So Pure, So Clean
When it comes to choosing the right tool steel, there is often only one criterion in the foreground: the price. But this is exactly...
Therein Lies the Rub
In this article, the vibration signature on bearing housing caused by shaft rub was studied through applying a rotor rub device on a Machinery...
Eliminating Pipe Failures from Pneumatic Conveying Line
Robert Forgione, P.E. and his team at the Upper Occoquan Water Reclamation Plant in Centreville, Virginia were wading through yet another dust cloud to...
Come Hail or High Water: Part 1 of 2
Whether it’s wildfires, hurricanes, or hail, natural disasters devastate solar power infrastructure. Particularly for asset owners of utility PV, extreme weather can cause significant...
New Chemical Feed Pump at Minnesota Water Treatment Facility Reduces Maintenance...
The Victoria, Minnesota, water treatment facility needed a new pump to feed sodium hypochlorite under high pressure into the post-chlorination cycle of their water...
Unprecedented Innovation for Wastewater Contaminant Testing
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and PACE Analytical Services have developed an alternate test procedure (ATP) to EPA Method 1613B—PAM-16130-SSI: Determination of 2,3,7,8-substituted tetra- through octa-chlorinated...
Take a Serious Look at Your CIP Pump Maintenance Program
By Talmage Wagstaff
A CIP, or clean-in-place, system is vital to the daily operations of any food manufacturing facility. Without a CIP system in place that...
Choosing The Best Alternatives In Industrial Analytics: Part 1 of 2
In late 2020, project managers in fields as diverse as oil and gas, chemical processing, food and beverage, and more, received news that OSIsoft...
Curing a Raw Water Pumping Facility’s Unremitting Driveshaft Failures: Part 1...
One of the major pump OEMs had invited Mechanical Solutions, Inc. to resolve an occurrence of multiple pump driveshaft failures for one of their...
Pumping doesn’t need to feel like hard work
Handling lubricating grease can be a physically demanding task for maintenance engineers. This is especially true when thick grease has to be delivered using...