LOCATION
Newman, WA
CATEGORY
Pressure Vessel Fabrication & Design
INDUSTRY
Water Treatment
VALUE
Over $1 Million
Scope of Work
This project involved the preparation of detailed drawings, procurement of materials, manufacture, testing, surface treatment (externally and internally), delivery to site and installation of internal pipework, FRP troughs and filter elements of five Activated Carbon Filter Vessels. Each vessel was 3m diameter x 9m long and weighed 17 tonnes.
The ACF Vessels were required by our client to replace existing units that had severely corroded internally and reached the end of their operational life. The project required APMS to achieve exacting dimensional tolerances on the internal fitments and comply with rigorous quality checks during the application of the internal glass flake painting system. The vessels were delivered to coincide with shutdown windows for change-out.
Project Resourcing
The project team included:
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- 3D Scanning Engineer
- Project Supervision
- Boilermaking and Coded Welding Personnel
- Surface treatment, NDT, FRP, PVC pipe and machining subcontracts
Fabrication
Project Achievements
The ACF Vessels were completed without accident or incident to the required technical and quality standards and on budget. The vessels were installed without incident and our client provided positive feedback on the quality of the end product and professionalism of our project team throughout the project.
- Zero recordable incidents or accidents throughout the duration of the project.
- Extensive interaction with our client to ensure timely resolution of numerous technical issues.
- Achieved exacting dimensional tolerances required, essential for the vessels to perform in service as designed.
- Internal glass flake coating system complied with suppliers, client, end users and independent third party inspectors quality requirements.
Key Activities
The success of the project was dependant on the successful execution of the following activities:
- Preparation of Autocad drawings.
- Material procurement (Including FRP, Polypipe and carbon filters)
- Coded welding to AS3992.
- Fabrication in accordance with AS1210.
- Successful NDT (10% RT and 100% PT/visual inspection) and hydrotesting.
- 3D scanning of vessels to confirm dimensional accuracy.
- Surface treatment internal and externally.
- Trial fitting of internal PVC pipe, FRP launders and carbon filters.
- Delivery to site.
- Final installation of PVC pipe, FRP launders and carbon filters.
- 100% material and weld traceability.
- Coordination of multiple subcontractors including non-destructive testing (NDT), hydro testing, blasting & painting and logistics arrangements.
- Liaise with the client to ensure Manufacturers Data Report (MDR) contained the information required for future reference including as built information and drawing updates.
