Oil & Gas and Petrochemical Mining Wind Nuclear Cranes Subsea Rail & Heavy Machinery

Oil & Gas and Petrochemical

Due to the high consequences of failure, the Oil & Gas industry demands high levels of equipment integrity and reliability. With significant experience in onshore, offshore, and subsea Oil & Gas equipment, RT-Bolt and Integrity Engineering Solutions are here to help.
Pressure vessel and piping bolted flanged joints are one of the most complex items of equipment to analyse at any plant. Very few people in the world truly understand the complexities of the bolted joint and even fewer can provide practical guidance on how to eliminate joint leakage.
Mining

With the increasing global demand for minerals, ensuring the reliability and uptime of mining equipment is critical. Bolted connections in mining machinery, such as SAG mills, ball mills, and crushers, face intense operating conditions like impact, vibration, and extreme friction. 
RT-Bolt has been rigorously tested in Australian mine site, RT-Bolt offers the premier solution for mining applications by providing simple, accurate and robust monitoring of bolt loads, ensuring precise force monitoring even in the harshest of environments. This advanced solution helps prevent unexpected failures, extending equipment life and reducing costly downtime in critical mining operations.
Wind

In the Wind industry, RT-Bolt can monitor the structural integrity of turbine tower connections and blade hubs, which are exposed to dynamic environmental forces. 
Bolted connections in the wind industry are known for their high failure rates due to the extreme dynamic loads observed on the bolted connections. As such these connections require frequent inspections to maintain the structural integrity. With bolt bending being one of the critical challenges facing Wind turbine components, a phenomenon that out wits most bolt load monitoring technologies like Ultrasonic methodologies rendering them ineffective. A solid foundational solution like RT-Bolt ensures simple accurate and robust data, addressing these challenges head-on.
Not only does RT-Bolt improve reliability, but it also pushes out, labour-intensive inspections programs, which currently consume huge amounts from annual maintenance budgets.
Nuclear

RT-Bolt is indispensable in the Nuclear industry, being very similar to Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industries. RT-Bolt technology ensures compliance with stringent nuclear safety regulations, preventing structural and piping failures, extending the operational life of critical assets. The bolt load monitoring minimizes the risk of costly, high-risk incidents. We have a new Nuclear case study and testimonial on its way soon.
Cranes

Cranes perform important work during construction projects and other tasks that require heavy lifting. They can rise hundreds of feet above the ground while their booms can extend more than 200 feet. Their lifting capacities vary with size. SAFETY is critical!
Whether fixed cranes offshore or Tower cranes onshore they are all critical structures that require adherence to best practices for safe and effective operation. To ensure that your tower crane is working properly and safe to operate it is imperative to ensure good working practices when managing bolt loads in the critical areas like, slew rings, main booms, jib booms, towers, framework etc
High Strength threaded fasteners play a major role in the safety of cranes and material handling equipment. Inspectors and operators of mobile equipment must be aware of certain fundamental issues relating to proper use and the security of threaded fasteners on the crane’s components.
Utilising the RT-Bolt conversion on your existing crane bolts gives engineers and inspectors confidence that the correct and tolerable limits of the location are being met and adhered to. RT-Bolt enhances safety in structural components and load-bearing joints which maintains integrity, preventing accidents and reducing downtime. By extending the lifespan of the crane’s components, RT-Bolt provides cost savings and ensures operational compliance with safety regulations.
Subsea

Bolt load monitoring is critical for subsea applications such as trees, manifolds, jumpers, and pipelines due to the harsh and challenging underwater environment. Precise monitoring ensures that bolted joints maintain their integrity under immense pressure, temperature variations, and corrosive seawater. Failure to monitor these loads can lead to joint failure, posing serious safety risks and environmental hazards, including oil or gas leaks that could cause widespread ecological damage.

By proactively managing bolt loads in critical subsea infrastructure with RT-Bolt, operators not only maintain regulatory compliance but also reduce the risk of operational issues, ensuring the longevity and environmental safety of subsea projects.
Rail & Heavy Machinery

Bolt load monitoring is critical for subsea applications such as trees, manifolds, jumpers, and pipelines due to the harsh and challenging underwater environment. Precise monitoring ensures that bolted joints maintain their integrity under immense pressure, temperature variations, and corrosive seawater. Failure to monitor these loads can lead to joint failure, posing serious safety risks and environmental hazards, including oil or gas leaks that could cause widespread ecological damage.

By proactively managing bolt loads in critical subsea infrastructure with RT-Bolt, operators not only maintain regulatory compliance but also reduce the risk of operational issues, ensuring the longevity and environmental safety of subsea projects.

Industry Applications

RT-Bolts world-leading knowledge, experience, and capabilities in Oil & Gas and Petrochemicals uniquely positions them to assist with all aspects of the joint life cycle in any industry. To ensure leak free joints RT-Bolt can provide, or perform

Design and assessment of bolted joints.
Selection of most appropriate assembly methods and procedures
Prioritization / Risk-Assessments to optimise assembly effort and/or sealing technology.
Operation practices and quality assurance to detect leaks early and resolve issues without major incident.
Troubleshooting to identify and resolve any bolted flanged joint leakage issue

In addition, IES offers products and services designed to facilitate plants improving their joint integrity:

JADE Software
Specifications and procedures for all aspects of a flange management program
Nut Factor testing
BFJ Training
Flange Inspection Tools
Flange assembly training rigs (www.ijaq.org)

RT-Bolt meets regulatory standards like API, that reduces the risk of leaks or catastrophic failures and extends the lifespan of critical assets. The RT-Bolt solution allows engineers in any industry to prevent unplanned downtime and significantly lower maintenance costs, ensuring the integrity of their assets.

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