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Engineering success in the oil and gas sector: Forain, an Italian company
We are pleased to share the interview that our Sales Manager Fabrizio Vitali released to the illustrious European Business .
Here are some extracts of the interview:
…. ‘Whether the need is for a simple pressure vessel or a complete plant’…
Shell and tube heat exchanger
A heat exchanger is a device used to transfer heat between two or more fluids.
There are different categories of Tubular heat exchangers; one of the most common is the shell and tube exchanger. A Shell and Tube Exchanger consists of a number of tubes mounted inside a cylindrical shell.
Pig launcher and receiver
Typical application for launching and receiving traps is in natural gas or oil pipeline.
Pipeline pigging is essential to ensure safe and continuous operation of a pipeline system.
Pipeline pigging is performed in order to guarantee a longer pipeline lifetime and improved product capacity; this means also lower maintenance costs.
Quick Opening Closure (QOC)
Quick Opening Closure (QOC) What is it and what is its purpose?Quick Opening Closure (QOC) consists of a hub, a cover and a locking system complete with suitable sealing gasket.Typical applications of the QOC are:- installation on the access opening...
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Turnkey plants What are they and what is their purpose? PRMS (that is to say, pressure reducing and metering stations) are the turnkey plants that Forain can supply. Generally these stations are used for the treatment of gas coming from a main...
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Dry gas filters What are they and what’s their purpose? Dry gas filters, or even cartridge filters, are filters that are used to remove the solid particles present in a gas flow.They are used for the removal of solid particles that could damage the...
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