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Address: 25920 Eden Landing Road
Hayward
CA, 94545
United States
Phone: 510-784-0110
Fax: (510) 784-1004
Email: Click to email us
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Primary: Robert Sygiel
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Boilers, Pumps and Ultra Low NOx Equipment

BoilersExperience Counts
BOILER SALES, INSTALLATION AND SERVICE

We have over 50 years experience in boiler installation, service and maintenance and we know the California and Nevada market. We represent many high quality boiler equipment manufacturers to ensure we apply the right product for your application. Our experienced technical sales staff will carefully evaluate your boiler needs and provide custom equipment solutions with reliability and process improvement in mind.

 

Ensuring Maximum Equipment Uptime
PUMP SALES, INSTALLATION AND SERVICE

Pumps are increasingly becoming components of integrated systems in order to provide better control and efficiency of system processes while helping conserve manpower. At the same time they are increasing in complexity and functionality and as a result becoming more complex mechanical devices. This poses a number of challenges for pump operators in maintaining systems and operations at optimum performance levels – and this is exactly where R.F. MacDonald Co. can help. We offer a wealth of experience with many name brand pumps and carry a huge inventory of parts to provide fast and reliable service.

Leading the Way
ULTRA LOW NOx SALES, INSTALLATION AND SERVICE
As a boiler operator or owner you may be feeling overwhelmed at the amount of information and technical details that you are now required to understand, and rightly so. The new California boiler emission regulations throughout the state are complicated and in many cases there is no quick fix to the compliance solution. That is why we at R.F. MacDonald Co. created a special informational section to our website – to arm you with as much information, in as easily accessible a format as possible. 

We offer the following Regulatory Compliance Knowledge Bank features:
Regulatory Overview Presentations
Low NOx Capabilities Brochure
Low NOx and SCR Case Studies
Clear the Air Workshops
Boiler Operator Training 
NOx Talk 
NOx Calculator

COMPANY PROFILE

R.F. MacDonald Co. has been in the business of supplying and servicing boilers and pumps to industrial and commercial customers in California and Nevada for over 50 years.  

SALES OF BOILER AND PUMP EQUIPMENT
For your convenience we maintain sales and service offices in a number of strategic locations in California and Nevada. Our experienced technical sales staff will carefully evaluate your needs and provide custom equipment solutions with reliability and process improvement in mind. We represent the highest quality equipment manufacturers in the industry to ensure we are providing the most efficient and environmentally clean equipment available. Some of our boiler brands include Cleaver Brooks, Fulton, Camus, CB Natcom  and some of our pump brands include ITT Goulds, Grundfos, Seepex, G&L Pumps and Blackmer and many others.

SERVICE AND INSTALLATION
Our factory trained and certified technicians repair all makes and models of boilers. We also provide in-house fabrication services for assembling boiler packages and custom systems into pre-piped and wired skids, simplifying field installation requirements. Our field services include troubleshooting, repair, certified welding, operator training, and installation. We believe in servicing what we sell, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With a large fleet of service trucks on the road, we provide full field service capabilities from all locations.

EXTENSIVE PARTS INVENTORY
Our huge boiler and boiler parts inventory combined with our multiple locations ensures fast and reliable service anytime day or night. Boilers are also available for temporary requirements.

OTHER SPECIALTY SERVICES
We offer many special services for customers such as parts, Mobile and Rental Boilers, Boiler and Pump Training and a growing Ultra Low NOx knowledge bank on our website at www.rfmacdonald.com.

We would be honored to serve your needs.

 

Videos


Pictures
A Boiler Installation at a Winery
A Boiler Installation
A Pump Installation
A Pump Installation
An Ultra Low NOx Installation
An SCR Installation
Hands-On Training for Pump and Boiler Operators
Maintenance and Service Programs
One of Our Mobile Boiler Rooms
Calculate Your New Required Boiler NOx Level

If you have a boiler in the Bay Area, San Joaquin or South Coast Air Districts you may need to decrease your boiler emissions to new mandated levels. R.F. MacDonald Co. has made it easy to calculate the new NOx level for your specific boiler by offering a NOx Calculator. Check it out on our website at: http://www.rfmacdonald.com/noxcalculator/


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Ultra Low NOx Case Studies
During the last ten years we have helped many companies understand and achieve the increasingly strict regulatory mandates that are required of their business. You will begin to understand as you read some of these case studies that there is no cookie cutter approach to our business. Our team assesses each individual situation and applies the best available technology to each specific case.

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WINERIES
With the increase in demand for California wines, process boilers are in great demand. Many of the smaller boilers that were not previously monitored are now required to obtain permits and comply with emission regulations as well.

- The Wine Group/Franzia, Sanger CA
- Delicato Family Vineyards, Manteca CA
- Constellation Wines/Woodbridge Winery, Acampo CA

 
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HOSPITALS
California now has new regultations that mandate seismic retrofitting along with emission reductions. As a result, many hospitals must begin to comply to these strict new codes.

- El Camino Hospital, Mountain View CA
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Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo CA
- Kaiser Hospital Modesto, Modesto CA
- UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA

 

 

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FOOD PROCESSING
Nowhere in California are the new regulations more aggressive than in the San Joaquin Valley. In this region agricultural food processing plants have already experienced multiple compliance deadlines.

- Hilmar Cheese, Hilmar CA
- ConAgra Foods, Modesto CA
- J.G. Boswell Tomato, Buttonwillow CA
- Aseptic Solutions, Corona CA
- Clement Pappas & Co., Ontario CA

 

 

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COMMERCIAL
Corporate offices, apartment buildings and lab facilities are not exempt from the new emission regulations on their equipment.

- Teva Parenteral Medicines, Irvine CA

 

 

 

Title Name Email Phone
San Francisco Headquarters info@rfmacdonald.com 510-784-0110
Los Angeles Office 714-257-0900
Modesto Office 209-576-0726
San Diego Office 858-538-5877
Fresno Office 559-498-6949
Solano/Napa Office 707-586-9234
Las Vegas Office 702-220-6680
Reno Office 775-356-0300
R.F. MacDonald Co.’s offering of boiler and pump products and services are constantly evolving and becoming increasingly complex to integrate fully with facility and process systems, meet environmental demands, and achieve higher efficiencies.  We strive, along with the manufacturers we represent, to provide our customers with technical information to maximize equipment utilization, efficiency and reliability.

Please click on the following links for technical information of your interest in the  pump industries we serve:

Pump Topics


Pump Fundamentals Content Index
This is a reference from Goulds for pump fundamentals and applications, mechanical and motor data, hydraulic data, properties of liquids, and conversion factors.


Centrifugal Pump Fundamentals 
Introduces basic information on head, capacities, speeds, Affinity Laws, Pump and System Curves 


Pump Application Guide 
Information on material selection, piping design, field testing, vibration analysis, Vertical and Self-priming pump guidelines


Water Data 
Water properties, resistance coefficients and steam data 


Properties of Liquid 
Viscosity, solids and slurries and vapor pressure


Paper Stock
Covers the special considerations involved in handling paper stock and other fibrous suspensions


Mechanical Data 
Various dimensions, weights, capacities and comparisons


Motor Data
Enclosures, speeds, frame data, currents, terms and conversion factors


Conversion Factors and Engineering Data Description 

Pump Operation and Maintenance Description

Misc. Pump Information

  • Safe Operation of Mag Drive Pumps
  • Plain Bearings made with Silicon Carbide
  • Centrifugal Pump Operation without NPSH Problems
  • Fluoropolymers in Chemical Plant Construction.


Calculate Total Dynamic Head & Net Positive Suction Head
The two most critical values that must be calculated for a pump system are Total Dynamic Head (TDH) and Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH). A simple guide to these calculations is provided.


Horizontal End Suction ANSI Pumps, Foundation and Baseplate Issues
A summary of the issues surrounding the importance and criteria for properly setting and installing pump baseplates and foundations is presented.

 


 

If you have any comments or questions that will assist us in serving your needs, please contact us.  We’re always looking for better ways to help our customers in the industries we serve.  Please e-mail or call 510-784-0110.  

Thank you for your interest in R.F. MacDonald Co.

R.F. MacDonald Co. provides a full schedule of boiler and pump classes that are attended by hundreds of participants each year throughout California and Nevada. Each class offers highly qualified speakers including manufacturers, industry experts and our own highly experienced technical personnel. Most of the classes feature class curriculum along with in-depth, hands on training programs.

2010 TRAINING SCHEDULE | Download A PDF TRAINING Schedule
We are proud to present our 2010 Boiler and Pump Training Schedule with a full set of training classes. The classes rotate between locations and extensive information and registration is available from our website at www.rfmacdonald.com/training

CERTIFICATION
At the conclusion of each class, participants are mailed a certificate. These certificates are approved by the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) and the Association of Facilities Engineering (AFE) and class hours can be credited towards continuing education requirements for re-certification.