After 30+ years of working together and collaborating, Pacific Flow Control has acquired Alta-West Hydrant and Hottapping Services.Pacific Flow Control will offer existing Alta-West clients the same hot tapping, valve insertion, hydrant maintenance and repair services they are used to.Pacific Flow Control also offers engineered and large diameter hot taps, line stops, nitrogen line freezing and machine valve exercising.Our proprietary … Read More
Benefits of Nitrogen Line Freezing
Did you know that isolation via nitrogen freezing has been in use for over 100 years? It’s a great alternative to line stopping in commercial and industrial areas with limited access and is an ideal solution for small diameter size-on-size valve installation. Line freezing can also be useful for valve maintenance, repair, or replacement on both vertical and horizonal planes. … Read More
Nitrogen Pipe Freezing – 1300FT Under Ground – Valve Replacement
Do you have valves that don’t work in your system? What about sieved valves in a confined space 1300FT underground? Pacific Flow Control has the technology and safe work practices and procedures to fix your isolation issues. Last week we completed a 10″ and 6″ liquid nitrogen pipe freeze at this industrial mining facility in British Columbia. With two (2) … Read More
Double 8″ Nitrogen Line Freeze in South Surrey
This is cool. Our line freezing specialist, Jeff, sent me this video today. It’s a double 8″ nitrogen line freeze in the basement of an aquatic facility in South Surrey, with the nitrogen plumbed in from the trucks in the parking lot. It’s the safest and most efficient way to do a line freeze with limited nitrogen handling. Nitrogen boils … Read More