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R.F. MacDonald Co. Assists Data Networking Campus with Boiler Upgrade

Cleaver Brooks Boiler Skid

A data networking campus replaced 18 of its low-efficiency boilers with high-efficiency CFC-E boilers to meet BAAQMD emissions requirements. CAMPUS Silicon Valley ClearFire-CE Boiler Skid Project • 19 boilers • 8 skids • 7 buildings CUSTOM SKID DESIGN The R.F. MacDonald Co. boiler sales and engineering team supplied 17 hydronic and 2 domestic hot water...

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Forced-Circulation Steam Generators – Oil Applications

Steam Generators

Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage, better known as SAGD, is considered to be the most viable and environmentally safe recovery technology for extracting heavy oil. The process, which has been utilized for more than a decade, uses an advanced form of steam stimulation to extract oil from a pair of horizontal wells drilled into a reservoir. In...

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The First Steam-Ready Industrial Watertube Boiler

D-Type Steam Boiler

The primary benefit of a steam-ready system is the shortened design-to-installation time, allowing customers to engineer a project in advance. The pace of business today dictates that manufacturers bring products to market faster through the continuous streamlining of product innovation, product development and engineering processes. A few years ago, one leading manufacturer of industrial watertube...

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R.F. MacDonald Co. Performs Boiler Door Repairs

Boiler Door Refractory

R.F. MacDonald Co. Refractory Dept. has instructed boilermakers how to repair boiler doors both in the shop and in the field for over 10 years. Knowing how to properly rebuild a boiler door is a boilermaker growth requirement at RFM. Our in-house Refractory Dept. provides training for boilermakers during level three of a five-level growth...

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