Revolutionizing Pump Performance on the Gulf Coast

One of Vesconite Bearings’ innovative bushing materials, Vesconite Hilube, has assisted a U.S. pump manufacturing company on the Gulf Coast in coping with its...

Going Beyond Monitoring with Remote Operation and Support

Although operating and maintaining a power plant remotely is an emerging challenge, remote operations support is not a new concept. Power plants have implemented...

Stopping Corrosion Under Insulation in Global Oil and Gas Facilities

EonCoat storage container application process Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) is the root cause of many of the global petrochemical industry’s most serious problems including forced...

Key resources for renewable energy applications

Consider the following statistics from Renewable Energy World that emphasize an important trend toward renewable energy sources: 13.7 million, the number of people employed...

Benefits of Installing Anti-stagnation Valves

By Peter Sucharda, Devine & Associates, and Mark Gimson, Cla-Val Company On March 27, 2019, the city of Hamilton, Ontario, unanimously declared a climate change...

Machine Health Check: Automating Maintenance

By Klaus Helmrich, Siemens Digital Industries The sci-fi-sounding, near-magical benefits promised by Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) advocates are fast becoming a reality, and one...

Keeping the Lights On . . . Affordably

In today’s economic climate, power generation providers are stuck between the equipment they need and the equipment they can afford. However, as a recent...

The Lab of the Future

Momentum for digital technologies in lab research is growing and was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused teams to rapidly adopt digital tools...

The entry point for pump excellence: Part 1 of 2

In pump manufacturing, standards and accreditations ensure safety, performance, compatibility, and quality assurance, providing both manufacturers and end users with confidence in the reliability...

Going Beyond Efficiency Standards: Part 2 of 2

By Ben Keiser, Applied Flow Technology  As we discussed in the first part of this series, four years ago, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...