Mechanical Seal Energy Audits and Their Value: Part 2 of 4
Part 1 of this 4-part series on “Mechanical Seal Energy Audits and their Value” laid the groundwork for presenting the topic and its implied...
High Process Safety Thanks to Integrated E-Monitor
By Riccardo Marcotti, Lewa Nikkiso Italy
As part of a gas field expansion in Saudi Arabia, an international group approached the specialists at pump manufacturer...
By Land and By Sea, Special Offshore Painting Prevents Corrosion
By Walter Richter, Lewa
For safety reasons, odorants must be added to gases that are basically odorless, such as LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), in refineries...
How To Detect Leaks in Your Compressed Air System
By Emily Newton
Unaddressed compressed air leaks can lead to increased costs, equipment malfunctions, and other issues that cause headaches in industrial settings. However, you...
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...
Why material choice matters
In theory, modern heat exchangers can be made from a wide range of materials, including copper, copper/nickel, aluminum, carbon steel, and stainless steel. In...
How to Choose the Type of Gasket to Use
Many variables affect the selection of a gasket for a pressure vessel or piping system. Our focus here will be to look at the...
Control and Consistency: Part 2 of 2
Last month, we discussed how the versatile GEMÜ 480 and the 490 butterfly valve series can be used for a wide range of applications—especially...
Select the Right Mechanical Seals: Part 1 of 3
The intent of this article is to document better and more effective ways to select one of the primary components of process pumps—mechanical seals....
Getting the Most Out of PTFE Diaphragms
Figure 1: Cutaway view of a pneumatic pump fitted with a PTFE diaphragm.
Invented nearly 160 years ago, diaphragm or membrane pumps are used...