Project Spotlight – Heavily “EXPEDITED” Alloy-625 Clad Vessels
These specification heavy vessels were needed for a turnaround this fall to replace the (4) existing 304SS vessels at the site that were failing. Within a short period of time,…
Insights & News
Section 232 (Tariffs on Imported Steel and Aluminum) and Section 301 (Tariffs on Chinese Final Products)
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…
Best Practice for Welding Duplex Stainless Steels
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)
#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…
#MetalMarketUpdate – September ’20 Newsletter
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
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…
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