Heat exchanger maintenance, cleaning, and overhaul for industrial performance reliability
Fairtex Group provides comprehensive heat exchanger solutions including cleaning, maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for shell and tube heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers, air coolers, and box coolers. Our services support critical industries such as oil & gas, refineries, power generation, marine, chemical processing, pharmaceuticals, HVAC, and food production.
We focus on restoring heat transfer efficiency, preventing equipment failure, and ensuring operational continuity through structured maintenance programs. Fairtex combines mechanical servicing, chemical cleaning, tube testing, and pressure verification to deliver full lifecycle support for heat transfer systems.
Typical applications: turbine lube oil coolers, generator hydrogen coolers, steam jet air ejectors, CCW heat exchangers, diesel jacket water coolers, LP feedwater heaters, bearing oil coolers, chillers, and industrial cooling systems.
What this service covers
Disassembly, cleaning, and mechanical overhaul
We provide complete disassembly and overhaul of heat exchangers including cover removal, gasket replacement, bolt and nut replacement, tube plate cleaning, and reassembly. Components are cleaned using mechanical and chemical methods to remove fouling, biological growth, scale, and corrosion deposits.
Tube bundle inspection, testing, and re-tubing
Fairtex performs tube-by-tube testing to identify leaks and structural degradation. Faulty tubes are plugged or replaced through re-tubing operations. We also conduct wire brushing, threading, and inspection of tube plates to ensure mechanical integrity and restore thermal efficiency.
Plate heat exchanger servicing and CIP cleaning
We service plate and frame heat exchangers by disassembling plate packs, inspecting for micro-cracks using penetrant testing under UV light, replacing damaged plates and gaskets, and reassembling units. Clean-in-Place (CIP) chemical cleaning systems are also used to remove scaling, biological growth, and hard deposits.
Key Takeaways
- Full lifecycle heat exchanger maintenance and overhaul services
- Mechanical, chemical, and CIP cleaning for improved thermal efficiency
- Tube testing, plugging, and re-tubing for damaged exchanger systems
- Plate, shell & tube, and air cooler servicing across multiple industries
