Alphatec Engineering

Alphatec's technical paper on epoxy grout and compressor foundation performance has been published in COMPRESSORtech2. 📊

"The Role of Epoxy Grout in Enhancing Compressor Foundation Performance" examines how foundation condition directly affects compressor reliability, and why epoxy grout specification matters more than most maintenance programmes account for.

COMPRESSORtech2 serves maintenance engineers, reliability professionals, and operations managers across the global gas compression industry.

Read the full article here:

Tech Corner: Epoxy grouts and foundation performance A paper presented at EFRC by Summer Browne, Jack Nicholls and Juan Carlos Diaz of Alphatec Engineering

Looseness is one of the most misdiagnosed faults in rotating equipment.

Equipment-related failures account for more than 35% of unplanned downtime incidents in manufacturing. The average cost hit $260,000 per hour in 2024.

A significant proportion of those failures trace back to structural looseness, loose bolts, baseplate instability, foundation movement, that conventional vibration analysis routinely misreads as bearing faults or rotor issues. 📊

The root cause stays in place. The repair cycle repeats.

Motion Amplification® resolves this. Every pixel becomes an independent sensor. Structural movement that is invisible to the naked eye becomes visible on screen, exactly where it is, exactly how it is moving.

Alphatec uses Motion Amplification® as part of our vibration monitoring service. Where it identifies foundation or baseplate movement, we provide the rehabilitation services to address it directly. ⚙️

Contact us to discuss vibration monitoring for your site.

(Sources: Pruftechnik / Fluke, 2025; TeamSense, 2024)

Some projects speak for themselves.

Over 45 years, Alphatec Engineering has delivered precision foundation grouting and alignment services for some of the most recognised names in the energy, petrochemical, and industrial sectors.

When operational continuity and foundation integrity are critical, global leaders trust Alphatec's proprietary products and engineering expertise to get it right.
We do not just supply a product. We ensure it performs.

Speak with our foundation engineers about your next project.

🌏 Island generators do not fail quietly.

In the Pacific, diesel generators are not backup power. They are the power. For hospitals, water treatment facilities, and communications infrastructure across Guam, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and dozens of smaller island nations, a failed generator foundation is a public health and safety issue.

While the repair is a challenge, another is finding a specialist willing to mobilise to a location most contractors have never heard of.

Alphatec has done exactly that. A recent case study covers anchor bolt replacement and realignment on a diesel engine at a remote Pacific Island power plant, coordinating specialist materials and logistics from the ground up.

If you manage critical power infrastructure in the Pacific Islands region, we should speak. ⚙

The repair quote arrived before anyone looked at the foundation.

This is how repeat failures happen. Work gets scoped, priced, and approved based on what is visible. The foundation goes unchecked. Six months later, the same equipment is down again.

Alphatec Engineering provides foundation inspection, evaluation, and diagnosis for critical rotating and reciprocating equipment. We identify what has failed, why it has failed, and what a repair actually needs to address before any work begins.⚙️