The Future of Remote Tank Monitoring: Part 2 of 2

In part 1 of this series, we looked at some of the inefficiencies inherent to traditional methods of tank monitoring protocols found at facilities,...

Extend the Life of Your Pillow Block Bearings

The support bearings of literally millions of machines are located at or near the ends of the shafts so supported. However, design, configuration constraints...

Safe and Efficient Bolting

Superbolt makes easy work for boiler feed pump workers Nuts and bolts are one of the most basic and commonplace components in any piece of...

Mechanical Seal Energy Audits and Their Value: Part 3 of 4

Although fulfilling the original design intent and functioning as intended, many “traditional” sealing systems found in industrial applications waste considerable amounts of energy. The uncontrolled...

Nation’s Largest Power Plant Finds Innovative Solution

Chicago Bridge and Iron Company utilizes General Rubber’s in-line pressure balanced and other conventional rubber expansion joint designs for their EPC contract at the...

High-pressure off Made “EZ”

The installation of an Advanced Valve Technologies EZ Valve ensured a fire and police station maintained their water supply during vital repair works to...

Mechanical Seal Energy Audits and Their Value: Part 4 of 4

In one of the three previous parts this series of articles has dealt with the cost to reheat and/or evaporate flush injection from API...

Innovative synthetic lubricant tackles extreme conditions in power plant operations

For heavy-duty power generation applications, particularly coal-fired plants relying on large open gear systems, finding a lubricant that can withstand these conditions while also...

The Advantages of External Digester Heating

Conventional wisdom is to locate digester heating systems on or around the floor of the main digester. While this results in good initial heat...

New Drain Valve Saves Up To 95 Percent in Cleaning-In-Place Liquid

By Marianne Hojby, Alfa Laval Drain valves comprise up to 20 percent of all valves in a typical processing plant. But cleaning them is costly,...