AFRICAN UNITED
Contact Details
Physical Address
153 Enkeldoorn street
Montana Park
Pretoria
0186

Postal Address
P.O. Box 32559
Waverley
Pretoria
4448

Lanie Makkink
Tel: 012 548 1524
Cell: 076 628 6548
Fax: 012 548 1555
lanie@africanboilers.co.za

Ettienne Makkink
Tel: 012 548 1524
Cell: 082 457 1981
Fax: 012 548 1555
ettienne@africanboilers.co.za

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Products and Services

 

Boiler Plant

The company designs locally, manufactures, constructs and maintains utility and industrial water tube boilers with steam outputs up to 2760 t/h. The company also designs and manufactures related products, incorporating heat transfer technology. African United Boiler & Electrical designs include coal-fired boilers with travelling grate and CAD spreader stokers; fibrous fuel-fired boilers with CAD spreader stokers for duel fuel firing as well as pinhole and dump grates; industrial oil/ -fired and waste-heat boilers. Firetube boiler designs include: coalfired boilers with chain-grate stokers, wood-fired boilers with fixed grates, oil/ -fired boilers and custom designed boilers.

  • Boiler plant management
  • Stearn outsourcing
  • Metallurgical inspection
  • Repairs and refurbishment
  • Coal/Oil/Gas conversions

 

BOILER – GOVERNMENT INSPECTION

  • Complete boiler overhaul
  • Valves
  • Tubes
  • Back / Front plates
  • Flue Tube and Shell
  • Boiler acid cleaning

 

BOILER PLANTS

  • Steam Systems
  • Plant Setup
  • Recommended Capacity

 

ENERGY SAVINGS

  • Flue gas analysis
  • Oils analysis
  • Coal analysis
  • Autofalame
  • Boiler house management & outsourcing
  • Boiler attendant training

 

BOILER CLEANING

  • High pressured water cleaning and chemical washing on the water side
  • Tubes
  • Back and front plates
  • Flue tube and shell
  • Boiler acid cleaning

 

FABRICATION AND ERECTION OF BOILER HOUSE

Boiler & Industrial Plant will assist in the following areas

  • Boiler installation
  • Hotwell Installation
  • Blowdown Systems
  • Condensate Systems
  • Certificates on all plants installed
  • Oil burner sizing, supply and installation
  • Steel Construction
  • Hoppers
  • Conveyers

 

OUR PRODUCTS INCLUDE

New and reconditioned boilers

  • Boiler sales
  • Boiler services
  • Preparation for government inspection
  • Boiler re-tubing
  • Stoker repairs
  • Piping installation
  • Sales and spares
  • Gauge calibration

 

Other major features incorporated into the design include strong, fabricated steel. construction and full proof fuel system and firing controls. Our boilers operate efficiently on oil or coal. A comprehensive quality assurance program that incorporates international standards is strictly adhered to during the manufacturing process, Welds are x-rayed, the entire vessel is stress relieved and the boiler is hydraulically tested before a test certificate is issued by an approved independent inspection authority for each boiler built. Boiler and Industrial Plant also offers THERMOLUBE, a fuel additive, which can be used in conjunction with certain fuels, to achieve better combustion and improved lubrication and the lifespan of your pump.
 

HOT WATER BOILERS

African United Boilers & Electrical specialize in the design, manufacture and installation of Industrial Hot water systems, primarily for use in Hotels, Hospitals and high volume hot water usage process plants. There are different makes and types of hot water boilers.

These boilers are suitable for use with electrical, gas or oil as required and run up to 90% efficiency.
 

CALORIFIERS

African United Boilers & Electrical manufactures industrial and Commercial hot Water calorifiers that use steam or electricity.

Exploiting the benefits of steam as an ideal medium for water heating, high performance tubular heat exchangers ensure Boiler and Industrial Plant calorifiers offer the most flexible and economic solution. Addressing the most. popular demand for pressures below 10 Bar, tubular heat exchangers can be designed to accommodate a wide range of pressures.

African United Boilers & Electrical, hot water storage calorifiers are designed to raise the temperature of the water in the shell from cold to the storage temperature within the shortest and most cost effective period.
 

Our Products

  • All type of valves
  • Pipes – Steam, Water, Air
  • Fittings: Flanges, Elbows, Nipples, Unions
  • Tools: Electrical Tools, Tool Drives
  • Grinding & Cut-off Wheels
  • Industrial Power Brushes
  • Mounted Points
  • Fine Grinding & Polishing Tools
  • Brushes: Cup Brushes, Condensor Tube Cleaning Brushes, Boiler Tube Cleaning Brushes
  • Compressors
  • Calorifiers
  • Pumps
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Elements & Hubs
  • All Types Of Gaskets
  • Motor & Motor Rewiring
  • Gearboxes
  • V-Belts
  • Transmission Belts
  • Sprockets
  • Couplings
  • Bearings
  • Pulleys & Bushes
  • Shaft Mounted Speed Reducers
  • Shaftless Industrial Screws
  • Bolts & Nuts
  • All Electrical Spares
  • Insulation (Lagging Material)

 

Our Services

  • Erection and Dismantling of all type of Boilers
  • Steam Installation, Repair and Maintenance Service
  • Repair of Boilers for Government Inspection
  • Pressure Vessels & Incinerator Manufacturing
  • Fabrication and Erection of all Steel Work
  • Electrical Equipment Installation and Maintenance
  • Industrial Laundry Supply & Installation
  • Kitchen Equipment Supply & Installation
  • Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
  • Sandblasting
  • Steam Accumulator Manufacturing
  • Coal Screw Manufacturing and Installation

 

Other Products

Steam and Hot Insulation

  • Hotwell Tanks
  • Boilers
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Clarifiers
  • Pipe Work and all other aspects of Steam and Hot Insulation

Insulation Products include wool, rock wool, mineral wool and preformed sections.
 

Cold Insulation

  • Liquid Chlorine
  • Liquid Nitrogen
  • Caustic Applications

Insulation Products include Polystyrene, Polyurethane and Megaphen.
 

Air Conditioning

All forms of pipework and ducting required in the air conditioning industry as well as the relevant insulation products used such as canvass covered fiberglass wool sections, batts, mineral wool matrass, polystyrene, megaphen and polyurethane. Insulation products for air conditioning used are vapour sealed in various colors as per specifications.
 

Sheet Metal Cladding

All forms of sheet metal cladding. Supply, manufacture and fitting thereof Cladding used includes:

  • Stainless Steel
  • 304 2B
  • 430BA
  • Galvanised
  • Aluminium