MEO FUNCTION VI Miscelleneous

A shell & tube type cooler tubes are leaking, what is the procedure to rectify the leaks?

Tube removal procedure shell & tube type cooler:
  1. Cut off both end of faulty tube by the drill 1.0 mm smaller than the outside diameter of the tube.Drilling length should be about 5.0 mm shorter than tube sheet thickness
  2. Collapse the tube end by chisel tool
  3. Knock out the tube by punch and tube push out tool

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