Fabrication Services

The Roberts Company Fabrication Services Division has over 25 years experience specializing in the custom design, engineering and fabrication of industrial processes and manufacturing operations equipment for chemical processing, pulp & paper, power, and mining related industries. Our modern ASME code production facility has over 100,000 square feet of shop space. Our facilities are clean and spacious allowing for proper material segregation. We are dedicated to meeting your business needs by offering a broad range of design and fabrication capabilities, including :

We have a highly trained technical staff of structural and mechanical registered professional engineers with extensive metallurgical knowledge, design experience, ingenuity and flexibility utilizing the latest in computer-assisted design technologies. Our fabrication facilities contain the latest tools and equipment necessary to safely complete any project in a timely and cost effective manner:

We have in-house capabilities to perform finishing operations on completed products. We routinely prepare surfaces by steel grit or glass bead blasting to specified requirements. We apply primers and finish paint coatings to specified mil thicknesses using specialty finish coatings from major manufacturers. All finishes are applied in our climate controlled industrial coating facility.

Our Certifications
We have been granted Certificates of Authorization to provide fabricated products in compliance with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Section I & VIII, Division I requirements. These include compliance stamps "U" (Unfired Pressure Vessels), "S" (Boiler Manufacture Section I), and The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors "R" (Boiler & Vessel Repair & Alteration). Shell and tube heat exchangers are fabricated in compliance with Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association (TEMA) and Ultra-temperature Heat Exchanger (UHX) B, C and R. Miscellaneous structural steel fabrication and welding are in compliance with AWS D1.1. Piping fabrication complies with B31.1 and B31.3 Code; and custom fabricated storage tanks comply with American Petroleum Institute (API) -650, 620 and 653. We also provide field fabrication services to client’s at their facilities for fabrication, repair and modification of existing pressure vessels, Boilers and heat exchangers. If your equipment is too large to transport as a complete fabricate component, we will fabricate it in sections and send a highly qualified and experienced Fabrication Services team to your facility for final field assembly.

Materials Capabilities
The Roberts Company has experience incorporating a broad range of materials into your project. Specifically, we are proficient in working with the following materials:

Quality Assurance / Control
We strictly adhere to our Quality Assurance and Quality Control Programs that we have maintained continuously since 1986. As part of this process, we undergo yearly audits through our Authorized Inspection agents and full audits every three years by the ASME and the National Board. Through the audit process and our ongoing internal efforts, we keep our quality program up to date with the latest amendments and revisions to the ASME code. Our written Quality Control/Quality Assurance program is committed to zero defects both technically and aesthetically. All vessels are built to the same standards whether code stamped or not. In addition to in-house radiography capabilities, we are equipped to perform various types of leak tests, (including Helium Leak Testing), proof tests, and ultrasonic thickness and material verification tests. We will develop a Project Specific QA/QC Program tailored for our clients unique needs.

We have in-house staff Level II RT, PP, MT and UT certified inspectors. We utilize Iridium-192 and Cobalt-60 radioactive sources for our in-house NDE Radiography equipment, Positive Material Identification and Mass Spectrometer.

We have over 500 ASME code established welding procedures, PQR/WPS qualifications in GTAW, GMAW, SAW and SMAW, FCAW, ORBITAL GTA, three-axis control WELD OVERLAY CLADDING, fully automatic welding machine operators, qualified hand welders, and qualified ASME code welders.

Pressure Testing:
Hydrostatic - Max 10,000 PSIG
Pneumatic Air - Max 100 PSIG
Delivering the highest quality job – to the standards and tolerances of our customer - is our highest priority. Every job must pass our own exacting quality standards, as well as being completed in accordance with all established ASME codes.

Engineering Design Software

Fabrication Facilities and Equipment
With our fabrication facility located on 20 acres in Winterville, NC, we are uniquely positioned to accommodate our customers' industrial fabrication requirements. Our 100,000 sq ft of fabrication shop space consists of two buildings containing two shops. The high-bay shop has two 20-ton capacity overhead cranes with 30’-0” under hook and our low-bay shop contains three 5-, 10- and 30-ton capacity overhead cranes with 16’-9 1/2” under hook.

Our facility utilizes the following major shop equipment:

Shipping Facilities: