hello my name is Alistair McKeever and I'm the manager of the team that have developed the Alfa Laval Jerusha for many years customers that have demanding duties involving dangerous fluids high pressures or high temperatures have had very limited options when it comes to heat exchangers for their requirements today platon shell type heat exchangers have become widely accepted as an alternative to bulky shell-and-tube type exchangers but many conventional shell and plate exchangers have designed limitations which limit them in terms of thermal performance and especially fatigue resistance that is why Alfa Laval developed the Douro shell with our decades of experience in designing heat exchangers it's different it's plate and shell made tougher gyro shell comes with revolutionary new features that you will only find from Alfa Laval these include our pioneering roller coaster plate pattern and the power pack distribution chips compared to conventional designs these features give improved fuel distribution and increased mechanical strength giving better thermal performance and fatigue resistance this means you can maximize your up time because you have more robust equipment reduce your costs because you have reduced maintenance requirements and improve your capacity with a significantly smaller footprint whatever your application tougher duties demand tougher technologies and that's what Alfa Laval Shero shell is all about you