Hydraulic expansion is the direct application of high internal hydraulic pressure within a tube or sleeve in order to form a tight joint between the tube and tube sheet or a tight seal between the sleeve and tube. All field service technicians have received extensive training from HydroPro, Inc™., a world wide company that designs and manufactures all the equipment utilized by Midwest Pipe Repair™.  HydroPro™ also provides MPR with around the clock engineering support when needed.

Midwest Pipe Repair™ covers the following applications

High Pressure hydraulic tube expansion & tube repair - including:

• Hybrid expansion of boiler tubes
• Sleeving - partial and full length - including: Air Heaters, Condensers                                                Heat Exchangers/Feedwater Heaters Steam Generators
• Full tube testing
• Individual tube-to-tubesheet joint hydro testing
• Tube locking prior to welding

Reference Materials

• "Hybrid Expanding Ensures Tight Expanded Boiler Tube Joints"
• "Hydroexpansions vs. Mechanical Rolling"
• "Hydroexpansion vs. Explosive"
• "Calculating Expansion Pressures"
• "Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers"

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Equipment and Tooling utilized by Midwest Pipe Repair™

• HydroPro^© HPX Series Tube Expansion Systems
• BoilerPro^© Expansion System are attractive alternatives to conventional methods such as rolling.
• We offer easy, accurate, and flexible tube testing with HydroProof^©
• Tube locking is fast and easy when we use the TubePro^© line of tube lock tools, and when it's time to remove your old tubes we also utilize a range of hydraulic tube pullers.

Typical Markets

• Petro Chemical
• Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation
• Oil Refineries
• Paper Mills
• Pharmaceutical
• Heat and Air Conditioning
• Sanitary, Package and Stationary Boilers

Call us today to discuss a future project or an                                             emergency repair. We will provide you with a free estimate.

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