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Problem: AmerCable has a 45-year-old fire tube Cleaver-Brooks boiler.  The boiler had 18 cracked tubes with rapid detrition in the lower section, 9 previous plugged tubes that were failing and a damaged main gas burner. Solution: Storer Services was able to diagnose their problem and quickly provide a reliable solution. We could not plug any […]

Problem: Storer Services was contacted by UT Health Science Center in Tyler Texas regarding their (3) 20+ year old 500 Ton Trane Chillers. It was determined by UTHSC that the chillers had reached the end of their usable life and needed to be replaced.   Solution: Storer Services developed a construction and verification plan for […]

USDA Cotton Classing Case Study What they do: Each bale of cotton that’s farmed in the U.S. must first be classified before being released to the market. USDA Cotton Classing Services of Rayville, LA classifies all cotton from Louisiana, with additional cotton classing services cotton from Mississippi and Arkansas. The Challenge: Every cotton sample that [...]

Problem: The Hertz Investment Group contracted Storer Services in February of 2016 to perform a complete overhaul (CPR) on a 1981 Trane centrifugal “Sidewinder” chiller located in the Capital One building in Lake Charles, LA.  The age of the machine and the obsolete design made this project particularly challenging as many of the required parts [...]

Problem: Caddo Parish School Board contacted Storer Services in the fall of 2016 to perform a Stop Inspection on a 1984 Cleaver Brooks boiler. During this inspection we discovered that the inner door was in need of repair due to age and wear. We also found that a 3-way chilled water control valve was not [...]

Problem: 1973 PCV (sidewinder) Trane chiller motor failed.  Upon disassembly, we discovered excessive end-play had allowed the 1st-stage impeller to rub against the diaphragm plate and the back of the impeller was extremely thin. Solution: We removed the motor and sent it off for repair/refurbishment. A replacement  impeller was not available since the unit was over […]