Advanced Anti-Corrosion Coating Utilized on Two North Sea Offshore Platforms

Before EonCoat application In a collaborative effort, designed to improve vital protection of offshore assets, the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in Aberdeen, United...

Can You Trust Push-to-Connect Fittings?

The plumbing profession is all about trust—using tried and true methods that have stood the test of time to ensure that pipe connections will...

Anodizing Aluminum Cylinders

Flexible hones address surface roughness and increased dimensional changes for anodized cylinders that mate with other parts.  To permit the use of aluminum instead of...

Are You Choosing the Right Seal for Your Vacuum Pump?

Mechanical seals can fail for many reasons, and vacuum applications present particular challenges. For example, certain seal faces exposed to vacuum can become starved...

Types of Check Valves and Their Industrial Applications

By Gilbert Welsford Jr., ValveMan Check valves are indispensable safety components, used in industrial and residential piping systems to provide directional control of fluids. These...

Sturdy Inside and Out

By Benjamin Budde, Stallkamp   The biogas plant in Hammel near Aarhus can now consider its latest tank as the biggest glycerin tank in Denmark. It...

How to Cost-justify Bearing Housing Protector Seals – Part 2 of...

In the first of this four-part article, we pointed out the importance of keeping contaminants away from lube oil in pump bearing housings. We...

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...

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...

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...