Piece by Piece
Ham Baker and Unitspark have completed the intricate installation of a penstock at a pumping station in South London in which a severely restricted...
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...
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...
Control and Consistency: Part 1 of 2
The GEMÜ 480 and the 490 butterfly valve series are very versatile and can be used for a wide range of applications. These butterfly...
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...
Select the Right Mechanical Seals: Part 2 of 3
Contrary to our intuition, we do not have to be seal experts to select the right seal. Instead, all that’s needed is (a) asking...
Stopping Corrosion on Oil and Gas In-Service Structures
With oil and gas prices down by half from their recent highs, operations managers and corrosion engineers are finding that one of the best...
Why Do Mechanical Seals Fail?
By John Calder, Dura Pump
Mechanical seals prevent pumps from leaking by containing the pressure of the pumping process and withstanding the friction caused by...
The Royal Discipline of TIG Welding: Part 1 of 2
By Xavier Jauregui, Arc Machines Inc., and Matthias Schaffitz, Wolfram Industrie GmbH
Quality pays off: For example, nobody would equip a Formula 1 racing car...
Eliminating pipe floor cleaning hang-ups
With increasing federal mandates on stormwater system monitoring and maintenance, municipal departments encounter significant budget and workforce challenges. In this context, the utilization of...