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Best Practice for Welding Duplex Stainless Steels

Posted on September 28, 2020

Ward’s Best Practices for Welding these Corrosion Resistant Alloys Duplex stainless steels are the material of choice for many Processing Industry applications, like heat exchangers, pressure vessels and pipelines for…

Top Seven Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Failure Mechanisms (#6 – Tubesheet Erosion)

Posted on September 6, 2020

#6 – Tubesheet Erosion… “Wear and Tear” may not spring to mind when you think of static pressure equipment such as heat exchangers, but we promise you it’s a fact…

September 2020 – Industrial Manufacturing and Raw Material News

Posted on September 6, 2020

Rising for the third consecutive month, The ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) reached 56 in August (July registered at 54.2). While overall demand and consumption continued to increase, many survey respondents…

State Requirements

Posted on September 6, 2020

Although the ASME and NBIC codes are national standards, it is up to each state to pass laws for the requirements for pressure vessels and boilers in that state. As…

SECTION 232 (TARIFFS ON IMPORTED STEEL AND ALUMINUM) AND SECTION 301 (TARIFFS ON CHINESE FINAL PRODUCTS)

Posted on September 6, 2020

Effective June 1st 2018 – the Trump administration imposed 25% steel and 10% aluminum tariffs (section 232) on all countries including the European Union, Canada and Mexico. The month of…

Top Seven Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Failure Mechanisms (#5 – Gasket Surface Damage)

Posted on August 14, 2020

#5 – Gasket Surface Damage… If your facility utilizes shell and tube heat exchangers, chances are you’ve experienced damaged gasket surfaces that create leak paths for your process. Scheduled maintenance…