Improved Pump and Seal Reliability

The City of Chester, Illinois, was getting only about six months of life out of the mechanical seals in their former non-clog lift station...

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...

Protecting Landfill Gas Wellheads and Collection Hoses from Subzero Temperatures

By Eric Nielson and Valerie Nielsen, Q.E.D. Environmental Systems When the temperatures at a landfill drop well below freezing levels, frozen condensation on wellheads and...

Robots Tackle Infrastructure Challenge

By Dan Thompson, igus Crumbling global infrastructure has reached a critical point. In 2019, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimated the nation needed to...

The Business Case for Mechanical Seals in the Mining Industry: Part...

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

Meeting Demanding Material Requirements in Life Sciences Applications

By Ray Daugherty and Mathew Griffin, Greene Tweed A wide range of materials can be found in life sciences applications such as the manufacturing of...

Avoiding Hydrate Formation During Gas Production

Following the acquisition of natural gas production rights off the northern coast of Mozambique by a French oil company, modules to avoid hydrate formation...

Reinventing Primer to Prevent Chemical Facility Corrosion

By Martin Lawrence, NanoRustX LLC For chemical plants, chemical tank farms, and refineries, atmospheric corrosion of steel is a continual concern that can require re-priming...

Pushing the Boundaries of Valve Position Indication

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

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...