The Mechanical Seal Industry’s Contribution to Energy Efficiency in Pumping Systems

By Richard Smith and Chris Booth, AESSeal See Part 1 Here In last month’s beginning to this article, we posited that, although sealing devices account for...

CSAPR Compliance To Drive FGD Reliablility

The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) is at the center of the regulatory debate. The EPA rule replaces the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule...

Stopping Tank Corrosion in the Transportation Sector

Thousands of chemicals, petroleum products, and corrosive elements like salt water brine are transported by tanker truck, railcar, and distributors, as well as processed...

The Suitable Solution For Every Testing Task

Finding the right test instrument for a defined application requires specific expertise. CETA Testsysteme, as a manufacturer of leak and flow testing devices, has...

Measure Flow without Restrictions

By Sara Fisk, Endress+Hauser Proline Promag W is the world’s first electromagnetic flowmeter without measuring tube restriction, resulting in reliable measurements independent of the flow...

Hidden costs of subpar lubrication in industrial settings: Part 1 of...

Industrial facilities face many lubrication-related challenges, particularly with the demanding conditions found in industries such as cement, mining and construction. The biggest challenges are...

Outfitting an Innovative Autogas Installation

For more than half a century, Italy has taken a leading role in Europe in identifying and utilizing alternative fuels that can power motor...

Proactive Design with Hydraulic Modeling

By Walt Prentice, Applied Flow Technology  No longer is over-engineering, or designing from heuristics, as necessary as it once was. Why? Because engineers can build...

Ensuring Success When Applying Bearing Isolators on Pumps

A well-known technique for increasing pump reliability is sealing the bearing housing with non-contacting Bearing Isolators over less expensive contact seals. Because contact seals...

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,...