Reducing Environmental Friction with High-performance Coatings
By Logan Walz, Oerlikon Balzers
Specialized physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings are widely recognized for the critical role they perform in enhancing operational performance and...
Controlling Dangerous Dusts in the Chemical Processing Industry: Part 1 of...
By David Steil, Camfil Air Pollution Control
Effectively controlling toxic and combustible dust generated in chemical processing facilities is essential to protecting employee health, maintaining...
The Art of Mobilization
By Del Williams
Industrial manufacturers require production reliability and continuity. However, a wide range of conditions can make this challenging—from unexpected emergencies, power grid failures...
Integrated Rupture Disk Assemblies for OEM Hydraulic and Pneumatic Equipment
By Geof Brazier, BS&B Safety Systems
For more than eighty-five years, rupture disks have served as an effective passive safety mechanism to protect against overpressure...
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...
Best Practices for Hydrant Maintenance
By Patrick Nein and Alexander Bailey, Mueller Water Products
With any waterworks device that will be buried in the ground for long periods, regularly exceeding...
When and How to Upgrade Your Vertical Pumps
By Heinz P. Bloch
High asset reliability should be our priority, because the illusory “savings” derived from forever repairing cheap equipment have vanished with the...
Optimizing Offshore Pump Performance and Reliability
By Daniela Haldenwang, Sulzer
Asset reliability and performance are the two most important factors for the oil and gas sector but as processes change and...
Estimating True Life-cycle Cost
By Ben Keiser, Applied Flow Technology
We all want reliable pumps and piping systems that meet requirements with a cost-effective design. The resulting design may...
Keeping Spills in Check
By Prajakta Pingulkar
Various companies need to use, store, transport, or handle liquids and chemicals that are hazardous in nature. Hence, it’s imperative to take...