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US 2023/0084823 A1Published application
System and method for removing and replacing fire-tubes
AssigneeCharger Energy Services, LLC
InventorEddie Edge
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Abstract
A system and method for removing and replacing fire-tubes. The system can include a powered system, a fire-tube puller coupled to said powered system. The fire-tube puller has a puller back which is coupled to a plug rest. A plug rest is approximately perpendicular to the puller back, and the fire-tube will rest upon the plug rest when the fire-tube is being removed or installed. The system can also include a stack adjuster which is coupled to the plug rest. The stack adjuster can couple to a stack so as to reposition the stack.
Claims11
A method of removing a fire-tube having a stack from a vessel:
- the method comprising:
- providing a powered system, the powered system comprising a fire tube puller-coupled to the powered system, wherein the fire-tube puller comprises a puller back coupled to a plug rest and a stack adjuster connected to the plug rest and adapted to decouple a stack from a fire-tube;
- coupling the stack of the fire-tube with the stack adjuster;
- decoupling the stack from the fire-tube;
- decoupling the stack adjuster from the stack;
- inserting the plug rest into the fire-tube;
- and
- withdrawing the fire-tube from the vessel.
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