Process review
Fluids, properties, operating cases and constraints.
ENGINEERING CAPABILITIES
Integrated thermal, mechanical and manufacturing engineering
ARO controls sizing, simulation, plate development, tooling, welding, inspection and performance validation across the product lifecycle.
Engineering workflow
A coordinated path from process data to delivery
Thermal sizing
Area, plate pattern, passes and pressure drop.
Mechanical design
Pressure vessel, nozzle loads, thermal stress and code.
Manufacturing
Plate forming, cleaning, automatic welding and assembly.
Inspection
Leak, pressure, material and documentation checks.
CFD & ANALYSIS
Visualize flow, temperature and pressure distribution
Simulation supports plate-pattern development, distribution design, velocity control, pressure-drop evaluation and identification of under-utilized regions.
- Plate-side velocity maps
- Temperature-field analysis
- Pressure distribution
- Streamline and flow-distribution review
- Thermal and mechanical stress considerations
Manufacturing technology
Dedicated tooling for consistent welded plate packs
Plate and tooling development
Independent plate-pattern and forming-tool design enables application-specific channel geometry.
Port-hole automatic welding
Dedicated internal circular welding equipment controls penetration and repeatability.
Perimeter automatic welding
Specialized equipment welds the circumference of plate pairs into the complete pack.
Controlled cleaning and welding
Plates are ultrasonically cleaned and welded in a dedicated area to manage weld quality.
Inspection & validation
Testing aligned with service risk and customer specification
| Plate-pack pneumatic test | Performed during manufacturing to detect leakage before final assembly. |
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| Final hydrostatic test | Complete exchanger tested after assembly according to design requirements. |
| Helium leak testing | Available for vacuum, high-purity and other sensitive services. |
| Oxygen cleaning | Available where components require controlled cleanliness for oxygen service. |
| Thermal performance test | Used to compare sizing-software predictions with measured operation. |
| Burst testing | Development testing used to validate plate-pack strength margins. |
Engineering detail pages