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Industry Standards

Altex Industries engineers and fabricates shell & tube and air-cooled heat exchangers in accordance with ASME Code, TEMA, API, NACE, and other industry standards.

  • ABSA - We are Quality Management System permit holders with the Alberta Boilers Safety Association – The pressure equipment safety authority.
  • ASME - {U} and {S} stamps for pressure vessels and power boilers respectively.
  • National Board - {R} and {NB} Stamps.
  • TEMA -Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association.
  • API - 660 and 661 for shell & tube and air-cooled heat exchanges.
  • NACE - MR0103 / ISO 17945 and MR0175 / ISO 15156.

ABSA Certificate of Authorization Permits (Construction, Repair, Alteration) for:

  • Pressure Vessels per ASME Section VIII-1
  • Boilers per ASME Section I and Section IV
  • Direct Fired Heaters per API 530, ASME B31.3, and ASME Section I
  • Indirect Fired Heater Coils per ASME B31.3
  • Pressure Piping per ASME B31.1 and B31.3, and CSA Z662
  • Fittings, Category A, B, C, D, E, F, H

We have designed, built, and registered heat exchangers with Canadian CRNs for most Canadian provinces and territories:

  • Alberta
  • British Columbia (BC)
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island (PEI)
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon

Altex is a founding and active member of the Alberta Pressure Vessel Manufacturers Association (APVMA)

Altex Industries is registered and active with industry safety programs such as:

Altex Warranty & Performance Guarantee

Altex Industries guarantees the performance of our work for eighteen (18) months from shipment (or offer to ship), or twelve (12) months after start-up, whichever occurs first.

Warranty scope is defined per TEMA G-5 and covers:

  • Mechanical design.
  • Thermal design, including against damage inducing vibration.
  • Material and workmanship.

If repairs or replacement work is performed under warranty by Altex, the duration of warranty will be extended by twelve (12) months for the affected component(s).

This warranty does not cover damages or failure due to:  

  1. Material selection not being suitable for process/service.
  2. Cyclic or severe service not defined during bid and job stage.
  3. Corrosion or erosion.
  4. Operating outside the design parameter of thermal or mechanical data sheets.
  5. Repair work performed on the exchanger by others.

Buyer agrees contact Altex within 48 hours of discovering defect and allowing Altex 72 hours to respond before contracting repairs to a third party. Altex is not responsible for third party costs without prior agreement.

Warranty does not cover costs associated with disassembly, cranage, shipping, or reassembly.

Warranty is non-transferable.