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Pirobloc has renewed its ISO 9001:2008 certification

Pirobloc has renewed its ISO 9001:2008 certification until 2016.

The past March, the certification company TÜV has audited Pirobloc successfully, thus renewing the certificate ISO 9001:2008 in the field of design, manufacture and marketing of thermal fluid boilers and heat exchangers as well as, for marketing steam boilers.

This certification ensures that Pirobloc:

Plans the production of its products
Maintains constant communication with the client to determine all requirements
Homologates to its suppliers in terms of materials
Performs all activities of verification, validation, monitoring, measurement, inspection and testing to ensure the quality of its products
Makes an analysis of the customers feedback to ensure the continuous improvement
Manages all nonconformities, whether products, suppliers or internal ones

You can find more information on the ISO in previous articles:

The versatility of a manufacturer of thermal oil boilers

The reason for this blog is to inform all of you that our company and its qualification to make engineering studies on improving or streamlining existing thermal oil installations, such as those carried out during 2012 for companies of the French food sector and chemical Belgian sector. The goal is to obtain a performance improvement of your facilities and the energy efficiency through the equipment you already have, being PIROBLOC or other brands, and even from disappeared brands of the market as KONUS.

PIROBLOC offers solutions for the expansion of the actors in any industry, even if they use other brands of thermal fluid boilers. PIROBLOC was pioneer introducing the thermal fluid systems in sectors where steam technology was a feud, such the industrial and hospital laundry.

The long experience in the design of such type of generators and the implementation of thermal fluid facilities enable us to attend to any technical question regarding compliance with the current requirements that the law demands and, on the use of equipment, studio of your initiatives, etc.

The proverb says that we must Adapt or …. or better renew and reinvent. Read More!

How extend the life of your heater

Every manufacturer has its own boiler design. Its technology will make the life of the boiler to be longer or shorter, as well as efficient in reference to the heated circuit.

In addition to its design, other factors also influence in a long life of the thermal oil heater, such as the following:

To use an oil in good working conditions, and thus, in good heat transfer conditions. So, we recommend that you periodically do an analysis of its status. Remember that if you have to change the oil in the facility at the end of its useful life, there are companies in the market whose business is oil free collection and reusing of it.
To know and to pay attention to the alarms and controls of the boiler: it is not an option to by-pass the warnings and / or alarms. In case of alarm, ask the manufacturer of the boiler.
To perform a proper preventive maintenance and annual control of the heater, consisting on the control of the right combustion and the smoke composition, flue gas temperature, working pressures and temperatures, etc.
To control the consumption of the pump and the flow of service as well as, to check the heat transfer fluid leaks.
To check the condition of the insulation body of the boiler and installation of thermal fluid.
To keep clean of soot inside the boiler, pipes and / or exhaust gas grills: A good ventilation of the boiler is essential for its proper functioning.

We hope that these tips will be useful to work in the best conditions for a long time. Read More!

First company in the Spanish sector with quality ASME certification

Pirobloc, a manufacturer company of thermal oil heaters for industrial use, has recently obtained the ASME quality certification (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), while in possession of the quality certification according to ISO 9001: 2008.

The first step to reach the certification (as said in the previous blog), is to decide which of our processes you would like to certify under such standard of quality, since the ASME classifies equipment or products in Sections and Divisions, finally granting:

a metal Stamp, to be used to mark with a letter the technical nameplate contained in products manufactured under the chosen design code, which can be "R", "S", "U", etc... , and
a Certificate of authorization to manufacture under the corresponding design code.

So, to buy a boiler manufactured according to ASME stamp, involves the certification of the following qualities:

Manufacturing under the standards of the "x" design code
A qualified and certified staff to carry out the work
The traceability of the materials used in the manufacture of the product subject to certification
The realization of non-destructive tests during the manufacturing of the stamped products
Registration of non-conformities
Monitoring of standards during the manufacturing processes

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The ASME certificate

After a long absence, due to the daily work and the projects in which our company has been involved, we have been preparing new contents that we believe they will be of your maximum interest.

So, this is the first in a series of blogs dedicated to obtaining the ASME certificate of quality, which means that the ASME institution AUTORIZES to a manufacturer to be able to use its seal on their products.

ASME stands for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This association has generated from its appearance a code of design, manufacture and inspection for pressure equipment, recognized and accepted not only in America but also in countries in other continents.

The interest to be able to manufacture a product under the ASME regulations lies in the fact of access to the American market, as well as, to open the possibility of offering your products to potential clients situated in any part of the world that based its standards of quality in the mentioned legislation.

Advantages of an ASME certification

International market of more than 113 countries
Authorization to manufacture equipments under the ASME stamp
Publication in the ASME authorized manufacturer registry
Competence for the use of the ASME code
Responsibility as ASME manufacturer
The confidence of a design and manufacturing under quality ASME
Implement of the quality requirements
Enable to compare, to expand and/or to include ASME processes to your own standards

In our next blog, we will talk about the parameters of quality certified by the ASME stamp. Read More!