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US 7,765,948 B2Granted
Device and method for identifying the row number on a tubesheet
AssigneeTubemaster, Inc.
InventorsClifford L. Johns, Guillermo Camoriano, Munaf Najmuddin Chasmawala, Manfred Schmidt, Samuel Richard Gates, Wayne Howard Franklin
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Abstract
A device and method for identifying the tubes in a tubesheet, including locating a support element along a portion of the tubesheet with at least one means for identifying the location or condition of the adjacent tubes.
Claims18
A method for identifying the tubes in a tubesheet, comprising the steps of:
- magnetically securing an elongated support element along at least a portion of the tubesheet adjacent a plurality of tubes to be identified;
- and
- providing at least one means on said elongated support element for identifying the condition or location of the adjacent tubes.
An arrangement for identifying the tube rows in a tubesheet, comprising:
- a tubesheet, including a plurality of tubes arranged in rows:
- an elongated support element having a longitudinal direction and an outer surface, said elongated support element being releasably secured to the tubesheet;
- and
- a plurality of markers slidably secured to said support element, said markers including unique identifiers corresponding to respective rows in the tubesheet.
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