.

The conventional approach to fouling control combines the “blind” application of biocides and anti-scale chemicals with periodic lab testing. This often results in the excessive use of chemicals with the inherent side effects of accelerating system corrosion and increasing toxic waste – not to mention the cost of unnecessary treatments. There are however solutions for continuous fouling monitoring in liquid environments with sensors measuring both fouling thickness and temperature, allowing cleaning effectiveness to be monitored and chemical usage to be minimized.

If you would like more information about our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program, please call us at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.  www.bendelcorp.com

 

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U-tube Heat Exchanger Design and Fabrication from Bendel Corporation

There are several different types of shell and tube heat exchangers that Bendel designs and fabricates for clients of varying types for varying uses!  The U-tube heat exchanger is a multi-use heat exchanger that many of our clients use in their various manufacturing processes.

A shell and tube heat exchanger is a class of heat exchanger designs. It is the most common type of heat exchanger in oil refineries and other large chemical processes, and is suited for higher-pressure applications. As its name implies, this type of heat exchanger consists of a shell (a large pressure vessel) with a bundle of tubes inside it. One fluid runs through the tubes, and another fluid flows over the tubes (through the shell) to transfer heat between the two fluids. The set of tubes is called a tube bundle, and may be composed by several types of tubes: plain, longitudinally finned, etc.

Two fluids, of different starting temperatures, flow through the heat exchanger. One flows through the tubes (the tube side) and the other flows outside the tubes but inside the shell (the shell side). Heat is transferred from one fluid to the other through the tube walls, either from tube side to shell side or vice verse. The fluids can be either liquids or gases on either the shell or the tube side. In order to transfer heat efficiently, a large heat transfer area should be used, leading to the use of many tubes. In this way, waste heat can be put to use. This is an efficient way to conserve energy.

Heat exchangers with only one phase (liquid or gas) on each side can be called one-phase or single-phase heat exchangers. Two-phase heat exchangers can be used to heat a liquid to boil it into a gas (vapor), sometimes called boilers, or cool a vapor to condense it into a liquid (called condensers), with the phase change usually occurring on the shell side. Boilers in steam engine locomotives are typically large, usually cylindrically-shaped shell-and-tube heat exchangers. In large power plants with steam-driven turbines, shell-and-tube surface condensers are used to condense the exhaust steam exiting the turbine into condensate water which is recycled back to be turned into steam in the steam generator.

There can be many variations on the shell and tube design. Typically, the ends of each tube are connected to plenums (sometimes called water boxes) through holes in tubesheets. The tubes may be straight or bent in the shape of a U, called U-tubes.

If you would like more information about our Bendel heat exchanger design and fabricating program, please call us at 866-596-5112 or contact  Vince Petrucci or Vivek Patel at Bendel.

 

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Storage Tank & Heat Exchanger Fabrication Quality Control Programs

Quality control at Bendel Corporation is part of the manufacturing and fabrication process. Anticipation…Intervention…Experience…Stage Reviews…our quality control program is so vitally important to our clients and our company.

The Bendel quality control process encompasses inspection, analysis, and implementation at each stage to maintain standards of manufacturing and fabrication.

Bendel Corporation has developed our Quality Assurance Program around the requirements of the ASME Code (Section VIII, Division I) for the design and fabrication of shop built Tanks, Pressure Vessels and Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers.

The Program is documented in the Bendel Quality Control Manual and is reviewed annually to ensure compliance with all of the latest revisions of the ASME Code.

Our Quality Program is maintained to satisfy our Authorized Inspection Agency (Hartford Steam Boiler) and all customer expectations. In addition to the ASME Code, Bendel also maintains certification under the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) for vessel field repairs and alterations.

All welders employed by Bendel are required to pass stringent performance testing requirements based on ASME Section IX prior to welding on any Code or Non-Code vessel.  Please call us at 866.596.5112 or email beaver@bendelcorp.com. We look forward to serving you soon!

Bendel Supports the ASME Vancouver 2010 Engineer's Conference on Including Clean Fuel and Green Fuels!

Bendel Corporation supports the ASME and their wonderful efforts of promoting clean energy as industrial nations look for ways to become more energy efficient, engineers and technology leaders will convene in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to discuss topics related to climate change, sustainable processes, alternative energy and fuel cell technology during proceedings of the 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 12-18.

Set against the backdrop of one of the world’s greenest and most energy efficient urban centers, the ASME Congress will gather engineers and scientists at the Vancouver Convention and Exposition Centre to assess new advances in energy production and utilization and the role of these technologies in pollution control and environmental sustainability.

The ASME Congress, the Society’s largest technical conference, will devote a full track of technical presentations focused on energy systems and sustainability. Sixteen technical sessions in the track will cover the state of the art in engineering research and applications and feature presenters from leading academic institutions, corporations and engineering consulting firms.

Topics will include hydrogen energy, solar and wind power, bio-fuels, energy conversion, and emerging technologies.

In addition, the 2010 Congress will include a tour of the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) and National Research Council Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI) at the University of British Columbia. Both organizations lead research in clean energy technology, with NRC-IFCI focused on building collaborations with Canadian universities, companies, and government agencies to promote the growing hydrogen and fuel cell businesses.

In addition to energy, the multidisciplinary technical program of the ASME Congress will address the latest advancements in aerospace technology, manufacturing, dynamic systems, safety engineering, and transportation, among other subjects.

The seven-day conference also will include an exposition and poster session featuring advanced research and applications in micro devices and nanotechnology. A highlight of the Congress will be the ASME Honors Assembly, “A Celebration of Engineering,” a tribute to distinguished service and outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering.

About Bendel

Bendel specializes in the design and shop fabrication of Pressure Vessels, Reactors, Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers and Storage Tanks up to 75,000 gallons. Our custom fabricated products are built to nationally recognized standards which include UL, NFPA, API, ASME & TEMA and are available in Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloy materials of construction.

We serve the Chemical, Petrochemical, Pulp & Paper, Textile, Paint, Water/Wastewater Treatment, and Pharmaceuticalmarketsto name a few.

About ASME

ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world.

(Source for article: ASME, August 2010)

Heat Exchanger & Tube Sheet Drilling and Milling from Bendel

We have had our Quickmill Intimidator milling and drilling machine for some time now, and what a phenomenal addition to our Heat Exchanger fabrication capabilities!

Our clients demand perfection from Bendel when they entrust a heat exchanger project to us. And we rely heavily on our Quickmill milling and drilling machine because it is designed to provide close tolerance machining of tubesheets used in the manufacture of our custom Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers.

Our own milling and drilling team is the best, too! The heat exchanger milling and drilling work is intricate and repetitive, so we rely heavily on our team to provide exceptional results day in and day out. And boy do they deliver!

The Quickmill Intimidator is the superior solution for large part machining and drilling accuracy. The Quickmill gives us increased production efficiency while improving the quality and performance of our Shell & Tubesheet Heat Exchangers.

The Intimidator Gantry 96 (96″ x 185.5″) provides our craftsmen with a powerful, precise tool that performs flawlessly time after time.