Combustion Tuning and Burner Service in California
Combustion analysis, burner tuning, and burner repair that keep your boiler efficient, safe, and inside its air permit. McKenna boilers and other brands.
Code-built boilers and vessels
Code repairs and alterations
Factory-authorized Tech Center
Factory-authorized Burner Tech Center
Fifth generation, family-owned
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McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. tunes and services burners and combustion controls from any manufacturer on industrial boilers across California. Technicians certified by South Coast AQMD for portable analyzer testing measure O2, CO, and NOx, set the fuel-air ratio across the firing range, and repair ignition, flame safeguard, and gas train problems. McKenna works on Power Flame, Industrial Combustion, Webster, Weishaupt, Riello, Limpsfield, Maxon, Cleaver-Brooks, and other burners, and on Autoflame, Fireye, Honeywell, Siemens, and other controls, on McKenna boilers and other brands. McKenna recommends quarterly tuning. Call (323) 987-1816 or email info@mckennaboiler.com.
Why tune
Why burners need regular tuning.
Linkages wear, fuel pressure changes, and seasons change the combustion air. A burner set right last year can be running rich, lean, or out of permit today.
A tuned burner uses less fuel, holds NOx and CO where your permit requires, and lights off cleanly. We recommend tuning quarterly to stay inside your air permit and run efficiently. Your air district rule or permit may set its own schedule.
What’s included
What a tuning visit covers.
- Combustion analysis: O2, CO, and NOx with a calibrated analyzer
- Fuel-air ratio set at low, mid, and high fire
- Setup and tuning of burner management, flame safeguard, and combustion controls from any manufacturer, including oxygen trim
- Ignition, pilot, and flame scanner service
- Gas train, regulator, and safety shutoff valve checks
- Written report with before and after readings
Burners and controls
Burners and controls we tune.
McKenna Boiler Works, Inc. sets up and tunes burners and combustion controls from any manufacturer, including a brand an engineer or contractor already specified. These are the brands our technicians work on most.
Burners
Power Flame, Industrial Combustion, Webster, Weishaupt, Riello, Limpsfield, Maxon, Cleaver-Brooks, Gordon-Piatt, and other brands. We start them up, tune them across the firing range, and repair them in the field.
Controls and flame safeguards
Autoflame, Fireye, Honeywell, Siemens LMV, and other burner management and flame safeguard controls. We set them up, commission them, and troubleshoot them, including oxygen trim.
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How a visit runs
How a tuning visit runs.
01
Test as found
We take combustion readings before we touch anything.
02
Fix what’s wrong
Worn linkages, dirty scanners, and bad ignition parts get repaired or replaced.
03
Tune the range
We set the fuel-air ratio across the firing range and confirm the readings.
04
Report
You get a written report with before and after readings.
Why McKenna
Why plants use McKenna for tuning.
Any burner, any control
We tune burners and controls from any manufacturer, on McKenna boilers and other brands.
Factory-authorized
McKenna is a factory-authorized Autoflame Tech Center and Limpsfield Burner Tech Center. When a new burner makes sense, we recommend what fits the application.
Certified testing
Technicians certified by South Coast AQMD for portable analyzer testing.
One company
Tuning, burner repair, retrofits, and source test support.
In the field