Conference postponed to August 24 – 26, 2021 Thank you for your interest in the upcoming 12th EFRC Conference. Due to recommendations of governments, health organisations and inordinate amount of international travel restrictions, imposed on participants at both national and organisational levels because of Covid-19 outbreak, we have decided to postpone the 12th EFRC Conference.…
As part of the EFRC 2021 conference, again a training event will be organised. This can conveniently combined with a registration to the conference, for an attractive fee. Trouble-shooting techniques for reciprocating compressor systems The selected topics and speakers for the workshop: Reliability, failure patterns and maintenance approaches – Guido Kluth (Shell) Trouble-shooting approaches in…
How to avoid Liquids in Reciprocating Compressors Liquids entering reciprocating compressors are a known cause of reliability problems or even catastrophic failures such as: Loss of primary containment. Damaged compressor parts. A slug as a result of liquid carry-over is particularly hard on compressor valves, piston rings, piston rods, crossheads, and bearings, due to increased…
The General Assembly of EFRC was successfully held as a webinar on April 24th, 2020. The members assembly voted for a new member of the board. Mr. Franzisko Maywald of Burckhardt Compression was elected as successor of Matthias Tanner as cashier. Furthermore Mr. Paul Modern was elected as new chairman of the Standardisation Working…