Hunt Boilers

Hunt Boilers has maintained a reputation for quality and excellence for over 60 years, with a continuous focus on the best possible engineering to support our products and customers.

From steam and hot water boilers to thermal fluid heaters we offer a comprehensive range of standard products, and where required can also provide custom engineered solutions.  Being able to offer a full product experience to our customers from design, manufacture and installation, through to in field service and support, Hunt Boilers has a product for virtually any industrial or commercial heating application.

Our current standard product range includes:

Green Energy products that include FTE technology on D-Type boilers, high efficiency economisers for the D-Type boilers, integrated economisers on the HEF range, the Enviropak condensing boiler up to 2.5 MW, the Fulton Advantage condensing boiler up to 1758 kilowatts, and other specialised control equipment for fuel and electrical power reduction.
Steam Boilers in capacities from 50 kW to 40 MW available in water tube, tubeless vertical, reverse flame fire tube, and wet back fire tube configurations together with a range of fuel and material options.
Hot Water Boilers from 35 kW to 20 MW in a number of types and configurations including reverse flame, wet back, and D-type water tube.
Boiler Service with in excess of 30 highly skilled Technicians in well equipped service vehicles to meet all boiler, steam and hot water requirements.
Pressure Vessels from 20 to 100,000 litres capacity suitable for a wide range of pressures and configurations. Typical pressurizing mediums include compressed air, nitrogen, refrigerant, steam and water.
PROAIR® air compressor units in capacities from 77 to 2,290 litres per minute, available in single stage, two stage, oil lubricated and oil free all utilizing the SWAN high quality air end.

Founded in 1948 by Roderick J. W. Forbes and established in Adelaide, South Australia, our founder’s vision of a high quality equipment and service provider are still fundamental in the formation of our business principles today.

In the first decades after formation, the Forbes Group of Companies either manufactured or marketed a wide range of agricultural, industrial and workshop products that included 32 volt generating equipment, wind powered generators, water pumping units, hydraulic equipment, cutting, forming and grinding machinery, stationary engines, batteries and paint.

The Forbes Group of Companies has significantly evolved over many years and has acquired a number of other organisations that have been fundamental in supporting our continuing growth. Those acquisitions have included W&M Engineering in 1992 who manufactured, installed and serviced general purpose pressure vessels and the Maxitherm steam boiler range in South Australia, Hunt Boilers in 2002 who designed, manufactured, installed and serviced an extensive range of steam and hot water boilers principally at that time in Victoria and New South Wales, and more recently the formation of a Joint Venture with PWS Boilers in Queensland now trading as PWS Hunt Boilers, to add further focus to our extensive range of products and services in that market region.

The Forbes Group of Companies, now with its principle trading entity Hunt Boilers, remains 100% Australian owned.

Today we provide a comprehensive range of products and services throughout Australia to the pressure equipment industry, from our branches and other facilities in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

Our capabilities include the full design, development, production, sales, installation, inspection and service associated with a wide range of products which can typically be offered manufactured in Australia or from one of our International facilities.

Our current product range includes those from Hunt Boilers such as the ALFAREL vertical tubeless steam boilers, WT SERIES D-type water tube steam boilers, FORBES-BRYAN ‘flexible’ water tube steam boilers, TNS fire tube horizontal steam boilers, TN-AR reverse flame horizontal hot water boilers, ENVIROPAK condensing boilers, AIRFLOW dilution and flue boost fans, FORBES pressure vessels and the PROAIR® range of air compressor units. In addition we are also the sole Australasian distributor for FULTON products including the J-Series vertical tubeless steam boilers, Advantage condensing boilers, Compack electric steam boilers, and FT thermal oil heaters.

With a strong focus on GREEN ENERGY, we offer a wide variety of more efficient fuel reducing solutions for heating water and burning various types of fuel.

The Forbes Group of Companies continues to be successful in various markets and can confidently say that we are currently:

One of the largest boiler manufacturers and suppliers in Australia with in excess of 5,000 installations in markets including Australia, China, Singapore, Fiji, Vanuatu, Christmas Islands, Russia, and New Zealand

Through our own branches and facilities provide some of the most comprehensive and professional boiler design, sales, and installation capabilities available in Australia servicing all brands including Hunt, Fulton, Maxitherm, John Thompson, Tomlinson, and Cleaver Brooks;
Comprehensive Boiler Service Departments that operate from five locations throughout Australia

One of the largest pressure vessel manufacturers in Australia and a major supplier throughout Australasia with in excess of 25,000 installations;
A major air compressor manufacturer and associated products supplier throughout Australasia.
Fulton specialise in the provision of high quality products and custom engineered solutions for industrial and commercial heating systems featuring steam, hot water and thermal oil, together with a full range of ancillary equipment

We are the sole Australian distributor for Fulton

PRODUCTS

Green Energy Efficient Solutions

Hunt Boilers are conscious of providing products that consider both the amount of input energy, together with any released latent energy, in the most efficient and cost effective manner.

With this in mind, together with our principle goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we have developed a range of boilers that offer solutions using some of the most advanced design science available.

Hunt Boilers various R&D programs, will ensure that we can provide the very best boiler efficiencies to ensure the overall input energy costs are reduced significantly, compared to most typical boilers.

Heating Boilers

Hunt Boilers have been manufacturing and supplying hot water heaters in Australia and for Export markets for over 45 years.

Our range has been designed and manufactured to ensure that we can provide effective and energy efficient products for most industrial heating applications.

The TNAR and ENVIROPAK products fully comply with Australian Standards such as AS1210, AS1228, AS4458, AS4343 and AS3920 and have been designed to meet any requirements for inspection and servicing.

The VANTAGE series has been designed and manufactured to the International ASME standards.

Steam Boilers
 
Hunt Boilers offer a comprehensive range of steam boilers that can provide a solution for nearly every application.

They have been designed and manufactured to applicable Australian Standards such as AS1228, AS4458, AS2593 and AS3920.1.

In addition to Australian Standards we can also offer alternative international standards where required.

A wide range of fuels are also offered including Gas, LPG, CSG, Oil, Bio Gas and a range of dual fuel options.

Boiler and pressure equipment Service

Hunt Boilers’ service departments currently employ over thirty service personnel available from five locations throughout Australia.

Our experienced Service Technicians are qualified in various ways appropriate to the task and comprise of electricians, gas fitters, boilermakers, welders, type B gas plumbers and general plumbers.

Our modern fleet of Service vehicles is equipped with a stock of commonly used spare parts and the necessary specialist tools to carry out effective preventative boiler maintenance and attend to breakdowns.

With Australian boiler design and manufacturing facilities in Adelaide and Melbourne, our Service Department is well supported and we believe that there are very few boiler problems that we cannot efficiently resolve.

Airflow Dilution Fans

AIRFLOW dilution and flue boost fans are manufactured in the United Kingdom and distributed in Australia by Hunt Boilers.

The range is available in standard form (GBDF series) typically used with atmospheric boilers and water heaters of around 75% efficiency.

In addition, an enhanced corrosion resistant version is available (SSDF series) incorporating stainless steel fan cases.  These are ideally suited for installation into stainless steel ducting, higher efficiency boilers, or any boiler likely to produce condensation as part of its normal operation.

Used and Hire Boilers

Hunt Boilers maintain a range of good quality and reliable used boilers that we offer for hire or sale to best meet customer requirements.

These products are typically reconditioned with a three month warranty, can be purchased in ‘as is’ condition, or provided as a turn-key solution for hire.

Our used boiler stocks are continually changing so please check our WEB site regularly for the latest products available.

Fulton Thermal Fluid Heaters

Fulton’s thermal fluid heaters feature high-efficiency designs that pre-heat combustion air to improve overall fuel costs.  Their compact construction can, like many Fulton systems, be skid-mounted with ancillaries; and includes models with standard heat outputs up to 5.9 MW, and standard operating temperatures of 345°C.

Fulton’s FT-C range is based on a vertical coil and covers outputs from 235 kW up to 4.1 MW, operating temperatures to 345°C, and maximum operating pressure of 1,034 kPa.

Fulton’s FT-HC range is based on a horizontal coil and covers outputs from 700 kW up to 5.9 MW, operating temperatures to 345°C, and maximum operating pressure of 1,034 kPa.

Fulton’s thermal heaters are available as heater only packages, turn key pre-packaged skid-mounted systems, and can be provided with a range of gas burner options and alternative fuel types.

Pressure Vessels

We offer a range of pressure vessels suitable for almost any pressurizing medium.

They can be provided in a standard configuration or designed and built for your specific needs.  Typically they range in capacity from 10 to 100,000 litres and pressures up to 12,000 kPa.

Most vessels are designed and manufactured to applicable Australian Standards such as AS1210, AS4458, AS4343 and AS3920.

In addition to Australian Standards, we can also offer alternative international standards where required such as Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, American Bureau of Shipping and DNV certification.

Air Compressors

The PROAIR® range of industrial quality air compressors by FORBES have been developed after extensive research and field testing, to ensure that they fully meet the requirements of the demanding air industry.

Exclusive use is made of the SWAN range of industrial series air compressor ends, ensuring users receive long and trouble free operation.

They have been designed and developed in Australia and include models suitable for most compressed air applications.

They are available in various configurations including: