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News Release from: Fulton Boiler Works | Subject: Fulton RBC2500
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 March 2005
Fulton provides the steam power at
Hitchen Foods
To meet increased demand Hitchen Foods has installed a new Fulton RBC2500 horizontal steam boiler complete with all ancillary equipment, to work around the clock in tandem with the existing RB unit
fulton lets off steam at hitchen foods Specialising in the supply of prepared vegetables and salads to major supermarket chains, Wigan-based Hitchen Foods has a processing facility covering a site of 13.5 acres and employing approximately 700 people that processes more than 190 million potatoes, 30 million tomatoes and 1.5 million peppers each year
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 29 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company's recent purchase and installation of two additional cooking lines - one for pasta and one for sauces - substantially increased the requirement for steam beyond the output of its existing Fulton boilers, an RB1250 and two Series 15E's.
To cope with this new demand and provide steam for direct and indirect use on a variety of cooking and heating processes, Hitchen Foods installed a new Fulton RBC2500 horizontal steam boiler complete with all ancillary equipment, to work around the clock in tandem with the existing RB unit.
In the interest of increased safety, Hitchen Foods also specified high-integrity water level controls for the new boiler.
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Commenting on the installation, Hitchen's engineering manager Geoff Liptrott says: "We specified the new Fulton boiler based on our positive experience of the three we had operated in the past.
Whilst the running costs compare favourably with other manufacturers equipment, their reliability ensures low maintenance costs.
"In all, everything from the specification through to the delivery, installation and commissioning went exactly to plan and the boiler is performing extremely well." Fulton's nine-model RBC range of horizontal wet back fire tube boilers with capacities from 957 to 4787 kg/h and operating efficiencies in excess of 90% (nett CV), were developed in response to a demand from customers for higher capacities than the practical maximum of 960 kg/h for the company's vertical range.
They are designed for applications throughout the processing industry and can be specified with matched Nu-way oil, gas or dual fuel burners as standard.
The range is also available with optional ECA approved burners which, as a packaged combination, reach the high levels of performance and efficiency required to meet the criteria of the ECA (Enhanced Capital Allowance) scheme.
The RBC range boilers meet current and anticipated legislation and have been engineered to provide a substantial performance margin.
They are constructed to BS2790, 1992 Class 1 standard with a maximum working pressure of 10.34 bar.
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