PIRTEK USA 501 Haverty Court Rockledge, FL, 32955 USA Press release date: July 11, 2012 Based in the Minneapolis, MN area, PIRTEK Plymouth recentlyembarked on a business venture with their newest customer, ChukarWaterjet, Inc. Chukar Waterjet offers underwater waterjet cutting and blastingequipment capable of operating at depths in excess of 3000 meters.This equipment is capable of cutting steel up to 250 mm thick orwaterjet blasting at pressures up to 3800 bar. Their plan was toshow off their new Deepwater Subsea Waterjet skid at the OffshoreTechnology Conference in Houston, TX. With less than two weeksbefore the start of the show, this Deepwater Subsea Waterjet skidwas ready to be outfitted with the hoses, fittings and adaptors.Not only did these products need to hold up to subsea pressure atdepths exceeding one mile, but were also required to be stainlesssteel to resist rusting. With these specifications, Chukar began tolook for the right company for the job.
Warren Christopherson, Operations Manager at Chukar Waterjet,phoned PIRTEK Plymouth's office very late in the day. He was askedif he wished to speak with the "afterhours" technician. He replied,"No, it could wait until morning." "This is a true story and was the start of what turned out to be afortunate find for us just 10 days prior to our conference,"Christopherson recalls. "The following morning on my way to work,as I exited the freeway there was PIRTEK mobile service van infront of me.
I followed it to a neighboring business and askedJohn, the PIRTEK Mobile Sales & Service Technician (MSST), to comeover to Chukar Waterjet when he was finished. I explained to Johnwhat we needed and within a couple of hours, he had three (3)people from PIRTEK onsite, taking measurements and discussing thefittings with our engineers. By the next day it was clear that ourbest chance of getting the hoses done correctly, including airfreight of the stainless fittings from several locations around thecountry, was to go with PIRTEK." Christopherson continues, "The PIRTEK crew, including Jidge Ruth,Owner, and two MSST's, John Filipczack and Rich Thies were beyondhelpful. They displayed a take-charge ownership of this project asif it were their own.
With remarkable enthusiasm they worked fromearly in the morning until late into the day. This occurred forseveral days, expediting the necessary fittings, making andinstalling the hoses onsite with great care. Thanks to PIRTEKPlymouth, we arrived at the conference with a complete andprofessional looking skid to display!" After all was said and done the job took nearly 100 hours tocomplete and required a wide range of products. More than 75stainless steel adaptors with thread forms from SAE O-Ring Boss,JIC and NPTF were used. Stainless steel fittings for the hose andcode 61 & 62 flange pads for the stainless tube were also required.Over 20 hose assemblies were manufactured, including 2" and 3"suction hoses and PFMU35 hose assemblies with a working pressure of5000 psi with diameters ranging from (including).
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