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For over 40 years, A.R. Thomson Group has been offering high-quality fluid containment and control products with a focus on increased reliability and reduced down time.

Due to ongoing environmental challenges such as climate warming and limited natural resources, fresh water conservation and energy efficiency have become important goals for all industry. Successfully reducing water consumption and increasing energy efficiency also has the desired side effect of lowering production costs - the one factor affecting profit that we have some control over! CO2 emission (Green House Gas) reduction has also become a critical driver for the success of many businesses today. With this demanding set of industry challenges ARTG has recently developed a program focused on these energy efficiency and environmental opportunities.

Our Energy Efficiency and Environmental ("EEE") program presently has four key focus areas:

1. Environmental LDAR (Leak Detection and Repair)

Origin: Clean Air Act 1990. The 1990 Clean Air Act is a piece of United States Environmental Policy relating to the reduction of smog and air pollution. The Act requires industrial facilities to implement a Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) program to monitor and audit a facility's fugitive emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC). Many Canadian Companies/Industries are following the American lead voluntarily LDAR programs are intended to identify and repair components such as valves, pumps, compressors, flanges, connectors and other components that may be leaking. These components are the main source of the fugitive VOC emissions. Valves typically account for 60% of all fugitive emissions. We have sealing solutions for all applications with strong focus on valve stem packing utilizing the latest technology available allowing guaranteed results. Testing is done manually using a portable vapor analyzer that read in parts per million (ppm). Monitoring frequency, and the leak threshold, is determined by various factors such as the type of component being tested and the chemical running through the line. Moving components such as pumps and agitators are monitored more frequently than non-moving components such as flanges and screwed connectors. The regulations require that when a leak is detected the component be repaired within a set amount of days. Allowances for delaying the repairs beyond the allowed time are made for some components where repairing the component requires shutting process equipment down.
Applicable products: Garlock Valve Stem Packing (212 ULE) | Die formed sets

2. Rotating Equipment

Water conservation

Improved pump reliability and drastically reduced water consumption is realized through the use of modern sealing devices designed for maximum efficiency. A non-intrusive flow measurement is made to determine current water consumption in a specific area or a piece of equipment. A sealing device such as a low flow packing set or mechanical seal is recommended. A post-test is conducted to determine new flow values and a cost reduction is calculated based on your estimated costs per Cubic Meter of water.
Applicable products: Mechanical seals | Compression packing | ESF Flow meter | EDF Flow meter

Efficiency / Reliability
Bearing failure in rotating equipment significantly impacts operating expense and profitability due to costly equipment rebuild and equipment downtime. The primary sources of bearing failure are lack of lubrication and contaminant ingress. Industrial sealing devices are the primary protection against bearing failure. When the sealing device fails, bearing failure is imminent. Therefore, extending the life of sealing devices extends bearing life and in turn improves equipment uptime. The primary measurements of equipment uptime are: Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR). By retaining lubricants, excluding contamination or separating fluids, KLOZURE® Dynamic Seals protect bearings and keep processes moving in the most demanding conditions.

Applicable products: Bearing isolation

3. Steam Efficiency

Steam efficiency and condensate recovery represents an opportunity to have big impact in the increase in heat exchange equipment efficiency and reduction of boiler feed water make up. As well both fuel consumption and resultant emissions will be decreased. This is achieved through management of the steam trap population with the use of our cutting edge diagnostic equipment featuring unmatched accuracy and reliability. A test is conducted to determine the condition of all steam traps in the population. Our equipment does not only detect a malfunction, it will also report the degree of malfunction, allowing you to separate the worst offenders from the less urgent problems.
Applicable products: Steam traps TLV

4. Physical Water Treatment

This includes the application of mechanical absolute filtration systems as well as chemical free scale and bacteria control for cooling water systems. ARTG represents Orival Auto Self Cleaning filter systems.
Applicable products:
ORIVAL Self-cleaning Water Filters and Automatic Water Filters

For the Water Conservation and the Steam Efficiency components of our Energy Efficiency and Environmental program, we conduct non-intrusive testing and auditing to develop efficiency data from which to establish a usage bench mark. We then establish target goals and objectives. Once our recommendations are implemented we are able to conduct a "post-test" and establish actual energy savings based on the values provided by the end user (equipment owner). This in turn translates into $ savings.

ARTG's Triple E program is forever evolving and we are constantly working to identify the latest opportunities to pass along savings initiatives to our customers. Current areas being developed include compressed air system efficiencies and LDAR (Leak Detection And Repair) focusing on fugitive emissions with valve packings. Our Triple "E" Program is headed by Tom Jurista who is providing leadership and guidance for the overall program, but it is supported by larger team made up of Product Managers who specialize in the products and devices that provide the actual results that we ultimately achieve.

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