Training for Pemex-Refining

For Reladyne/Sicelub, it’s important to share our knowledge about comprehensive lubrication and the operation of LubriMist® mist lubrication systems, models CVT4 and CVT8.

That’s why, this February, Sicelub provided training to over 60 individuals from the Pemex-Refining operational staff for the “Gas Plant at Olmeca-Dos Bocas Refinery” and the “Coking Plant at Miguel Hidalgo Refinery in Tula.”

These theoretical-practical courses, totaling 40 hours, were conducted by the Operations Manager, Engineer Isaac Mendez, along with the operations team consisting of Engineer Eddy Echeverria and Engineer Odette Ojeda.

During these courses, clients were provided with information about the basic principles of lubrication, mist lubrication, as well as operational details under normal conditions and when the mist generation equipment is experiencing faults or alarms.

 

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Filtration and Flushing in a Thermosolar Plant in Spain

Sicelub Ibérico has just performed an intervention in a Steam Turbine in Spain. We are helping to increase availability and Reliability in Renewable Energy Industry.

Customer had detected an increase in changing filter elements. When we performed the root cause analysis, we realized that this problem was due to water presence causing corrosion in the material of the oil reservoir.

We designed an action plan for online filtration until next Turnaround. During the Outage, we performed a complete cleaning of the system, including mechanical cleaning of the reservoir. We removed the oil lubricant from the reservoir and filter them in an external tank. Once we completed the cleaning of the reservoir, we filled out with lubricant being sure that the ISO Code was lower than recommended by Normative and OEM. It can be here the evolution of the cleanliness.

When Steam turbine started-up, we realized that water content was higher than allowed, and we installed an Oil Purifier Thermojet for solving this new issue.
Steam turbine is now generating energy and we continue monitoring oil contamination levels, to prevent future problems.

From Sicelub Iberico we had there to Marcelino Castejón, Noelia Velarde and Ander Arenas.
We would like to say thanks to our customer for calling us!

 

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Culture of Intervention

During the months of November and December, personnel from our Company in Argentina have participated in scheduled interventions regarding Safety, within the “MAS CONCIENCIA” Culture Program, carried out by YPF in the Luján de Cuyo Industrial Complex (CILC).

 

Within the Safety Culture Program that has been developed at CILC since 2021, Intervention Culture is a part of the program that is exclusively dedicated to developing habits of mutual care.

Faced with the need to raise awareness that we build security among all people, we seek to promote individual responsibility, but with even greater emphasis on collective prevention.

 

“Once observation begins, risks begin to be seen and perceived in all areas, many of which we did not even realize were there.”

 

The entire work team is seeking to generate intervention habits for another person, regardless of the company, plant, and/or hierarchical level that may be exposed to an incident.

 

The aim is to move from a reactive model to a preventive one, with safer work environments, where we are all protagonists.

 

For Lubritech Argentina, as part of the Reladyne Group, this program is 100% aligned with our objectives and culture in terms of Safety. We are even taking several examples of this implementation to share it with other collaborators and Refineries that we serve in other Countries. We think that good things must be replicated, and this program is really good, and points to a cultural change.

 

The interventions carried out as part of this process; They have been very enriching, both for our Company and for those intervened, since the right environment has been created to analyze together the risks associated with the task that was being carried out; recognize good practices and find better ways to mitigate risks.

 

It is worth highlighting the complete involvement of both YPF and the Contractor Companies, at all levels, from Senior Management and Direction, to the Operators. It is more than clear that we all do Safety!

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Reliable Plant 2023

We have just completed our participation in the major event in Lubrication Reliability in the World, #Reliable Plant Conference 2023”, was performed between July 31st and August 3rd, in Orlando, USA.

The most important players in the world attended, and we, in Sicelub Lubritech Group couldn’t stay out, we also presented our solutions and expertise.

During 4 days, more than 100 presentations were showed about success cases, new technologies and workshops about best practices in lubrication.

We would like to thank all the visitors to our Booth, you helped to reach our objective with our presence there. We also thank to Leonardo Cardoso, Grupo Sicelub Lubritech’ representative during the Show.

We share some pictures, and if you want to have additional information, please reach us at www.sicelub.com; send an email to info@sicelub.com; or write a WhatsApp message to +34 616 54 70 86.

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Training Sessions in Spain

Our Company in Spain has hired an Oil Mist and Thermojet specialist with more than 13 years of background in the Market. Ricardo Allais started working in Sicelub Iberco focused in two Oil Mist Installation Project in a very important Refinery in South of Spain.

Given the presence of Ricardo in Spain we arranged a training session with our team in another Refinery where Sicelub Ibérico has a Service Contract.

Ricardo performed a theorical session with our team in the classroom, and also a site visit for reviewing Oil Mist Generators

Corrective and preventive maintenance were performed together.

We would like to say thanks to our team and communicate to our customers that we have the capability to perform Oil Mist Installation Projects, Maintenance, etc.

We share some pictures, and if you want to have additional information, please reach us at www.sicelub.com; send an email to info@sicelub.com; or write a WhatsApp message to +34 616 54 70 86.

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Recent Projects in Peru

Our group continues performing several projects, given the high demand from our customers. During July, we would like to share with our community information of recent services in Lubritech Peru.

We got a contract for removing water and particles in a very important Refinery. We performed services in 4 Hydrogen Compressors reaching low water levels in 4 days, and ISO 4406 Codes in 3 days. We used filtration skids of 20 GPM, using filter elements of 34” with efficiency of 99.9 for particles of 3 microns. We also used a Thermojet H-4500 for removing water.

On the other hand, we got a contract in a Thermoelectrical Power Plant for performing a filtration in two Siemens turbines.

We were able to perform the jobs reaching the highest levels of safety and quality, reaching ISO Codes in 4 days per turbine.

You can know more of our solutions at https://sicelub.com/en/solutions-sicelub-lubritech-group/.

We would like to thank to our Customer and our team for their commitment. We share some pictures, and if you want to have additional information, please reach us at www.sicelub.com; send an email to info@sicelub.com; or write a WhatsApp message to +34 616 54 70 86.

 

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Chemical Cleaning and Oil Flushing in Hydraulic System in Furnace

During august, our Company, Lubritech Argentina performed a cleaning chemical and high velocity oil flushing in a hydraulic system for a furnace in a very important metallurgical Company in the west of Argentina.

We performed a design of different cleaning circuits, using bypass and manifolds to reach every point of the system.

We used chemical products for initial stage, performing degreasing, acid removal, phosphatize, and passivation of internal of piping. Then, we performed high velocity oil Flushing using the original fluid of the system, reaching turbulent flows. We got different sample to analyze and find the ISO 4406 Code.

The Project was completed in the scheduled time. Customer provided a good feedback regarding Safety, Quality and results.

Our technicians were Andrés Yamin, César Zulatto, Josué Buozi y Nazareno Marinelli.

You can see some pictures and videos.

We would like to thank to our Customer and our team for their commitment. We share some pictures, and if you want to have additional information, please reach us at www.sicelub.com; send an email to info@sicelub.com; or write a WhatsApp message to +34 616 54 70 86.

 

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Training in Brazil in July

During July, our Company in Brazil, Lubritech do Brasile performed several trainings for Customers and employees. We do believe that knowledge transfer to our customers and employees is a key strategy for improving performance.

Early July, we did a first training session about contamination in lubricant for turbines, for several maintenance managers of a very important power plant company with more than 30 turbines in the country. Totally, more than 80 attendants were present in our training. Key topic was varnish prevention and removal in turbines.

Middle July we performed another training in an important Refinery in North of Brazil where more than 70 persons attended. Main topic was Oil Mist Lubrication for Centrifugal Pumps.

Lastly, we performed an internal training to our technicians about High Velocity Oil Flushing, Particle Counter analysis, and maintenance of Thermojet oil purifiers.

We share some pictures, and we would like to thank to Leonardo Cardoso, Valdinei Silvia, Alexandre Adao y Marcilio Oliveira for arranging and performing all these trainings.

If you want to have additional information, please reach us at www.sicelub.com; send an email to info@sicelub.com; or write a WhatsApp message to +34 616 54 70 86.

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Grupo Sicelub Lubritech participation in strategic Project in Argentina

Argentina has recently started the commissioning and start up process for a new gas pipeline to transport gas from Vaca Muerta to Buenos Aires. Néstor Kirchner pipeline will allow to the country to save a lot of money from importation. The first stage of the project is ending right now.

There is a second stage for transporting the gas from Buenos Aires to Santa Fe. Maybe in the future the pipeline will allow to export gas to Brazil.

Lubritech Argentina, our local entity is proud to be participated in a key project related to this milestone. We have performed a high velocity oil flushing service in hydraulic and lubrication system of the Rolling Mill 1 x 12 where new piping will be manufactured for this second stage of the pipeline construction. We have performed this job during the turnaround for maintenance in the Rolling Mill.

The proyect was performed in more of 20 days, where we prepared all temporary jumpers, used our high flow pumps and high efficiency filters for cleaning more than 3,000 meters of piping. We have reached an ISO Code below required and this will guarantee reliable operation of the system during production.

We cleaned piping from 1/2” up to 4”, and to certify cleanliness level, we performed on site particle count, using metallic meshes.

We want to say thanks to our team in Lubritech Argentina, and congratulate them for being part of this big project for the Country.

Our team in the project was:

Martín Videla. Project Coordination

Daniel Pérez. Project Leader

Technicians

Federico Ricciardi, Agustín Sena, Nazareno Marinelli, Federico Sturtz, Andrés Frezzini and Rodrigo Coppiarolo

You can see some pictures and videos of the job.

We would like to thank to our Customer and our team for their commitment. We share some pictures, and if you want to have additional information, please reach us at www.sicelub.com; send an email to info@sicelub.com; or write a WhatsApp message to +34 616 54 70 86.

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Professional Certification of our people

In our Company, experience and knowledge is a great value for us and our customers. As we are lubrication specialists, we add value to our customer processes improving reliability, availability of rotating equipment.

Each or our entities in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Perú has professionals with more than 15 years of experience in lubrication, especially in Oil Mist Lubrication, Oil Purifiers, High Velocity Oil Flushing, Varnish Removal, etc.

Even this background can be showed in daily operations, it is very important to have a knowledge certificate from a third part.

For that, we have been working in a Certification Program with ICML (https://www.icmlonline.com/). This entity offers different certifications in Machinery Lubrication, Oil Analysis among others.

We have currently 9 certified professionals in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Perú. We want to congratulate them for reaching this milestone!

Our certified personell is:

 

César Zulatto, Sergio Brian and Cristian Schmid from Lubritech Argentina.

Leonardo Cardoso and Ricardo Bispo from Lubritech do Brasil.

Aitor García from Sicelub Ibérico.

Carlos Arévalo and José Zavala from Lubritech Perú.

We continue with this process to incorporate more people to ICML certification to different levels. Technicians of the day to day in the field, but also operational, sales, management team. We all together can help our customers to identify improvements in their plants.

If you want to know more about this topic or our solutions, please send an email to info@sicelub.com; visit our website www.sicelub.com, or send a WhassApp message to +34 616 54 70 86.

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