Fabrication

Thermo Design is situated on 16 acres of land with a combination of office, shop, yard and storage space. There are 6 shops totaling 105,000 square feet.

Main vessel fabrication is completed in a dedicated fabrication shop. Major pipe spooling is completed prior to module assembly in an independent pipe shop for welding, NDE and hydrotesting. The overall assembly is conducted in the module assembly shop and all the structural fabrication is completed in the structural shop.

When fabrication of the units is completed the units are sent to the sandblasting building and then the paint shop where external coatings such as enamel, zinc rich products, epoxy, urethane, and glass flake can be applied. Internal coating (if necessary) is typically sub-contracted.

The three major shops have a single vessel capacity of 250 Tons and 20 feet in diameter with 1200 Amps of continuous-feed multi-head submerged-arc automatic welding. Medium and large diameter pipe spooling is done on a RotoWeld 2000 computer-controlled welding machine.

Thermo Design shop facilities contain a large quantity of welding equipment, positioners, overhead cranes and mobile cranes to allow fabrication of a wide range of vessel sizes and piping configurations.

Attached to the fabrication shop there is a dedicated facility for electronic control panel assembly as well as programming and testing.

Storage

Finished products that are not required for immediate shipment are protected to the degree required by the individual components. Spray preservative coatings are used on exposed surfaces, openings are blinded and instruments, valves and rotating equipment and electrical equipment are shrink-wrapped. Electronic equipment is protected from moisture by desiccant bags. Equipment can be stored indoors in a heated environment if required. For equipment with internals susceptible to deterioration and where pressurisation is possible, blanket nitrogen gas can be introduced.

Shipping & Receiving

Thermo Design is located close to major roads and railroads for easy movement of finished equipment.