Metering and regulating skids: from site-built to factory-built
Welding, NDT, leak testing, hydrostatic testing, shot blasting and painting moved into the workshop, design moved from 2D to 3D, and site schedules halved.
Metering and regulating skids cover the units inside trunk and branch pipeline offtake stations, city gate stations, city network regulating stations and CNG reducing skids. They are packaged systems combining filtration and separation, safety shut-off, gas heating and pressure reduction.
Regulating houses in offtake stations and city network stations have moved from site-built construction to packaged skids, which brings factory production: welding, NDT and leak testing as before, plus hydrostatic testing, shot blasting and painting that only a workshop can do, along with industrial design and process optimisation, and a design workflow upgraded from 2D to 3D. The result is a more specialised and systematic product — safer and better looking, with a shorter construction period and higher quality and reliability in operation.
The main advantage of the metering and regulating skid is modular design and factory production, which raises quality and reliability substantially. Buyers should choose a specialist manufacturer: product quality, fair pricing and after-sales support all depend on the maker's capability.
Written by the Tairan engineering team from project records and standard documents. Please cite the source when quoting.