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22 MAY 2016
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Denys and Selmers win IPLOCA
New Technologies Award
SELMERS has announced that the
company, together with Denys, has won
the 2015 IPLOCA New Technologies
Award sponsored by BP. The award
was presented during the IPLOCA
annual convention held in Singapore,
by Michael Hiam, engineering manager,
BP Integrated Supply and Trading.
The award is given in recognition
of a significant achievement in
the development of new pipeline
technologies. The IPLOCA New
Technologies committee, with Jean
Claude Van de Wiele as the chairman,
decided to present the award to Denys
and Selmers, represented Johan van
Wassenhove (Denys), Bart Appelman
(Selmers) and Luc Hoppenbrouwers
(Denys), in recognition of their work on
their onshore automatic vacuum field
joint blasting.
The adjudication committee selected
this entry because the new tool improves
HSE conditions for
workers in the field; it is
a development coming
from a contractor and a
manufacturer working
together; and it is an
example of technology
transfer from the
offshore to the onshore
industry.
Denys specialises
in the onshore con-
struction of oil and gas
pipelines, and has used
this field joint blaster in day-to-day work.
Together with Denys, Selmers was able
to evaluate the field joint blaster when
used in the field. With the outcome of
the evaluations, the working of the field
joint blaster was optimised.
Conventional field joint blasting is
typically a time-consuming manual
operation, and carries some safety,
health and environmental
risks, since the process
produces a lot of dust
and thus also potential
pollution.
The quality assurance
also demands effort and
discipline.
Being informed about
the performance of the
Selmers joint vacuum
blaster, used in the
offshore industry, Denys
made contact with
Selmers.
The companies agreed that the joint
vacuum blaster could be adapted for
onshore pipeline construction, and
would remedy the shortcoming of
manual joint blasting.
The Selmers field joint vacuum blaster
is developed to improve cycle times
and produce identical blasted joints
considering roughness and cleanness.
The design of the Selmers blaster
is dust-free, and the abrasive is re-
used in the integrated abrasive reclaim
system.
Advantages of the operator-friendly
closed-loop vacuum blaster include
internal grit recovery; high blasting
capacity; and a clean, automated and
remote-controlled process with minimal
abrasive loss.
Selmers BV – Netherlands
Fax: +31 251 220 777
Email:
Website:
Jean Claude Van de Wiele, Johan Van Wassenhove,
Bart Appelman, Luc Hoppenbrouwers and Michael Hiam
The award-winning onshore
automatic vacuum field joint
blaster designed by Selmers
Weld Revolution appoints director
WELD Revolution has announced the
appointment of BryanGeorge as director,
business development, reporting to Eric
Christofferson, president.
As a member of the executive team
at Weld Revolution, Mr George will be
responsible for identifying and leading
strategic business development, in
addition to implementing commercial
strategies and strategic alliance
opportunities for Weld Revolution in the
USA, Canada and Mexico.
He has more than thirty years’
experience in the welding industry,
having held the position of national
market manager and technical direction
at Airgas, Air Liquide America and
Matheson Tri Gas prior to joining Weld
Revolution. His extensive experience in
lean manufacturing provides a sound
background in process analysis, further
advancing the innovative technologies
of the SpinArc process.
Weld Revolution LLC – USA
Fax: +1 832 585 1109
Email:
Website:
Bryan George