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Doing more with less: Staying productive during major upgrades

See the published article in Power Engineering here! By David Bohn Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp. Given today’s skilled workforce shortage, figuring out how to get the most productivity from the fewest workers has become one of a power sector’s top challenges. How can a plant stay on top of its output requirements when finding and retaining qualified workers is so […]

Special Combustion project for another American based manufacturer

Pictured: one of two Preferred Special Combustion burners and control cabinets to be installed at an American steel manufacturer in Ohio, and utilized on twin super heaters used in the steel manufacturing process. The burners, atmospheric element style heaters, use stoichiometric combustion to produce heat input for the super heater. The Preferred UV Self-Checking Quanta-Flame Scanner monitors the flame. […]

The PSCE Complete Package Factor

A high efficiency and very “green” 50 KPPH Packaged Burner System about to ship out to one of the world’s largest privately held companies.  Preferred Special Combustion Engineering (PSCE) provides a complete package combustion system for new or OEM watertube boiler projects. A complete packaged burner system (including controls) all from one source will optimizes burner to boiler […]

Countdown to 2020 Emissions Deadlines!

Advances in bio fuel and combustion control technology can help New England colleges and universities meet the 2020 emissions reduction goals of the President’s Climate Leadership Commitments, signed in 2007. Preferred Utilities is advancing environmental combustion technology on several fronts with burner and control equipment that use renewable fuels, and ultra-High efficency technology which reduce greenhouse gas emissions […]

Linkage to Linkageless Retrofit Solution: less time & waste, more savings & control

Preferred is bringing something BIG to the industry!  Tired of fuel and electric waste? Want a more reliable system that also meets strict emissions standards? You know you need to upgrade, but the installation time and expense of a modern linkageless control system often just isn’t plausible…Until now. Preferred’s new flexible solution dramatically cuts the cost and time […]

The PCC-IV: a NEW Generation of Quality

The PCC-IV loop controller is the next generation of Preferred’s loop controllers AND upgraded technology for the entire industry. The PCC-IV is more flexible, has extensive memory, and not only replaces the Preferred PCC-III, but also can replace the Siemens Moore 352 and 353, obsolete and no longer supported starting October 2017. Preferred Utilities’s controls are just that- […]