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R.C.E. Heat Exchangers, LLC produces all FWH and condenser rebuild jobs utilizing expert technical support and innovative tooling applications. A combined 60 years experience and vast industry knowledge allows us to be industry leaders producing creative solutions for the heat transfer industry.
Please contact us for further information.
330.627.0300
Hydraulic Expansion
Hydraulic Expansion is the direct application of high internal hydraulic pressure within a tube in order to form a joint between a tube and tubesheet or parent tube. R.C.E. uses the proprietary HydroPro™ hydraulic expansion system to provide this expansive force in an accurately set, highly repeatable, and controlled process. The HydroPro™ System features hydro-expansion technology.
Work can be performed on-site or at our location.
Why Hydro-Expand?
There are four main benefits to hydro-expanding:
- No step expanding – expanding is done in one quick operation.
- Minimal work hardening of the tube material during expansion assures difficult tube materials can be easily expanded successfully.
- Longer tube life due to less wall reduction and less stress concentration from the expanded to the unexpanded portion of the tube.
- Improved quality – the system controls each tube expansion and is not influenced by the operator.
R.C.E. is HydroPro™ certified
- Units capable of applying 60,000 PSI
- Standard sizes .5″ to 2.5″ O.D.
- Hybrid tube expansion
Other Services
- SleevePro® is a viable alternative to tube plugging. It’s a system used on inlet/outlet erosion sleeves, down tube sleeves, and full length liners.
- HydroProof® is a system employing 2,000 PSI water pressure to perform hydrostatic testing of individual tube and tube to tubesheet strength.
- BoilerPro® is used to flare and lock boiler tubes from 1″ to 3″ O.D..
- TubePro® presets the tubes and locks them into place for joint welding.
R.C.E. Heat Exchangers, LLC has completed heat exchanger repair and retubing projects for a wide customer base ranging from small private companies to local city governments and large corporations. Here is a reference list of some of our valued customers:
- American Electric Power
- ADP-Clearwater
- City of Garland, Texas
- Ergon, West Virginia
- Mountain State Carbon
- T.V.A
- First Energy
- RELIANT
- Lousman Steel
- Mittal Steel
- Dow Chemical
- Eastman Chemical
- R.R.I
- City of San Antonio, Texas
R.C.E. Heat Exchangers, LLC can provide all of your heat exchanger, FWH, condenser and cooler parts. We are a full-service supplier of newly manufactured, re-manufactured, OEM parts, tubing and pipe, flanges, internals, etc.. We are experts at using a variety of materials for your heat exchanger parts including admiralty brass, cupro nickel, stainless steel, carbon steel and other uncommon or specialty materials.
Utilizing off-site engineering services, R.C.E. Heat Exchangers, LLC offers thermal design for all types of heat transfer equipment for the Power, Steel, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Petrochemical industries.
The versatility of providing heat exchanger engineering services, along with full fabrication capabilities, in our shop or in the field, makes R.C.E a valued provider of creative solutions for our customers.
R.C.E. also offers several types of testing and failure analysis such as vibration, seismic, eddy current and test sampling.
R.C.E Heat Exchangers, LLC has been providing engineering and fabrication services to satisfied customers since our inception.
R.C.E. engineers and fabrication specialists provide complete design and engineering services for custom-built heat transfer solutions. Items in our product line include H2 coolers, oil coolers, feed water heaters, cooling water coolers, tube & shell, fin-fan and main steam condensers, along with other custom metal fabrication work.
At R.C.E., we are eager to assist you with all of your engineering and design work, equipment fabrication, repairs, modifications, and installations. We’re looking forward to working on your next project and adding you to our list of satisfied customers.
We operate in complete accordance with the following standards and certifications:
- ASME “U” Certified
- NBIC “R” Certified
- ASME Sec. 8, Div. 1, Sec. 9
- AWS 01.1
- API 650, 1104
- TEMA and HEI Standards
