Supersized Heat Exchangers Shipped: Harsco AXC ships largest coolers in company's history

摘要

Something big has happened at Harsco Industrial Air-X-Changers (Harsco AXC), which makes air-cooled heat exchangers for the natural gas industry. The Catoosa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.-based company has shipped the largest coolers in its 60-year history. Weighing in at 81 647 kg, the Model 204-3Z coolers are 22.9 m long, 7.9 m wide, 4.3 m tall. In late September 2013, Harsco AXC shipped the first of four units to a customer that will use the coolers in offshore natural gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. A second unit left the Harsco AXC plant in mid-October, with the remaining two departing in November and December. "We knew from the beginning that the sheer size and complexity of these coolers would pose unique challenges," said Eric Clower, Harsco AXC's vice president and general manager.