Coffee Processing Plant Uses AMI Tubesheet Equipment

Coffee Processing Plant Uses AMI Tubesheet Equipment

The photos depict heat exchangers which were manufactured in November through December, 1988 for Inoxidables de Columbia Ltda. to be installed in a coffee processing plant in Colombia.

Strict sanitary manufacturing and welding standards were used for the tube-to-tube and tube-to-tubesheet welding of the lyophilization loop. There were a total of approximately 2,600 welds on 1" and 1-1/2", 14 BWG, 304L stainless steel.

The largest of the heat exchangers was 1.2 meters O.D. and 100% helium leak test was required for fabrication approval. Welding operators used the Arc Machines, Inc. Model 207 power supply with the Model 9-2500 orbital tube weld head and the Model 96 fusion tube-to-tubesheet weld head. In a one year period there were no weld rejects.