Our customer was looking for an alternative way to move their tube bundles, which weigh in excess of 100,000 lbs, into the heat exchanger jackets at a nuclear power plant. Low floor-load capacity prohibited the use of wheeled equipment.
The load movement system not only allowed easy movement through the plant at floor loading under 300 lbs. per square foot, but also allowed tube bundles to be floated out of and into the heat exchanger jacket. The use of Airfloat equipment resulted in a 50% reduction in the time required for this repair.
