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Cooperheat's pre-eminent position as the market leader in heat treatment technology has now been extended to being acknowledged to be the world's largest supplier of specialist on-site services.
The company has the capacity and resources to meet global challenges, a position which has been achieved by a unique combination of investment and experience on a global basis.
Cooperheat Saudi Arabia is now able to draw on the corporate backing of Stork Materials Technology of the Netherlands as well as the US and is gaining impetus in its technological innovation.
The Stork Group is a technologically-driven organisation with a global presence covering aerospace, textile printing, food processing, and high end technical services for the owners and operators of production and process industries.
The range of technical services includes all aspects of material technology, turbine blade and component services, mechanical and electrical contracting.
According to Ken Baglee, manager of Cooperheat in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, there is an increasing demand for high technology inspection and diagnostic systems on plants that are onstream. This expertise can assist in providing predictive data on the performance of equipment and components to facilitate repair, replacement and inspection. Importantly, such predictive data can avoid unnecessary shutdowns or replacement and improve the efficiency of components.
From its extensive facilities in Jubail Industrial City and workshops in Yanbu Industrial City, Cooperheat provides a range of services including on site heat treatment, inspection and non-destructive testing, mechanical engineering services, electrical surface heating and consultancy services. Also included are sales and technical support services associated with ovens and furnaces.
One of the strengths of Cooperheat is its single source ability across a range of key disciplines and the depth of its technological expertise providing clients such as Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) affiliates with a full package of technical services to assist with ensuring that they may meet existing market demands.
Cooperheat also specialises in leak detection and examination in facilities for safety, environmental and process efficiency both through static leak tightness testing and testing onstream.
Leak detection for process plants during actual operations is increasingly common, particularly to avoid production disturbance and unplanned shutdowns.
A unique service from Cooperheat is that, having identified the source of the leak, it is also able to provide local support by way of supplying a leak sealing service to stop any leaks which are detected.
There is also an increasing requirement for risk-based inspection techniques, particularly in the realm of field tank inspections where timely examination of tanks can prevent expensive repairs or new fabrications.
Cooperheat's range of tank inspection services includes a tank inspection package involving acoustic emission techniques, NDT magnetic flux leakage techniques and inspections during maintenance evaluation. Corrosion levels and precise plate thickness can be provided followed up by ultrasonic testing.
Cooperheat, through its offices and facilities in both the regional associates in the UAE as well as the parent company Stork Material Technology, also handles civil construction, again providing an unrivalled depth of expertise.
To meet demand for its high-end services, Cooperheat plans to expand its Jubail facilities during the next few years. The company also plans to continue its series of seminars, already held in Yanbu, Jubail and Kuwait earlier this year, to highlight its increasing range of specialist services and applied technologies for the petroleum, petrochemical and energy sectors.
