Halgo Power is a Dallas-based manufacturers’ representative company that also designs, sells and installs complete boiler systems. Since 1952, the firm has specialized in turnkey solutions for boilers and burners for a breadth of industries, including refining, petrochemical, natural gas processing, pulp and paper, and industrial institutions, along with hospitals and universities.
In 2011, Halgo was looking to supplement its offerings by adding a deaerator and water treatment company to its portfolio — a natural complement to its existing business. For Halgo President Shane Freeman, there was only one brand with a legacy and reputation on par with other manufacturers his company represents. That brand was COCHRANE by newterra.
COCHRANE by newterra has been a pioneer in industrial water treatment for well over a century. Its origins date back to 1863 and the early breakthroughs in boiler safety of Joseph Harrison Jr. In the following years, the influence of David Cochrane helped propel the company through a series of innovations, including the hot process softener and the invention of the cross-flow deaerator and down-flow deaerator in the 1920s. Later acquisitions of Chicago Heater and Belco broadened the company’s expertise and significant installed base. Among those installations are the specialized deaerators that COCHRANE by newterra recently supplied for the steam plant on the nuclear power deck of the new supercarrier, USS John F. Kennedy. The company has supplied deaerators for many ships in the fleet over the course of an 80-year relationship with the U.S. Navy.
Today, COCHRANE by newterra continues its leadership in designing and building deaerators and a range of other industrial water treatment solutions — from boiler feedwater and condensate polishing to blowdown recovery, cooling tower water and wastewater.
According to newterra Executive Vice President Dee Bryant, the company’s partnership with Halgo Power and other progressive manufacturers’ representatives play a vital role in the company’s success. “Shane and his team at Halgo Power are truly exceptional partners for our Industrial business,” said Bryant. “They’ve built strong relationships in their markets and have a depth of engineering expertise that complements the engineering horsepower we have at newterra, so we collaborate on projects very effectively.”
Halgo’s Shane Freeman concurred. “For the design/install portion of our business, it’s a great fit,” he said. “The same holds true for larger-scale projects that involve deaerators in the million-plus pph [pounds per hour] range, as well as when up or downstream water treatment is required.
COCHRANE by newterra offers the diversity of solutions our clients need.” COCHRANE by newterra draws on its long history by maintaining a digital library of over a million technical drawings for systems dating back to the early 1900s. That resource has played a key role in a project the company is working on with Halgo Power for a large Gulf Coast oil and gas refinery.
The facility had a cast-iron deaerator that was originally installed in 1942. In 2004, new, large, iron-head castings were manufactured and installed on the 10-footby- 20-foot shell. Twelve years later, based on a close relationship with the refinery, Halgo Power knew additional updates or a replacement deaerator were needed. The company contacted COCHRANE by newterra and, together with the client, worked closely to come up with a cost-effective solution. Utilizing original drawings from the digital archives, the two firms recommended replacement of the deaerator’s internal components in a new shell that exactly matched the original. That ensured it would fit into the existing space at the refinery and allowed the replacement castiron heads to be utilized.
Modern technology incorporated in the updated deaerator will provide the required capacity and reduce the oxygen content in the boiler feedwater to below industry standards. “It’s truly a one-of-a-kind solution that is a win for the client,” said Bryant. “And it couldn’t have happened without the blend of expertise of COCHRANE by newterra and Halgo Power — and the productive, collaborative relationship we’ve built.”
For more information, visit www.Cochrane.com or call (800) 420-4056, or visit www.halgopower.com or call (469) 368-8900. •
