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Advantages of Half Pipe Reactors in High Pressure Service

Posted on December 1, 2020

Specifying the right type of jacket to use for your reactor vessel can make all the difference between long-lasting, trouble-free equipment and frequent unplanned maintenance. Getting it wrong can prove…

Video – shipment of a 130″ ID X 868″ Stainless Steel Pressurized Storage Tank

Posted on November 13, 2020

Up the hill and down the road to Louisiana… Shipment of a 130″ ID X 868″ Stainless Steel Pressurized Storage Tank. Kudos to #TeamWard and all of our strategic partners…

Metal Market Update – November 2020

Posted on November 5, 2020

Registering a 59.3 reading, the October ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) rose from September’s 55.4. The new orders sub-category reached the highest level in nearly 17 years, providing support for the overall…

Prepare Yourself: Some Equipment Can’t Be Saved!

Posted on November 5, 2020

Recently, a customer sent in two heat exchangers for what they hoped was a partial re-tube. The process had seen small amounts of shell-side water, so they knew there was…

End of Code Boundary

Posted on November 5, 2020

A common misconception about pressure vessels is that the scope of the ASME Code ends at the face of any nozzle flange, and therefore anything installed after that gasket face…

Section 232 (Tariffs on Imported Steel and Aluminum) and Section 301 (Tariffs on Chinese Final Products)

Posted on November 5, 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 August…