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...

In last month’s installment, we outlined a few of the unforeseen consequences that stem from the decision to single-source reliability-critical components and explained why...

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...

In part one, the normal and excessive leakage rates of mechanical seals were discussed based on the monitoring function of API piping plan 76....

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,...

Historically, when it comes to butterfly valves, metal was the material of choice. The robustness and economic efficiency were convincing arguments for choosing metal...

Process industries demand reliability and accuracy at every step, which makes it the perfect proving ground for the newest integrated technologies associated with Industry...

Seal performance in slurry services is largely influenced by two parameters: The design of the seal chamber and maintaining proper control of the fluid...

Tanks and the substances they hold are a critical part of many business processes with downtime an unacceptable risk if levels run low or,...

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...