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SECTION 9
Compressor
A one-stop shop for
Engineering,
Service & Spares
compressor engineering
and maintenance
A screw compressor
air end arrives at
HOERBIGER UK’s
Company name
Birmingham
workshop for
HOERBIGER UK Ltd
refurbishment
Address
1649 Pershore Road
Stirchley
Birmingham
West Midlands
B30 3DR
…Dismantling…
Contact details
…Machining a rotor…
Alan Swaby
Sales and
Marketing Director
+44 845 2723272
alan.swaby@
hoerbiger.com
UK offices
Birmingham
…and the fully refurbished
Bradford
air end is ready for despatch Ilkeston
HOERBIGER UK has re-invented itself as a REPAIR, REFURB, REDESIGN
Products
specialist supplier of maintenance services,
When spares are no longer the answer, HOERBIGER UK
High-performance
engineering and spares for compressors of all
offers expert repair options. With a workshop
dedicated to the repair and refurbishment of air ends
piston rings,
kinds.
for rotary compressors, the company is able to handle
packings and valves
practically any machine from any manufacturer. for reciprocating
You probably associate the name HOERBIGER with high-
tech valves, piston rings and packings for reciprocating
Advanced welding and metal spraying, measuring, compressors
compressors. Though that remains as true as ever,
machining and CAD facilities allow even air ends that
HOERBIGER UK is now positioning itself as a service
would normally be scrapped to return to duty, with
Services
company with OEM-level expertise in many compressor
performance that matches that of a brand-new unit.
And to cover breakdowns, HOERBIGER UK keeps a stock
• Spares for screw,
types and industry areas.
of popular air ends for immediate exchange.
vane, centrifugal
and reciprocating
New managing director Simon Harvey has turned the
formerly product-focused company into a one-stop
Component repair for reciprocating compressors compressors
supplier of solutions to keep compressors running
extends to the most complex work on pistons, rods,
• Repair of air ends
smoothly. HOERBIGER UK’s expertise runs from small
cylinders and liners. Broken pistons and cylinders can
and components
rotary compressors to the largest machines used in
be repaired, for instance, or completely re-
manufactured. If drawings are not available,
for compressors
chemical plants and offshore platforms, and from routine
HOERBIGER can work confidently from measurements
of all kinds
spares to the most complex rebuilds. “Few of our
of the original parts. The company has the skills and
• Compressor
competitors can match this capability,” says sales and
marketing director Alan Swaby.
experience needed to convert lubricated compressors engineering,
to oil-free, adapt machines for oxygen service, modify
including
For day-to-day needs the HOERBIGER FASTRACK ordering
pressures and throughputs, and analyse vibration
refurbishment
system continues to provide all kinds of spares—filters,
problems.
and changes of
separators, valves, packings and more—quickly and
duty, for large
efficiently. The purchasing power of an international
From a spare part to a
compressors in
group gives customers high-quality parts at fair prices,
complete re-rating, from a
the process
and ensures global reach in sourcing hard-to-find items.
one-off sale to a regular
A telephone hotline and payment credit card or monthly
service contract, HOERBIGER industries
account allow quick and accurate ordering.
UK will keep your compressors
running at top form.
For reciprocating compressors, HOERBIGER continues to
manufacture high-performance piston rings and packings.
These components are sometimes thought of as commodity
products, but for oil-free compressors, bone-dry gases and
other difficult applications nothing could be further from
the truth. HOERBIGER fundamental research into PTFE-
based materials has revealed completely new information
about how rings and packings perform under challenging
conditions. This knowledge allows HOERBIGER to specify
Reciprocating compressor valve
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materials with confidence, whatever the application.
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