In January 2018 our reconditioning centre in Singapore carried out the overhauling and reconditioning of two large hydraulic rams belonging to a major American offshore company. The rams are part of knuckle boom cranes that are installed on an ultra-deep water drill ship that operates off the coast of Myanmar.
We frequently perform this kind of work on rams large and small, often for offshore and construction companies.
The work included chemical stripping of the worn chromium layers, followed by new plating with an underlay of nickel and top-layer of chromium. We also honed the barrel, changed all seals and carried out various NDT tests on the rod and barrel.
All work was carried out in-house and was completed within 14 days.
At QuantiServ Singapore we are able to carry out galvanic nickel and hard-chrome plating and grinding of up to 6,000 mm length and 800 mm diameter.
Update April 2018:
The customer was very satisfied with the two rams that we overhauled for him in January 2018. In March he sent us another two similar ones belonging to the same ship. We have just finished the work on them, which means that we have now reconditioned all four units that are installed on this drill ship.
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