Annual boiler shutdowns are necessary. Lost production doesn’t have to be.
When your boiler goes offline for scheduled inspection, maintenance, or repairs, your facility may still need steam to keep critical processes running. And even a carefully planned shutdown can uncover unexpected repairs that extend the outage from a few hours or days to a week or longer.
That’s where planning ahead makes all the difference. Securing a rental boiler before your annual shutdown gives you a backup plan and time to make sure the right equipment, connections, contractors, inspections, and startup support are in place before your boiler ever goes offline.
We understand what’s at stake during a shutdown. Our team can help you plan for the steam capacity you’ll need, select the right rental equipment, coordinate delivery and installation, and get the system commissioned and ready to carry your load. The goal is simple: your boiler may be shutting down, but your operation doesn’t have to.
BEST CASE SCENARIO
You know your boiler’s annual shutdown is coming up. You’ve planned six to twelve months ahead. You’ve done your research. You’ve already found a rental boiler partner you can trust, and you already have a rental boiler booked for the duration of your own boiler’s shutdown. You’ve also allowed plenty of time for the rental boiler to get to your worksite, and you have the right professionals to get the rental boiler connected, commissioned, and brought up to rate. Congratulations, your productivity and output are going to be minimally impacted by your boiler shutdown. You’ll stay up and running with very little interruption.
WORST CASE SCENARIO #1
You know your boiler’s annual shutdown is just around the corner. You haven’t booked a rental boiler yet. Now you’re scrambling to find one that’s the right size and capacity for your business or factory. If you’re lucky enough to find one, that’s great. But will it get here in time, or will your boiler shut down for repairs and maintenance and grind your business to a halt? When it does arrive, will you have the right people to get it connected, and get it up and running? You’d better hope so, or you’re in for a lousy time and a lot of lost production.
WORST CASE SCENARIO #2
You plan for a weekend shutdown working around the clock so that you don’t need a rental boiler. 6 hours into the shutdown you discover boiler repairs that are going to take another week to repair. Now, at 4:00 am on a Saturday morning, you are scrambling to get a rental boiler in place and operating so that the plant can come back on line first thing Monday morning. Now, all of the worst-case scenario situations from before are compounded by 10.
THE RIGHT PARTNER MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
The key to a seamless, painless boiler shutdown is having the right boiler rental partner in your corner. That’s us. WARE. Experts in all ways steam. With one phone call or email, you’re going to set a lot of things in motion that will keep your business powering forward even when your boiler is shutting downward. Is that even a phrase? “Shutting downward?” Well, it is now.
YOU GET THE RIGHT BOILER
When you partner with WARE, we’re going to connect you with real boiler experts who have decades of experience in boilers. They’re going to work with you to understand what kind of work processes you’re running, and what kind of steam capacity you’re going to need to keep your equipment working. Then they’ll get the exact boiler you need on the books, to make sure it’s ready when you need it.
If your rental boiler is too small
- You won’t have enough steam during sudden demand
- Processes requiring heat won’t get hot enough
- Cooking or processing times will increase
- Product quality will suffer
- Your production line may slow or shut down entirely
- Your boiler will be forced to run at maximum output continually, putting undue stress on the boiler and support equipment
If your rental boiler is too big
- Instead of running steadily at rate, the boiler will start up then shut down over and over, hampering efficiency
- Frequent cycling will cause undue wear on the boiler’s components
- Heat is lost during every cycle from purge cycles, standby heat loss, and stack heat
YOU GET IT WHEN YOU NEED IT
When you work with WARE, you’ll not only get the right boiler, you’ll get it in plenty of time to get it set up. That way, when your original boiler shuts down, you’ll only be offline as long as it takes to make the rental boiler connections and get it started up. When you plan ahead, WARE can have the rental boiler installed, started up, tuned and ready to seamlessly take over the plant load when your boiler is taken offline. So your process is never interrupted.
YOU GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE
When you partner with WARE, you not only get access to our fleet of well-maintained, efficient, reliable boilers, you also get access to something no other partner can offer you: WARE expertise. Our technicians and experts are all highly trained in every aspect of safe, efficient boiler operation. When we show up with your rental boiler, we’ll also be packing all the expertise it takes to get your rental boiler connected and properly pressure tested and commissioned. That’ll save you time and hassle from day one.
YOU GET LESS HASSLE
When you partner with WARE, you only have one point of contact to deal with. You won’t be trying to coordinate multiple contractors with your boiler rental dealer. You’ll get the equipment you need and the people you need to run it properly.
YOU GET MORE OPTIONS
We’ve been at this a long time. Nearly eight decades, in fact. That gives us the insight and knowledge to be able to analyze your needs and recommend all the accessories and auxiliary equipment you’ll need to get the most out of your rental boiler from the moment you start it. Everything from water softeners and economizers to heat exchangers and deaerators, all designed to help you get more useable steam from every energy dollar you spend.
WARE IS YOUR BEST OPTION
To bring it all together, when you partner with WARE you’re going to get:
- The right boiler
- The right boiler when you need it
- All the expert assistance you could ask for
- All the extras you need to improve performance and efficiency
- Minimal downtime
- Minimal lost productivity
- A partner you can trust for everything steam-related
If you’re going to need a rental boiler for your annual shutdown, now is the time to start planning. Check out WARE’s Rental Contingency Plan to find all the resources you need to start the process. Of course, if you need us, we’re always standing by 24/7. Just let us know what you need.