Stop trap failure
March 1st 2008

The Boots Group is systematically replacing steam traps at its Energy Centre with Gardner Energy Management's GEM traps on the hot water calorifiers. Since then, around 30 GEM traps have been installed onto other applications including boilers, super heaters and the steam distribution systems.

The 15MW Energy Centre, located in Beeston, Nottingham services the company's Head office, production, and distribution facilities.

Instead of using a valve mechanism to close off steam for maximum energy and water conservation, the GEM steam traps use the patented venturi orifice design to effectively drain condensate from the steam system. As the they have no moving parts to wedge open or fail, it provides high reliability.

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