Slates: Equipment Monitoring

Slates: Companion Tags

Slates™ are customized anodized aluminum smart tags that are fixed to your steam trap or any desired component.  Every Slate tag is laser etched with a unique QR code, and a unique ID number, that you can easily scan using the Slate Pages app, available for iOS.  Upon scanning a Slate tag with the Slate Pages app, you will be presented with your steam trap’s or any equipment's up-to-date information.

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The Slate Pages app empowers you to track and explore any desired information using custom information fields (text, URL, photos, dates, location & more). For example, Slates fixed to steam traps commonly feature the following maintenance information fields:

• Component Name (e.g. Steam Trap #12)
• Component Manufacturer/Model (e.g. Armstrong Series 811)
• Photo of Component
• Map/Location of Component
• Date of Last Inspection/Service
• Copy of Operating Manual
• Purchase or Install Date
• Warranty Expiration Date
• Maintenance Journal

Your Trap information is also available on a Web Portal!

Get an overview of all of your steam traps & other industrial components in an instant by tagging your entire facility with Slates.  Sort your steam traps by any field such as last inspection date, manufacturer/model, or component name for easier decision making.

For those facility managers with a large campus, with a number of buildings, Slates allows you to capture a GPS coordinate and gives you the ability to sort and color your failed traps in a map view. (red=failed / green=good)

The Slate Pages app was designed to make information about your steam traps more easily accessible. Your team can access, view, & edit any information with the proper user permissions, set by the account owner.

If you have a steam trap survey file that you would like to incorporate SLATES...send us the data in Excel or CSV format and we will generate a presentation to illustrate the merits of SLATES for your specific facility.

To learn more about Slates Steam Trap Tags contact Rick Bockwinkel at Bock@ERBSteam.com, or call 913-579-7688.

Heat Exchangers Hammering? Tube Bundles Fouling and Failing?

Do you have heat exchangers (i.e. Reboilers) HAMMERING and/or losing tubes like this heat exchanger?  

This device is not evacuating condensate, thus the significant temperature differential.  This backing up of condensate in the heating space reduces surface area AND poses a potential for thermal and hydraulic shock that will damage tubes, create leaks and destroy equipment.  It also reduces throughput and can impact product quality.

90.9% of all Electrical Power is DERIVED from STEAM

Steam is not only a POWERful energy, it is a tremendous GREEN utility that provides outstanding heat transfer as it changes phase from GAS to LIQUID...a fluid you could pour in any river and thereby improve the water quality of that stream...

Richard Bockwinkel has been optimizing steam systems since 1975.