Having a reliable source for boiler tubes is critical for industries reliant on steam generation and high-temperature processes, such as power generation, petrochemicals, and pulp and paper. Boiler tubes are essential components, and unexpected failures can lead to costly downtime and safety risks.
Lathrop Trotter is proud to partner with Boiler Tube Company of America (BTA), a Babcock Power company, to offer a large inventory of high-quality, ASME-certified boiler tubes, rapid emergency response, and custom fabrication solutions. Our team works to ensure that industries maintain operational efficiency, extend equipment life, and meet stringent performance standards.
Boiler Tube Company of America (BTA) Boiler Tubes
Babcock Power provides complete solutions for any OEM equipment for the global power generation, industrial, environmental, and waste-to-energy markets. Through its comprehensive group of companies, Babcock Power offers unparalleled expertise and extensive experience in engineering, manufacturing, construction, and aftermarket products and services relating to heat exchangers, heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), boiler air pollution control systems, as well as steam generators with associated fuel preparation and firing systems.
- ASME Certified & American Made
- In-House Engineering Services and Capabilities
- Products and Services
ASME Certified & American Made
BTA is the American-made source for boiler tubes with an ASME-certified boiler fabrication shop in Lyman, South Carolina, and a specialty tubing shop in Wellford, South Carolina.
The company maintains a huge inventory of boiler tubing and is able to deliver rapid response to any emergency need, getting your facility back to full operation quickly in any circumstance. Whether emergency or routine, the BTA team is known for knowledgeable and responsive service.
In-House Engineering Services and Capabilities
Spiral Finning Machine and In-House Capabilities
BTA is able to supply a wide variety of spiral-finned tubing assemblies to meet customer needs, even on an emergency basis. Tubes are available in a wide variety of diameters and wall thicknesses and in materials including carbon, low alloy, and stainless steel.
Weld Overlay Capabilities
Another BTA specialty is the ability to perform weld overlays on tubes, using a wide variety of protective alloys, providing substantial protection for tubes in high corrosion and erosion areas such as panel walls and soot blower lanes. Their unique patented weld overlay full-function robotic system features multiple torches, high reliability and repeatability for full-fusion overlay.
In-house engineering services and capabilities:
- Performance/Process Design
- Flow Modeling
- 3-D Modeling
- Stress Analysis
- Finite Element Analysis
- Piping Design
- Structural/Stress Analysis
- And More
Products and Services
As a fully integrated fabricator and boiler equipment company, BTA is uniquely qualified to work on any OEM boiler or steam generator and collaborate with engineering to improve the desired performance.
- Boiler Tubes—Generating Tubes, Screen Tubes and Straight Tubes
- IMTEC Access Doors
- HARPS
- Weld Overlay
- Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) Harps
- Gas Skids
- Spiral Tube Weld Overlay
- Spiral Finning Machine
- And More
BTA maintains one of the largest and most extensive inventories of straight tubes in the United States, housed safely and conveniently in our state-of-the-art, fully computerized 700,000 cubic foot warehouse and waiting for your call. BTA stock is constantly changing – what you need may be ready for immediate shipment to your facility!
