Petrochemical - Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers

BEST-IN CLASS HEAT EXCHANGER SOLUTIONS

Since 1968, Metalforms has been a leading innovator in the design and fabrication of shell and tube heat exchangers, providing customized solutions for the petrochemical industry across a broad range of applications. From high-temperature cracking and reforming services to corrosive intermediates, heavy-fouling streams, and continuous high-throughput operations, we help operators overcome the industry’s most demanding heat-transfer challenges with proven, reliable designs.

Equipped with 24/7 fabrication teams and the ability to execute multiple projects simultaneously, we support all your heat exchanger needs—whether for new developments, plant expansions, turnarounds, maintenance programs, targeted modifications, or urgent emergency replacements.

Our in-house design engineers conduct detailed thermal, vibrational, and mechanical evaluations to ensure each heat exchanger is precisely engineered to your petrochemical processes and optimized for peak performance, uptime—and long-term reliability.

24-7 Heat Exchanger Services

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Heat Exchanger Fabrication

We manufacture a broad range of shell & tube heat exchangers for petrochemical plant owner operators—with available configurations and options to serve virtually any purpose.

All our heat exchangers are built to ASME, TEMA, and API standards as needed in addition to customer specifications. Example options include:

Double Tubesheet
Expansion Joints
Floating & Fixed Head Options
Insulation Jackets
Lined & Unlined Flanges
Multitube
Parallel Units
Parallel-Flow,
Counter-Flow

U-tube
Parallel Units
Expansion Joints
Insulation Jackets
Lined & Unlined Flanges
With & Without Phase Change

Strip & Retube
Heat Exchanger Repair
When your heat exchangers arrive at our shop for repair, our expert teams rapidly inspect and diagnose your units for both common and highly complex issues. Prior to work commencing, all needed repairs—and options—are discussed with the customer. Common repairs include:
Gasket surface repair

Weld repairs

Weld build-up & re-machining

Replacement components

Repairs to shell & channel
components

Coating & paint application
The most common types of weld repairs we perform are weld build-up repair of eroded and/or corroded areas, removal of cracks—and re-weld of those defects, and weld build-up for reclaiming gasket surfaces.

Any defects we find are removed by following the ASME Section IX qualified weld procedures.
Re-Rate & Modification

We can re-rate, adjust, upgrade, or reconfigure your current shell and tube heat exchanger or ASME pressure vessel to suit new operatong conditions or to suit new applications at your ASU.

Rerating:
After a thorough evaluation of your unit, we'll discuss any needed modifications with you prior to beginning any work. If your unit already meets new requirements and/or once updates have been made, we'll provide all necessary documentation—to confirm the existing design will safely and efficiently perform to the new specifications, as required by owners and regulators alike.

Modifications
Whether or not re-rating is required, we can assist with virtually any shell & tube heat exchanger or ASME pressure vessel repair and/or alteration including design, configuration, options/features, or materials of construction.

All modified units will meet all applicable ASME, NBIC, TEMA, and API codes and standards.

Replacement Parts

Metalforms manufactures replacement parts for both standard and emergency needs. With 24-7 engineering and fabrication teams, we can support your most urgent shell & tube heat exchanger parts and component needs including:

• Replacement bundles including u-tube, straight tube, & hairpin configurations
• Fixed & floating heads
• Replacement shells
• Bundle/shell combinations
• Replacement channels
•. Gaskets

• Replacement channel covers
• Baffles
• Nozzles
• Insulation
• Expansion joints
• Various other miscellaneous parts

Learn more about our shell & tube heat exchanger components & parts services here.

Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger Replacement Components and Parts - and repairs

BAHX Installation & MRO

Our sister company, Maddox Industrial Group (MIG)—also a TransTech company—delivers outstanding turnkey braised aluminum heat exchanger (BAHX) installation, preventative maintenance, & repair services, and changeouts to support optimal cryogenic processes for ASU owner/operators.

With four decades of experience, our seasoned teams have the experience and expertise to optimize temperature and pressure capabilities and maximize performance across the plant lifecycle.

MIG is one of the only companies in the U.S. to provide end-to-end field and shop maintenance, testing, and repairs of BAHX heat exchangers—and has earned a reputation for meeting quick response parameters in emergency repair settings.

Learn more about MIG's braised aluminum heat exchanger installation, maintenance, and repair services here.

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