Pilot Plants

Petrak Industries, Inc. maintains close working relationships with engineering firms that specialize in designing pilot plants and demonstration units.

Unitel Technologies, Inc. is a prime example of this kind of partnership. Visit Unitel to learn more about their services including:

Conceptual Engineering

• Conceptual process design, critical review and analysis of your requirements
• Design experiments
• Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics
• Cost engineering
• Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) Class 5 estimates

Basic Engineering & Design

• Process simulation, process flow diagrams (PFDs)
• Material and energy balances, process optimization
• Front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies
• Major equipment layout: 2D or 3D
• Cost engineering: AACE Class 4 or Class 3 estimates

Detailed Engineering & Design

• Process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)
• Equipment and instrument data sheets
• Detailed bills of materials (BOMs)
• Line size and valve calculations
• Electrical engineering and control system logic
• Cost engineering: AACE Class 3 or Class 2 estimates
• Detailed engineering and design packages: "ready-to-bid" or "ready-to-build"

Even before your design work is completed, we will do what we do best: promptly and efficiently construct your system in our state-of-the-art 30,000 sq. ft. facility.

The excellent communication among you, us and the engineering firm turns your concept into productive reality. Our open-door policy also allows you to view the status of your job and track its progress anytime.

We are a skilled and complete fabrication company of dedicated service to you. To discover more about our work on pilot plants and demonstration units, contact us at 815-483-2290 today.