EGC Critical Components, a leading manufacturer of high-performance thermoplastic performance-critical components, today announced its dures™ brand of materials—a new family of proprietary thermoplastic polymer...

Miss part 1? Read it here. The first part of this series explored international and industry standards—namely ANSI, API, ASME, and ISO—and now we turn...

Whether pumping slurries and by-products, oil and gas, or water and wastewater, the components that make up an industrial fluid handling system suffer a...

Components of electrical machines are subject to thermal, electrical, ambient and mechanical stresses leading to degradation as materials lose strength over time. Condition monitoring...

Read part 1 here. In the first part of this series, we explored some of the factors creating the rising demand for high-efficiency grit removal...

Electrical energy represents a substantial portion of industrial operating expenses. It is an unavoidable cost of doing business that all too often seems resistant...

A trend has been gaining steam. Electric modulating pressure-reducing valves (PRV) are increasingly replacing traditional self-piloted regulators in steam systems.  The adoption of this “smart” technology...

Read Part 1 here. In the first part to this series, we laid out how extreme weather has caused increasing havoc on the nation’s power...

Synchronization of several pumps is an effective way to reduce pressure pulsations and vibrations in the pipelines. In part 1 of this series, we...

In November 2015, the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute released an updated “Standards for Performance Rating of Liquid to Liquid Heat Exchangers,” for the...