Expertise
Future-ready heaters
Servicing
3000+
OEM heaters in 70+ countries, in addition to non-OEM
Working with
775
suppliers globally to source the best price, quality and delivery
Backed by
100+
years of experience in fired heater design and technology
Fired heater parts and services
Reliability and efficiency are critical for your operations. That's why we offer complete spare parts and aftermarket support for fired heaters and boilers, guiding you from initial request to timely delivery.
Get quick and cost-effective support
Our global network of manufacturing, engineering and client service centers can meet the tightest schedules while achieving the most competitive pricing through global sourcing. Our team of specialists also offers a range of services to ensure your equipment operates at its best.
Full range of aftermarket services and replacement parts
We can provide existing condition assessments, engineering, evaluations and monitoring, efficiency and reliability improvements, as well as operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting support. We can also offer site advisory assistance, rapid response solutions and replacement parts to bring your equipment back to its original condition or upgrade it to current designs and standards.
Get optimal performance and reliability
Building on our Foster Wheeler legacy, we provide cost-effective performance and maximum reliability – no matter the design, age, location or manufacturer of your equipment.
Fired heaters
Whether it's maintenance, troubleshooting, decarbonisation, emission reduction or upgrades, we have you covered. Our fired heaters continue to perform well beyond their original design life.
With more than 100 years’ industry experience, we also service, maintain and upgrade fired heater equipment of all major designers.
Steam generation equipment and waste heat recovery systems (WHRS)
We support life extensions, efficiency improvements, fuel conversions and emission reduction initiatives for industrial boiler equipment.
We have a long track record of successful retrofit projects, acting as OEM or working on other suppliers’ equipment.
Aftermarket services
Material supply
- Replacement parts
Source high-quality and competitively priced spare parts on demanding schedules.
Our end-to-end support covers procurement, quality control, project management, logistics, and technical improvements if required, for both OEM and non-OEM heater designs.
- Boiler instrumentation and control systems
Improve reliability, safety and operational costs with our experienced systems integration services.
We can replace virtually any part, including:
Sight doors
- Sight doors – tight sealing
- Sight doors – glass enclosed
- Sight door surrounds
Tube supports
- Wall and arch cast hangers
- Tube ‘keepers’
- End tube sheets
- Intermediate cast tube supports
Tubes and extended surface
- Hairpin assemblies
- Finned and studded tubes
- Flanges and other fittings
- Tubeskin thermocouples
Plug headers
- Standard plugs
- Contoured-piggable plugs
Convection section
- Modular replacement
- Header box replacement
- Penetration seals
Burners
- Burner tips
- Pilots
- Tiles
- Plenums, air registers
Auxiliary equipment
- Air preheaters
- ID and FD fans
- Dampers and actuators
- SCR and catalyst
- Ducts and plenums
Spring supports and hardware
Instrumentation and control system components
Foster Wheeler parts
Studies
- Reliability: Benefit from our intimate knowledge of your equipment and global industry best practices.
- Efficiency: Improve the performance of your existing equipment with our extensive design and supply expertise.
- Metallurgical consulting: Careful review and selection of materials for construction due to changes in feed, fuel, operating conditions or maintenance practices.
- Emission reduction: With increasingly stringent emission targets, we can help you quantify emission reduction potentials, switch or convert your fuel type and optimise your heaters to remain compliant and competitive.
Design and engineering services
- Feasibility and engineering studies: Our experienced multi-disciplinary team provides comprehensive solutions for improvement designs or mechanical impacts.
- Revamp services: Support for asset life extensions, efficiency improvements, capacity increases, debottlenecking, fuel conversions and emission reduction.
- Optimisation: Integrate, digitise and upgrade your assets to meet and exceed production targets efficiently.
Troubleshooting
- Root cause analysis: We identify and mitigate the underlying causes of performance issues, failures and defects in your equipment, using advanced troubleshooting, vibration analysis, thermography and other cutting-edge techniques.
- Performance optimisation: We can optimise fired heater performance with design upgrades, maintenance plans, controls, efficiency measures and emissions control.
- Tailored solutions: Our team of experts is ready to offer customised solutions to address your unique challenges, solve complex problems and ensure optimal performance.
Field advisory services
- Inspections and audits: Site inspections and audits by our field engineers help inform maintenance decisions.
- Service agreements and maintenance: Cost-effective maintenance programs, from inspection campaigns to outage equipment supply and construction services.
- Field troubleshooting: our global teams can mobilise quickly to take measurements, complete failure root cause analyses and implement solutions on-site.
- Technical advisory services: Our process and mechanical advisor can help you manage equipment, ensuring on-time and on-budget execution.
How we improve your operations
Reliable equipment and extended asset life
Enjoy longevity with meticulously engineered and rigorously tested spare parts for dependable equipment performance, avoiding unexpected breakdowns.
Efficiency boosts and cost savings
Achieve efficiency improvements, capacity increases and cost savings, increasing productivity and minimising financial stress.
Customised parts for your unique requirements
Overcome operational challenges with tailored solutions, improving process efficiency and addressing specific pain points.
Streamlined process
Effortlessly manage spare part procurement, ensuring a smooth experience from inquiry to delivery.
Peace of mind
Comprehensive aftermarket services, taking care of all your maintenance, operation and upgrade needs.
A century of fired heater experience
Global sourcing, local support
With a global network of 250+ suppliers and transparent, traceable records dating back to the 1960s, we offer flexible sourcing strategies. Whether it's planned turnarounds, unforeseen emergencies or warehouse stocking, count on us for efficiency, reliability and unmatched service.
Foster Wheeler parts
As the OEM for Foster Wheeler heaters and Foster Wheeler parts, we specialize in providing parts for all legacy FW fired heaters, among many others.
Our expertise extends beyond spare parts
For over a century, Wood (and legacy Foster Wheeler) has supported the design, fabrication, operation and maintenance of fired heaters, steam generation and boiler equipment.
Examples of our track record
Revamp of one of the largest fired heaters in the Middle East
- Routed high-temperature flue gas from seven cells to new waste heater recovery convection section
- Offset fuel usage in other natural-gas-fired boilers by producing medium-pressure steam
- Reduced cooling flue gas temperatures from 890°C to 323°C (1,650°F to 450°F), recovering up to 2 trillion BTUs annually
Delayed coker heater furnace design, fabrication and expedited delivery
Redesigned heater radiant coil to address severe coke laydown rates and erosion with higher metallurgy and Stellite weld overlay in return bends.
- Air freight shipments and partial deliveries for just-in-time fabrication to overcome scheduling challenges
- Installed complete shop-fabricated coil assemblies, saving over 10,000 fieldwork hours and extensive field NDE
- Successful completion on time and on budget
Fuel switching to 100% hydrogen fuel
Fuel switching study for 15 fired heaters at the energy and chemical parks of a leading global major.
- Adequacy assessments of the heaters and their auxiliary equipment for H2 fuel firing
- Recommendations on appropriate burner technology to optimise emission norms
- Updates to the control and safeguarding system for safe heater operation and fuel transition
New hot oil WHRU for common flue duct
Improved the efficiency of two oil refinery units, including its fired heaters.
- Hot oil WHRU design to recover heat from the common flue gas duct fed by two different units
- Transferring heat via hot oil to existing reboiler, allowing 90% reduction of existing hot-oil-fired heater
- Recovering 11.0 Gcal/h, consisting of unit's OPEX reduction equivalent to 9.50 Ton/year of natural gas and 1.35 Ton/year of CO2 emission reduction
Combustion air preheater installation on CDU and VDU units
Increased heater efficiency (atmospheric and vacuum) from 80.3% to 90.5%.
- New ultra-low NOx burners, combustion air and flue gas fans with ducting, guillotines and dampers, modified stacks to allow installation of APH plate type
- Reduced fuel consumption by 16 kTon/year and NOx emissions by 75%, with 165 Tons/year of NOx emission reduction
- Payback of CAPEX in less than three years
Steam methane reformer capacity and efficiency increase
Increased fuel efficiency from 88.3% to 90.6% after steam APH implementation.
Efficiency improvements of a steam methane reformer after 50+ years of operation, up to 154% of designed capacity.
Design and implementation of optimised systems for TEG/air distribution by in-house-developed CFD simulation and elimination of tramp air, increasing reliability and safety.
Wood advantages
Comprehensive project management
Our end-to-end approach involves meticulous project management covering procurement, quality control and logistics. This ensures a seamless experience for our customers.
Excellence in engineering
Our spare parts are not just products; they reflect our commitment to excellence. Every component is meticulously engineered and rigorously tested, meeting our high standards, customer specifications and industry norms to deliver peak performance.
Deep domain expertise
Combining detailed knowledge of the energy, utility and process industries with engineering and design expertise.
Global legacy
With a rich heritage spanning 3000 different fired heater installations worldwide, we bring a wealth of experience. Our vast array of spare parts supports both OEM and non-OEM heater designs.
Integrated solutions
Our combination of engineering, digital and domain expertise can support you from feasibility to implementation to systems integration.
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Common questions
We provide a versatile range of spare parts, offering a combination of both stock and custom-made options tailored to meet specific technical requirements and availability constraints.
The delivery timeframe typically depends on the nature of the project and the procurement of spare parts.
We employ a competitive sourcing approach, leveraging our extensive network of suppliers. This ensures that we secure the most favorable pricing and timely delivery for you, aligning with your specific technical specifications and preferred installation schedules.
Contact us to get an estimated delivery date for your enquiry or order.
Yes. We know there are significant cost implications of downtime for our clients, so we provide expedited delivery options for the majority of our parts.
Certainly – the delivery to a job site can be incorporated into the scope to meet your requirements.
Yes, depending on the nature of the spare part.
Depending on the type of part, we may include an installation procedure as part of the supply package. Furthermore, we extend our services to include field advisory support, wherein our experienced site advisors provide guidance to ensure an accurate and reliable installation.
Our parts undergo rigorous testing and inspections in accordance with our internal quality programs and industry standards and specifications. Additionally, our parts are covered by a standard warranty included in our terms and conditions, affirming our commitment to delivering reliable and durable components to you.
Depending on the type of part, we provide material test reports (MTRs), other applicable test reports and data books.
Yes. As the OEM for Foster Wheeler fired heaters, we specialize in providing parts for all legacy FW fired heaters, among many others.
Additionally, we offer an extensive array of revamping services, design expertise and comprehensive studies tailored to enhance and optimize the performance of your assets.
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