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Engineering Services & Re-rates – #METALMARKETUPDATE (MAY, 2024)

Posted on May 23, 2024

Did you know that Ward’s World-Class Engineering Group regularly works in-step with our Field Service Division to help our customers with re-rates on tanks, vessels, and heat exchangers? Often, our…

ASME Key Words

Posted on May 16, 2024

You may have heard the old joke that ASME stands for Always / Sometimes / Maybe / Except. Not true, but it is true that it can be hard to…

#METALMARKETUPDATE – MAY ’24

Posted on May 8, 2024

The ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) in the United States dropped to 49.2 in April 2024 from 50.3 the previous month, significantly below market expectations. This decline indicated a contraction in…

Sometimes, It Just Doesn’t Work Out… Until It Does. #METALMARKETUPDATE (APRIL, 2024)

Posted on April 29, 2024

Designing, manufacturing, installing and commissioning an ASME Pressure Vessel, API Tank or Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger can be an all-encompassing, time-consuming and expensive process. Due to those efforts and…

What is Flange Rigidity?

Posted on April 24, 2024

In the ASME code, Appendix 2 gives the rules and formulas for design of custom flanges (in other words, flanges that are not standard Class 150, 300, etc). Although the…

#METALMARKETUPDATE – APRIL ’24

Posted on April 9, 2024

In March 2024, the ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) in the United States rose to 50.3, up from 47.8 in February, surpassing market expectations of 48.4. This marked the first expansion…