GasTOPS Ltd.
Gloucester, ON
Company Overview
GasTOPS provides innovative Control and Condition Assessment systems that ensure reliable and cost-effective operations of mission critical equipment. Our products are used in Defense, Aerospace, Energy and Marine applications worldwide to optimize the readiness, safety and performance of complex machinery systems.
Our mission is to Make Machinery More Effective and for more than 25 years the company has helped its customers to improve the productivity and reliability of their critical assets using advanced sensors, integrated control and monitoring systems, portable maintenance aids, intelligent software systems and engineering know-how.
GasTOPS operating facilities are located in Ottawa, Canada and Pensacola, Florida. In addition to these North American operations, we are also supported by a global network of partners and distributors throughout Europe, Japan and South East Asia.
Our area of expertise includes:
Control Systems-GasTOPS provides specialized engineering services to support the design, development and commissioning of machinery control systems. We work closely with our customers to tackle problems at specific stages of a project, or provide complete 'turnkey' solutions. With our assistance, customers can improve system performance, reduce project risk and shorten system development times. Our capabilities include: Development Programs, Land Based Test Facility, Machinery Modelling and Simulation and Control Systems Engineering.
Condition Assessment- GasTOPS provides total condition assessment system solutions including integrated on-line, at-line and off-line tools to identify component damage and predict the remaining service life of mission critical machinery. We incorporate advanced sensor, wireless communications, and intelligent software technologies in a suite of products which include: MetalSCAN, FilterCHECK, TroubleShooter, Tracker and Lube Analyst.
Services-GasTOPS provides a number of specialized maintenance services including machinery condition assessment, maintenance optimization and training services. Our customers know that GasTOPS will get the job done whenever outsourced professional maintenance support is required.
Company Information
Physical Address
1011 Polytek St.
Gloucester, ON K1J 9J3
CA
Mailing Address
1011 Polytek St.
Gloucester, ON K1J 9J3
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: GasTOPS Ltd.
Number of Employees: 110
CA
MetalSCAN - Oil Debris Monitor
MetalSCAN is a full-flow, on-line oil debris monitoring system that when installed to any pressure lubrication machinery system, can detect 100 per cent of the metallic particles that pass through it. The sensor provides early warning of bearing or gear damage thereby reducing the occurrences of unplanned outages or in-flight shut-downs.
Major features include:
- Continuous detection of both ferrous and non-ferrous debris
particles;
- Progressive reporting of particle counts; and
- Reliable advanced warning of impending engine and gear
failure.
Born out of the successful qualification through Pratt & Whitney, to design, develop and supply an on-line, oil debris sensor for the US Air Force's F/A-22 Tactical Fighter (aka the Raptor), MetalSCAN is now standard fit to all F119 engines.
Since the success of the F119 engine, MetalSCAN has expanded into the other military aircraft applications, including the F135 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as well as civilian aircraft.
MetalSCAN is also offered in the industrial market, specifically for industrial turbine engines and gearboxes. The industrial variant of MetalSCAN enjoys wide-spread success with over four million cumulative running hours on hundreds of applications worldwide.
Condition-Based Maintenance
With over 23, 000 employees, 30, 000 megawatts of installed generating capacity, $8.9 billion in annual revenues, and almost $40 billion in assets, Ontario Hydro ranks among the largest utilities in North America. Looking for ways to improve maintenance effectiveness at its nuclear generating stations, Ontario Hydro initiated an Integrated Maintenance Program and selected GasTOPS to assist them.
A key requirement of the improvement strategy was a structured approach to the reassessment and definition of what maintenance actions should be performed against plant equipment, and a desire to emphasize a Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) approach where justified. CBM has been shown to reduce long-term maintenance costs while improving equipment availability. GasTOPS has been supporting Ontario Hydro in this effort through the provision of specialist engineering services and maintenance software tools.
The first step in the maintenance reassessment was to identify the in-house maintenance requirements for targeted equipment considering its operational context, failure modes, and the effects of failures. This required the application of the optimum mixture of scheduled, corrective, and on-condition maintenance. For this, a Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) methodology was adopted. GasTOPS completed detailed RCM analyses on 6 plant systems and high level analyses on approximately 20 others. The project has now expanded to apply RCM/CBM to 24 critical reactor systems in all units at all Ontario Hydro nuclear sites. GasTOPS' RCM Analyst software tool was instrumental in conducting these analyses.
Implementation of the CBM program has been accomplished through the use of GasTOPS' MAINSTAY software tool, which integrates various types of CBM data in a single database system and provides comprehensive data analysis capabilities including calculations, automated trend analysis and statistical analysis features.
A unique aspect of the re-engineering work performed by GasTOPS has been the development of effective condition indicators for the failure modes which can be managed by a condition-based maintenance approach. A systematic engineering process has been employed to define these indicators and qualify them for use in the day-to-day equipment maintenance programs. Maintenance re- engineering is well underway at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, with plans to expand the program to all of Hydro's Nuclear Stations later this year.
- ABB
- Avio
- BFGoodrich Aerospace
- Boeing
- CAE Electronics
- Canadian Coast Guard
- Calian
- Cunard
- Department of National Defence
- Eurocopter
- General Electric
- GE Wind
- Hamilton Sundstrand
- Honeywell
- Hyundai Marine
- Japanese Navy
- Lockheed Martin
- MTU
- National Research Council
- NAVAIR
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Norwegian Cruise Lines
- Ontario Hydro
- Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.
- PSE&G
- Pratt & Whitney
- Raytheon
- Rolls Royce
- Royal Caribbean International
- The Royal Australian Airforce
- The Royal Malaysian Airforce
- Shell Columbia
- TransCanada PipeLines
- United Technologies
- US Air Force
- Vestas
manufacturing:
4, 000 sq ft office: 24, 414 sq ft
Engineering: 48 Quality Assurance: 2 Other: 17 Production: 20 Sales: 9 Materials Mgmt/Purchasing: 5 Customer Support: 3 Executive: 6
Contacts
Dave Muir
Title: Vice President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Phone: Show phone
Fax: Show fax
Services
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Condition Assessment Services
GasTOPS provides a range of machinery condition assessment services to help our customers identify and monitor machinery degradation. These services include Program Planning, Vibration Monitoring, Oil Analysis, Filter Debris Analysis, Problem Troubleshooting, Data Management, and Training.
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Controls Engineering Services
GasTOPS provides specialized engineering services to support the design, development and commissioning of machinery controls systems. With GasTOPS assistance, customers can improve system performance, reduce project risk and shorten system development times.
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Machinery Control And Monitoring Systems
GasTOPS are experts in supporting advanced machinery control and monitoring systems. Presently, GasTOPS maintains the Integrated Machinery Control System (IMCS), the distributed warship platform control system fitted in the surface combatant fleet of the Canadian Navy, using a specialized shore-based software support facility.
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Maintenance Engineering And Implementation Service
GasTOPS had developed a structured engineering approach to the design, implmentation, and continuous improvement of maintenance programs for critical machinery to reduce costs and improve uptime. Throughout the maintenance development process, GasTOPS offers services which include Maintenance Audits, Maintenance Requirements Analysis, Maintenance Plan Development, Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), Condition Indicator Development, Maitenance Systems Specification, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Support, and Maintenance Systems Implementation.
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Repair And Overhaul
GasTOPS provides specialized repair and overhaul services for electro-mechanical devices. GasTOPS provides rapid, cost- effective repair and calibration services for specialized equipment such as global positioning systems, infra-red imaging systems, multi-channel vibration analyzers and special purpose calibration equipment.
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Simulation
GasTOPS provides specialized engineering services in the area of machinery systems simulation. GasTOPS has developed simulation models of numberous propulsion and plant machinery compoents and have applied these modesl in a variety of different projects.
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Training
GasTOPS offers training seminars and courses on a variety of topics relating to machinery maintenance including Lubricant Analysis Methods and Machinery Maintenance, Gas Turbine Applications and Maintenance Methods, RCM Analysis, and Contion Based Maintenance.
- Vibration Analysis
- Machinery Oil Analysis
- Industrial Bearings
- Shaft Alignment
- Plant Maintenance
- RCM Analysis
- Condition Based Maintenance
- Lubricant Analysis Methods of Machinery Maintenance
- Gas Turbine Applications and Maintenance Methods
Products
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Filtercheck
For immediate on-site detection of impending failures using filter debris anaysis, FilterCHECK provides these within minutes of the lube system filter being removed from the engine. FilterCHECK automatically flushes the lube system filter, quantifies the amount fo metallic debris contained in the filter and captures the debris for further inspection or analysis. Major features include:
- Effective repeatable filter washing
- Immediate debris quantification
- On-site elemental analysis (optional)
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Lube Analyst
LubeAnalyst provides an historical database of lubricant test results for tracked machinery items and a suite of data analysis tools for condition-based maintenance support. It is used by industial oil analysis labs worldwide and has been selected by both the USAF and the Canadian Air Force as their standard for the management and analysis of aircraft lubricant data.
- Metalscan
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Portable Vibration Analyzers
GasTOPS is the Canadian value-added reseller for the Portable Vibration Analyzers from Dynamic Instruments Inc. These analyzers have been designed to meet the rigors of military requirements and are suitable for use in a variety of military and industrial applications.
The analyzers available are:
DI-137 Tracking Analyzer Balancer System (TABS) DI-306 Portable Diagnositic Analyzer (PDA) DI-307A Aircraft Vibration Analyzer (AVA)
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Tracker
Tracker software is a general-purpose database system designed to track the location, configuration, usage status and maintenance history of serialized machinery components or plant equipment tag numbers.
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Transducer Test Set
GasTOPS is the Canadian reseller of portable shakers from Dynamic Instruments Inc. The shakers have been designed to meet the rigors of military requirements and are suitable for use in a variety of military and industrial applications.
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Troubleshooter
Troubleshooter is an interactive, computer-based diagnostic tool for event-based fault isolation. The system uses performance data recorded at the time of an operational event to identify damaged or malfunctioning equipment components. It has been used successfully by a number of F/A-18 Hornet aircraft operators for flight line engine troubleshooting.
NAICS Categories
- 334512 Measuring, Medical and Controlling Devices Manufacturing
- 541330 Engineering Services
- 541510 Computer Systems Design and Related Services
- 611510 Technical and Trade Schools
Additional Information
334512, 541330, 541510, 611510, 611510
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