Asphen
Investments
Limited and
Asphen
Engineering
Services are
Zambian
registered
private owned
companies.
Asphen
Engineering
Services, (AES)
registered in
1989 is a wholly
owned Division
of Asphen
Investments
Limited (AIL).
The Company has
been active in
the provision of
installation,
commissioning,
repair,
rehabilitation
and maintenance
services to the
Zambian industry
since its
inception.
Asphen
Investments
Limited (AIL)
was incorporated
on 11th
January 2000
with a share
capital of K2.0Million.
The Company is
family owned and
the board of
Directors and
share Holders
are the Phiri
Family with the
head office in
Suites 13 &
16, in the
Workers’
Compensation
Building
Independence
Avenue Buchi.
Asphen
Investments
Limited embraces
the operations
of Asphen
Engineering
Services.The
need for
diversification
necessitated the
formation of Asphen
(AIL) to
co-ordinate the
manufacturing,
distribution and
trading
activities.
Asphen
Investments
Limited (AIL)
procures the
following:
Manufacturing
equipment
Catering
equipment
such as food
warmers,
electric
boiling pots
etc.
Bakery
Equipment
and
Container
Bakery
Equipment
Complete
kitchen
units,
cabinets
etc.;
Safety
wear such as
overalls,
uniforms,
boots etc,
Specialized
Welding of
Ferrous and
Non Ferrous
Metals,
Similar and
Dissimilar
Metals,
Metals of
Unknown
Compositions,
Kiln
Shell
Repairs
Installation,
Commissioning
and
commissioning
of Boilers
and Water
Softening
Equipment
Installation
Commissioning
and Service
maintenance
of Fire
Fighting
Equipment
Corrosion
Control and
Protection
Metal
Fabrication
and Erection
Installation
Commissioning
and Service
maintenance
of
Electrical
Equipment
Agents
&
Distributors
Asphen
Engineering
Services are
Agents for Eagle
Distributor and
Dinarc both of
the Republic of
South Africa.
Currently
we are looking
for any
companies and
individuals who
are looking to
appoint
Agents/Distributors
to represent
them in Zambia
/Southern Africa
to contact ASAPH
S PHIRI the
Sales and
Marketing
Manager
As
a company specializing
in Repair and
Maintenance Welding, and
general plant
maintenance services has
the potential to play a
pivotal role in future
developments and can
concentrate its not
inconsiderable resources
on those activities,
which are beneficial to
the welding industry at
large.
These
activities have been
identified as improving
the quality of welding
repairs in southern
Africa by identifying,
servicing and satisfying
the needs of its clients
developing the overall
competence of welders
providing the support
necessary for specific
development projects
facilitating the use of
quality consumables and
machines.
Quality
Policy Statement
It
is the policy of Asphen
Investments Limited
Group of Companies to
provide weld repair
services at such a level
as to fulfill all
clients’ requirements
and meet the relevant
Structural and safety
standards. This
policy is achieved
whilst having due regard
for safety, health and
environment Quality
Policy Statement.
Safety,
Health and Environmental
Policy
It
is the policy of AIL to
promote at all times
safety, health and
environmental awareness
to its employees, by
holding daily safety
talks prior starting any
assignment and during or
after the assignment is
completed Safety Health
and Environment Policy(S.H.E)
Asphen
Engineering
Services (AES), a
Division of Asphen
Investments
Limited,
specializes in
Repair and
Maintenance
Welding. Motivated
by a quest and
passion to satisfy
customer needs,
AES has taken the
challenge to
combat industrial
waste of worn
machine parts and
equipment, through
the use of repair
and maintenance
welding techniques
and processes.
A
typical example of
a reclaimed worn
screw conveyor,
which was destined
for the scrap
heap, was
refurbished using
a weld protective
coating to the
contoured surface
of the screw
blades. This
process prolongs
the life of the
part by 300% and
is cost effective
to both the client
and the production
process as a whole.
What
an enormous amount
of industrial waste
of non-renewable
resources!!!
One
of the criticisms
future generations
may level at our
contemporary
society, is that
it tolerated such
an enormous amount
of waste. Within
the last decades,
most modern
industrial nations
could well be
characterized as
unworthy stewards
of their own, as
well as the
world’s natural
resources.
Industry has
reached a point
where each
technological
advance brings new
problems. For
example,
automation,
despite the
obvious benefits
of increased
productivity and
reduced production
costs, etc. -
enormously
increased the cost
of down time, if
the equipment
fails. With the
advent of the
integrated process
industries, the
consequences of
part wear are far
more serious. The
accelerating
rhythm of
productive
activity puts
increasing strain
on machinery and
equipment, thus
distorting design
performance and
causing premature
wear and damage to
the parts. The
scrap piles have
become our
monuments to
waste.
Production
/ fabrication welding
generally is done under
optimum conditions. The
specifications are set,
the appropriate
equipment is provided
for, the chemistry of
the base metals is
known, the parameters
are readily controlled
and / or controllable,
and if necessary,
prototypes can be made
and subjected to
destructive tests to
confirm physical
properties of the
welds.In
contrast, maintenance
and repair welding
presents wide
disparities compared to
production or
fabrication welding.
Operating problems
involve a host of
unknowns, restraints and
limitations.Welding
alloys have to possess
special features to
overcome handicaps of
field
welding.Maintenance
welders have to contend
with other factors such
as poor design of parts,
which failed in service,
modifications of parts
in the field and older
equipment subjected to
stresses by production
demands, which exceed
the original
requirements.
The
AES approach to Repair
and Maintenance
Welding
Challenges
AES
has adopted the
Eutectic + Castolin
approach to
maintenance and
repair welding
technology - the AES
team of welding
specialists have
over 50 years
combined experience
in repair and
maintenance welding
with a solid
Eutectic + Castolin
foundation.
The
AES team has been
trained and tested
to high standards in
preventive
maintenance and
repair welding
processes.
Coded
Welders: - AES has a
good team of coded
welders employed in
the welding of x-ray
quality pressure
vessels and tanks.
Consultancy
Services: subject to
availability AES
Technical Staff may
be hired to
supervise weld
reclamation work by
its customers.
Collaboration:
AES collaborates
closely with Alfred
H Knight in pre and
post weld defect
detection, failure
analysis and weld
quality examinations
and evaluations.
Labour
Hire: AES runs a
skilled and semi
skilled labour hire
service in plumbing,
electrical, rigging,
plant fitting, and
boiler making and
welding.
Specialist
welding processes: in
order to select the most
suitable processes and
alloy for any given
application, it is
necessary to fully
understand the
mechanical and chemical
actions that are the
cause. AES has at its
disposal a repertoire of
special welding
processes and alloys
specifically formulated
for prolonging the life
of machine parts.
The
Eutalloy Process
utilizes a
specially designed
oxyacetylene torch
to aspirate and
propel powder
alloys onto a base
metal. It is a
one-step process,
whereby the
spraying and
fusion occur
simultaneously.
All
Eutalloy deposits
are
metallurgically
bonded.
The
Eutalloy Process
provides the
welder with the
capability for
depositing a wide
range of alloys
with unprecedented
precision (as thin
as 0.003”) and
the ability to
control the shape
of the build up
with accuracy.
Teromatec
- semi automated
open arc
equipment. The
feeder design
achieves the
highest rate of
deposition using
specially -
manufactured
tubular
continuous
electrodes
packaged on
coils.
Recommended
for broad area
overlays such as
crusher rolls,
gyratory cones,
buckets etc.
The
Roto Tec Process
metal spraying
system allows the
operator to
restore worn
bearing surface
areas of thousands
of parts (rolls,
shafts, journals,
packing glands and
seals) back to
dimension with
extraordinary
reliability.
Because of the
unique exothermic
reaction of the
bond coat powder
(Ultrabond), all
Roto Tec coatings
are
metallurgically
bonded in the
“as sprayed”
condition. By
eliminating the
need for any extra
“fusion” heat,
the temperature of
the work-piece
need never reach
more than 250o C.
The
advantage of Roto
Tec coating is
based on its
ability to
withstand
metal-to-metal
frictional wear
conditions. As
such, Roto Tec
repaired parts
when returned to
service, can be
expected to far
outlast the
original part.
Water-Tech
Services
(WTS) of
Durban RSA.
WTS are
manufacturers
and
suppliers of
various
water
treatment
chemicals,
reagents and
water
softening
equipment
and are
direct
suppliers of
water boiler
spares.
Eagle
Distributors
Corporation
of Cape Town
RSA. Eagle
distributors
supply
various
products
such as
Safety
equipment,
catering
services
equipment,
motor
vehicle
accessories.
Asphen
successfully
executed the
rehabilitation
ofKiln
No. 1 at Ndola
works and Kiln
No. 3 at Lusaka
works theprojects
were completed
to the clients
satisfaction
whilstmaintaining
the highest
acceptable
engineering
standards.
In
addition, Asphen
were awarded
extra weld
repair jobs.
Apart
from the main
Kiln repair
works. The girth
gear,Girth
gear pins and
gusset plates
were
successfully.
Repaired
for the first
time by a local
company.
