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Experts in Industrial Plate Heat Exchanger Service, Repair and Sales

WCR UK Ltd is a leading plate heat exchanger expert with over 25 years of experience. We provide heat exchanger service, repair, sales, and testing.

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Trusted Heat Exchanger Experts

WCRUK has over 25 years of experience in industrial plate heat exchanger service, repair, sales, and testing. Whether it’s an emergency breakdown, maintenance, repair, cleaning, on-site or off-site, replacement plates and gaskets, or a new heat exchanger, our technicians are fully trained and certified to offer impartial advice. At WCRUK, we work with and supply heat exchangers from all leading manufacturers, including Alfa Laval, GEA, Kelvion, SWEP, Tranter, Arsopi, Sondex, Tetra Pak, APV, Vicarb, ITT, Sigma, HRS & Mueller, and more.

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Our Industrial Heat Exchanger Services

Service, Repair and Maintenance

Reduce costs & improve efficiency with expert heat exchanger services.

Testing and Inspection

Non-destructive integrity testing of heat exchangers to the food, dairy and beverage industry.

Gaskets, Plates & Spares

Replacement plates, gaskets, and parts for all major OEMs of plate heat exchangers.

New Equipment Sales

We supply and install new heat exchangers from All Major OEMs, including SWEP, Kelvion and many more.

Heat Exchanger Experts Across Diverse Industries

Heat exchangers are complex devices that play a vital role in a wide range of industries.

Our team has decades of combined experience in repairing, designing, manufacturing, and installing heat exchangers for various sectors, including the pharmaceutical, cosmetic & biotech, dairy, food & beverage, chemical, oil & gas, industrial, ethanol & polymers, hydrocarbon energy, HVAC, and marine industries.

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Plate Heat Exchanger Cleaning

Enhance the longevity and reduce upkeep expenses of your heat exchange equipment with WCR’s thorough heat exchanger cleaning service. 

Our pioneering heat exchanger cleaning process effectively removes damaging contaminants, ensuring your heat exchange system operates at peak efficiency.

Heat Exchanger Testing and Inspection

Our Helium-Enhanced Integrity Testing for Heat Exchangers is the perfect solution for routine examination and crack testing of plate heat exchangers.

Our method and specialist use of Helium gas ensures that production downtime is minimal, whilst ensuring your audit requirements are met.

Dye penetrant testing helps the early discovery of plate defects saving costly downtime of your plate heat exchanger.

At WCR UK we use a Dye-Testing method with a proprietary blue dye to find even the smallest cracks or issues on heat exchanger plates. 

Find out more about heat exchanger testing and inspection.

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10-Step Precision Service for Heat Exchangers

10-Step Precision Service Method

WCR’s service team follow a strict 10 point service method to guarantee your heat exchanger is returned in peak condition ensuring optimum performance and efficiency.

Our 10 step method includes;

  1. Plate removal with logging system
  2. Old gasket removal
  3. Pre-clean
  4. Chemical clean
  5. Dye penetrant
  6. UV inspection
  7. Re-gasketing (Oven cured where applicable)
  8. Re-assemble
  9. Pressure test
  10. Final Inspection

Flexible Service Agreements

We offer a range of service agreements to meet your company’s objectives, from a one-off heat exchanger service or repair to a full service contract, guaranteeing quick response times, plus preferential service rates.

  • Professional, qualified engineers
  • A range of service agreements
  • Quick response times
  • Emergency breakdown cover
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Heat Exchanger Plates, Gaskets, Spares and New Equipment Sales

At WCR we provide a wide range of high quality replacement gaskets, plates, misc spare parts and new equipment for all major OEMs of heat exchangers. With over 20 years of experience servicing and repairing heat exchanger equipment we have the expertise to keep your heat exchangers and heat transfer processes operating at peak efficiency and performance.

  • Huge stock holding of plates and gaskets.
  • Quick delivery of parts and service to most of the UK.
  • Experienced staff to help with gasket and plate material selection for all kinds of heat transfer applications.
  • High quality, OEM alternative gaskets and plates in stock ready to go.

We supply parts and sales of new equipment for the following manufacturers;

A selection of SWEP Brazed plate heat exchangers

WCR a UK distributor for SWEP Heat Exchangers

SWEP Brazed Heat Exchanger New Equipment Sales

WCR UK is excited to announce our role as a UK distributor for the full range of SWEP’s innovative range of brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs).

See the full range of SWE brazed heat exchangers

Original & OEM Alternative Heat Exchanger Plates

Resource Center

In our resources section you can find out how to deal with common heat exchanger problems like fouling, along with the basics of heat exchanger servicing and much more.

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