TubeMaster, Inc. is forging ahead with new technologies and products for the catalyst reactor industry ready for rapid deployment, filing multiple domestic and foreign patent applications for new devices to be used in multi-tubular reactors at petrochemical plants worldwide. Listed from the most recent applications filed, these innovations include:

• HopperMaster™, an innovative catalyst loading device which combines catalyst dispensing with automatic outage measurement and correction, all in one time saving tool.



• Shaken-not-Breakin’™, an invention that makes OLE’ catalyst sleeve loading faster than ever before. It is also more gentle on the catalyst since it does not require hitting the sleeve to get catalyst pellets that may have become bridged in the sleeve to fall out which can result in catalyst breakage.



• CatalystMaster™, a conveying and dispensing system for us in the catalyst and other industries that gets rid of the crane and permits loading without exposing workers to dust.



• PlugMaster™, a temporary tube marking and plugging system which eliminates the need to have a different colored plug for every tube.



• LanceMaster™, the world's first automatic high-speed catalyst removal device.



• RowMaster™, a device to rapidly and accurately mark the rows on top and bottom of tubesheet.



• GritMaster™, an automatic grit-blast device that automates tube cleaning.



• PigMaster™, the world's first automatic device and method for high-speed pig insertion and blowdown in multi-tubular reactors; never leave a pig behind again.



• CalMaster™, an automatic calibration device and method for use with flow testing including its own commercial pressure-drop testing of catalyst-packed tubes.



• Outage Loading Equipment I™ and Outage Loading Equipment II™ (OLE'), catalyst loading devices which offer seven different features in one simple device to improve catalyst loading speed, uniformity, and dust and fine control and more.



• OutageMaster™ and OutageMaster II™ are the world's first computer-controlled multi-tubular vacuum-to-outage devices that automatically removes the desired amount of catalyst from multiple catalyst-packed tubes at the same time, allowing multi-tubular reactors found in petrochemical plants throughout the world to return to commercial operation faster.



• ThermoCoupleMaster™, a seal technology used in tubes which also have thermocouples in them which makes a temporary seal between a tube and its thermowell to permit blowdown and pressure-drop testing.



• Tube Test Device™ (TTD) is the world’s first and fastest 10 tubes-at-once Automatic Pressure-drop Test Device (d/p testing) which can test over 1000 tubes per hour per device.



• Automatic Blowdown System™(ABS) uses TubeMaster’s tube seal design that locks the entire blowdown rig into the top of each of ten tubes, makes a seal and then the computer takes over to control the blowdown.



• List-to-Fix™ Tools, a computerized list to permit analysis of data to determine corrective strategies with a printed list to ensure the correct tube is fixed every time.
  

These multiple new patent applications are continued examples of how TubeMaster, Inc. is "changing the way the world changes catalyst". The entire TubeMaster, Inc. team is committed to innovations that save time and improve quality for every step of the catalyst-handling process. Our team is even innovating on our own innovations, producing quantum leaps in speed and quality. This is an exciting time in the catalyst-handling world and we are pleased that our innovations are leading the way in terms of speed, quality, size, weight and simplicity.