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Steel gates on top of the Guri Dam control overflow from the down the three On the inside spillway channels, which have a combined flow Precision Waterjet Concepts Installs Waterjet Cutting System...... pg. 4 capacity of 27,000 m3/s. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Visits TST Sweden...... pg. 4 Photograph courtesy of Conjet AB. High Pressure Equipment Company Launches New Website...... pg. 8 See Article on page 2 Peinemann’s 2 LTC Now Available on a Lightweight Vertical Setup...... pg. 10 Hydrodemolition on the Guri Dam in Venezuela

he 10,235 MW the environment have combined to erode the surface T capacity Guri with caving and loosening of the concrete. Hydroelectric in Fapco proposed Venezuela is one of the hydrodemolition the world’s largest technique of using high hydroelectric power pressure waterjetting generation schemes. to selectively remove Officially known only the weakened and as Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar, it was built damaged sections of in the state of Bolívar to dam the River Caroni across the concrete spillway, the Necuima Canyon, about 100 km upstream with its and leave a very rough confluence with the River , one of the longest surface for bonding rivers in South America. The scheme’s 20 turbines, on the fresh concrete. equally split in two separate powerhouses, have an Pneumatic breakers annual generating capacity of 47,000 GWh and account would leave fractures for around 70% of Venezuela’s power requirements. and micro cracking in the The Conjet Robot was undamaged concrete left operated from a platform Guri went on stream in 1978, but the original 2,935 in place. Fapco worked specially designed and made MW power station was expanded in 1986 to its current closely with Conjet AB, by Fapco to cater to the capacity, creating a reservoir covering 4,250 km2. The a leading manufacturer geometry and slope of the height of the combined concrete gravity and earth of hydrodemolition spillway channels, which embankment dam was raised to 162 m and crest length equipment, and the have an average slope of 51°. increased to 7,426 m. Steel gates on top of the concrete (continued on page 14) section of the dam control overflow from the reservoir down three huge adjacent spillway channels, which have a combined flow capacity of 27,000 3m /s.

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Precision Waterjet Concepts Installs Waterjet Cutting System, from page 4 we were looking for a manufacturer Introducing BART – in Minnesota The Barton Abrasive that could get someone in here Removal Tool quick if there BART is the rst truly convenient, was a problem,” cost-effective and totally portable Quaal says. “We abrasive removal system available went with a Mid Joe Quaal, to the waterjet industry. The BART Rail Gantry president of system achieves removal rates for our second Precision Waterjet of over 2000 lbs./hr. system because Concepts. US and Foreign Patents Pending. of the mirroring system and programmable head • Simple spacing. We cut a lot of extremely • Convenient large parts and we can save a lot • Effective of time and money by mirroring. See a demo video at Fifty percent of the time, we are www.barton.com/BART mirroring. The programmable head spacing also saves us 10-15 minutes Barton per job on set up time.” USA/Canada 800.741.7756 Phone 518.798.5462 Quaal noted that Jet Edge’s Fax 518.798.5728 [email protected] mirroring system holds much tighter tolerances than competitor systems that he had considered. “When we bought the second system, I got quotes from four companies and visited them all,” he says. “The Jet Edge’s tolerance was impressive. It met our specifications. The other machines that do mirroring don’t come back into spec. www.barton.com Some of them are off by .030 in. to .040 in. You can’t have a step like that on a part. Their head spacing tolerance had too much slop.” expensive. The seal life is similar, but we save $8,000 to $9,000 a year. The Jet Quaal also notes that his Jet Edge Edge iP60-150s are the best thing on the market. I will keep putting them in.” intensifier pumps have been much For more information, call (800)538-3343, email [email protected] or visit less expensive to maintain than a www.jetedge.com.■ competitor pump that powers his Photographs courtesy of Precision Waterjet Concepts. 5-axis systems. “Our Jet Edge pumps cost 20% Jet News is published by the WaterJet Technology Association (WJTA)-Industrial & Munici- pal Cleaning Association (IMCA) and is a benefit of membership in the Association. less to maintain than our other pump because the Jet Edge seals are less ©2011 Jet News. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form forbidden without express permission.

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Hydrodemolition on the Guri Dam in Venezuela, from page 2

Swedish company’s hydrodemolition “The Conjet Robot was bought proposal was accepted by Corporación specifically for repairing the spillways Eléctrica Nacional. and was operated from a platform specially designed for the geometry “One of Fapco’s engineers came and slope of the spillway channels, to our head office and factory in which have an average slope of 51°,” Sweden to assess our equipment and says Fapco Project Engineer Yerry our suggestions relating to the Guri Cabrera. “Conjet gave Fapco some Dam spillway repairs,” says Conjet preliminary ideas about the access AB Executive Vice President Lars platform, which was then designed and Göran Nilsson. “We worked closely fabricated by Fapco. The platform was with Fapco and recommended using moved by four manually controlled a Conjet Robot 364 operating on winches mounted on the crest of the a purpose built working platform dam, and this combination of the rolling up and down the steep face platform and robot worked very well.” of the spillway. Fapco adopted and adapted our suggestion and bought a Fapco had to completely repair one Robot 364 specifically for the spillway channel and perform partial repairs to Fapco’s purpose built working platform repairs and designed and built the another, covering a total area of about was moved up and down the steep platform for it to work from.” spillway channels by four winches mounted on the crest of the dam. (continued on page 17)

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7,500 m2. The Robot 364, operating its contract in May 2011. at water pressures up to 1200 bar, Work on the project had to selectively removed the weakened and stop several times for several damaged concrete from the spillway months, during the rainy surfaces to depths ranging from 20 seasons, when the spillway mm to 150 mm and in some instances channels, not being repaired, exposing the steel reinforcement. had to be opened to control Concrete removal was up to 69 m2/ the level of the reservoir. day and was intermittent due to a combination of moving the platform, “We have had a very adjusting the robot to the spillway good experience with the geometry and refilling the water tank Conjet Robot on the spillway The Conjet Robot 364 selectively removed the supplying the robot. After concrete and also used it for some hydrodemolition work on weakened and damaged concrete from the removal, Fapco followed on with spillway surfaces to depths ranging from 20 mm to a spray applied 800 kN/m2 strength other areas, such as the water intakes of some of 150 mm and in some instances exposing the steel mortar in areas less than 100 mm deep reinforcement. and 500 kN/m2 strength concrete in the generation units,” says the deeper areas. Yerry Cabrera. “There is also potential For more information, call +46(0)8 work for repairing another spillway, 5565-2240, email [email protected] Fapco started on repairs to the first and possibly some repairs on another or visit www.conjet.com.■ spillway in late 2009 and completed dam.” Photographs courtesy of Conjet AB.

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December 2011 WJTA-IMCA on the web: www.wjta.org Page 19 New Durasucker® Liquid Hughes Pumps Combines Jetting Power and Vacuum Truck Performance in an Ultra Compact Unit

uper Products LLC has ughes Pumps has recently built Sannounced the availability of H and supplied a highly specialized the new Durasucker, a DOT/ASME high-pressure waterjetting unit to a approved vehicle for use in industrial contractor working on subsea cleaning and environmental cleanups. The applications in the UK and Norwegian Durasucker is a robust liquid vacuum sectors of the North Sea. truck with a 3,200-gallon payload The system, comprising a 300 hp capacity designed for removing and (225 kW) HPS3000 pump delivering transporting liquids, sludge and semi- performances from 20 gpm at 20,000 solid waste. psi (74 lpm at 1400 bar) to 107 gpm at 4,200 psi (405 lpm at 290 bar), incorporates a Duplex stainless steel onboard pump to lift seawater as the pumphead to provide maximum cooling medium, eliminating the need corrosion resistance when pumping for a radiator and cooling fan, thus sea water at high pressure; with all considerably reducing the overall size other wetted components, including and eliminating fan noise. the high capacity filter housing, manufactured in 316 stainless steel. The pumpset, packaged in a four- point lift, fully enclosed crashframe With space offshore always at a manufactured in 316 stainless steel premium, the design brief demanded to ensure years of maintenance free The unit’s 72-inch carbon steel that the weight and footprint of the operation in the harshest of offshore cargo tank has a maximum allowable unit be minimized. Hughes’ unique environments, with overall dimensions working pressure of 35 psig internal combination of an integral gearbox of 110 in. long x 70 in. wide x 83 in. and 15 psig external (full vacuum). and SAE adaptor housing on the high x 9,240 lbs (2.8m x 1.8m x 2.1m The cargo tank is constructed and HPS3000 pump enabling the pump x 4,200kg), makes this one of the most certified in conformance with Section to be flange mounted to the engine compact 300 hp units ever produced. VIII of the American Society of makes for an extremely compact Mechanical Engineers pressure installation. To reduce size even For more information, e-mail vessel code and the Durasucker is further, a heat exchanger cooled Volvo [email protected] or visit certified to meet the U.S. Department marine engine was chosen to power www.hughes-pumps.co.uk. of Transportation’s Specification the pump. Marine engines use an DOT412 for hauling hazardous materials on the highway. The Durasucker is designed and built for high performance and long life and WJTA-IMCA Corporate Member Happenings includes a wide range of features that WJTA-IMCA Corporate Members can list their grand opening, open house, sale or ensure ease of use and optimize safety. other special event on the WJTA-IMCA Corporate Member Happenings page of the WJTA-IMCA website. This page is designed specifically for listings of corpo- For more information, call rate member events. (800)837-9711 or visit www. In order to list your event, please submit your company name, event, date, time superproductsllc.com. and the location via email to [email protected], attention: LeAnn. A link from the listing to your website will be included. This service is limited to WJTA-IMCA corporate members. Wishing you a healthy, happy and Not a WJTA-IMCA Corporate member? prosperous New Contact the WJTA-IMCA office today to upgrade your individual membership to Year! a corporate membership and take advantage of the many benefits available to WJTA-IMCA corporate members. If you have already renewed your individual WJTA Officers, Board of membership, you can still upgrade for 2011 by remitting the balance. Directors & Staff

Page 20 WJTA-IMCA on the web: www.wjta.org December 2011 Comments Solicited on Improvements to Recommended Practices TurtleSkin® MFA omments are solicited regarding C improvements to the WJTA- WaterArmor IMCA publications, Recommended Practices for the Use of High Pressure Waterjetting Equipment and Recommended Practices for the Use UHP WATERJET PROTECTION of Industrial Vacuum Equipment. While both publications are reviewed Designed to safeguard waterjet periodically at the WJTA-IMCA conferences and throughout the year, operators from injuries caused by your comments and suggestions accidental UHP waterjet swipes. for improving the publications are invited and welcome anytime. Protection up to 40,000 Please address your comments and suggestions to: WJTA-IMCA, psi at 5.5 gpm with a 906 Olive Street, Suite 1200, St. Louis, MO 63101-1448, phone: swipe speed of 1.6 fps (314)241-1445, fax: (314) 241-1449, email: [email protected]. Please Modular design with specify which publication you are commenting on. replacable panels Ventilated open back WJTA-IMCA Administration Chairman of the Board President/Jet News Editor design for reduced Bill Gaff George A. Savanick, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (815)341-3171 Phone: (952)432-7594 heat stress

Vice-President Secretary Pat DeBusk Hugh B. Miller, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (713)898-8098 Phone: (303)273-3558

Treasurer Larry Loper Email: [email protected] Phone: (800)289-7447 2009-2011 Directors Kay Doheny Kathy Krupp Email: kaydoheny@ Email: [email protected] dohenysupplies.com Phone: (979)238-1032 Phone: (800)336-4369 Gary Noto Luis Garcia Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (713)307-2145 Phone: (281)471-3368 Kerry Petranek Mohamed Hashish, Ph.D. Email: kerry.petranek@ Email: [email protected] stoneagetools.com Phone: (253)850-3500 Phone: (970)259-2869 Forrest Shook Email: [email protected] Phone: (248)624-5555

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December 2011 WJTA-IMCA on the web: www.wjta.org Page 21 FS Solutions Announces New Business Expansion Strategy, from page 18 According to Fuller, the fundamental success of FS FS Solutions carries parts for all makes and models of Solutions will continue to be closely tied to offering airmoving and waterblasting equipment, as well as a team customers the products, services and expertise they want, of experts at each FS Solutions center to provide repairs when and where they need it most. “Over the next year, and maintenance. we will expand our FS Solutions locations and service offerings in key areas throughout North America,” Fuller For more information, call (800)822-8785, or visit www. says. “We have the right market growth, organization and fssolutionsgroup.com.■ people to successfully carry out our new brand strategy and meet the expectations of tomorrow’s customers.” Fuller cited specific examples of FS Solutions’ expanded service offerings, which include state-of-the-art chassis WJTA-IMCA Welcomes New Members diagnostic software at the centers in Leeds and La Porte, and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 407/412 inspection services for cargo tank equipped vehicles Corporate Individuals offered at the centers in Long Beach, Leeds and soon to CERATIZIT USA, Inc. Eric Andrews be available at the center in La Porte. “Ensuring that our Brian Ayers DanChem Technologies customers’ vehicles comply with U.S. DOT 407/412 cargo Jan Heidle 1975 Old Richmond Road 11530 Stephens Road Danville, VA 24540 tank regulations helps them reduce downtime and minimize Warren, MI 48089-3849 Phone: (434)797-8120 the potential for costly fines,” he says. Phone: (800)245-6880 Email: eric.andrews@ Fax: (800)544-5009 danchem.com

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