Service Reservoir seized valves enabled for internal inspection

Location: Linton Reservoir, Linton, Cambridgeshire

Hydrosave were commissioned to make operable

2x seized wash out flat valves
1x inlet gate valve servicing Linton reservoir 1.
The client needed to de-commission the reservoir for an internal inspection and remedial work purposes.

Hydrosave were commissioned to make operable

  • 2x seized wash out flat valves
  • 1x inlet gate valve servicing Linton reservoir 1.

The client needed to de-commission the reservoir for an internal inspection and remedial work purposes.

By utilizing their patented in house develop modular valve release system which ascertains the “free movement” of the mechanical components;  the valve team managed to successfully release and make operable each wash out flat valve by attaching to the external hand wheel and to the inlet valve tapered extension drive respectively. All valves were proven to work thus enabling the client to carry out their maintenance programme when required, saving them much inconvenience and cost by adopting alternative methods.