Repair revolution

and other various port types.

The exact and demanding standards involved with medium and high pressure containing ports means the piping systems and components they are machined into are high risk pieces of equipment where even the slightest damage or lack of high quality surface finish to a port will invalidate their use.

Any damage often involves employing specialist external engineers, services and equipment to re-machine and test the port feature. A very expensive and time consuming process for remote onshore or offshore oil and gas facilities – until now.

The recent success that EDV achieved with the launch of its specialised 'one hit' custom designed port tooling for the oil and gas industry has enthused the company to develop a simple to use, manual or battery powered Port Repair and Inspection Kit (patent pending).

Should a port suffer damage during installation, maintenance or at any stage of the component's life, the repair kit can bring the seat detail back to its original standard, ensuring a quality seal face. Port details can also be repaired and inspected during the manufacturing process with the workpiece in place on the machine using the same EDV kit.

EDV claims this is a much cleaner, faster, cheaper and more effective way to repair damaged seat details in a wide range or port styles.

The kit becomes even more cost-effective when a port feature fails a pressure test during assembly or installation. The stripping down process could then prove to be extremely time consuming and costly, particularly if the component has to be re-machined. By following the simple step-by-step procedures using the EDV kit, a customer can be quickly back in production with a QA sign off for the port.

The inspection process includes an inspection plug and ancillary equipment to provide a quick, effective and easy to use method for an onsite repair or during the component manufacturing process.

The benefits include: repairing a component to its original specification; downtime is dramatically reduced from days to minutes; the kit is designed for use in machine shops, OEM assembly shops, offshore rigs and platforms and remote onshore locations; no power is required making the kit entirely portable; the kit is environmentally sound, easy to clean out with its water-based solution; no risk of cross contamination on to component material.
Importantly, the kit is available for next day delivery.

EDV UK
www.edv-ltd.com