Benefits of a Specialty Turnkey Service Provider
New Series Introduction: Know Your Metal! At Ward, we work with a wide range of materials—from shiny stainless to stubborn duplex to the occasional high-nickel diva. And while our welders,…
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Benefits of a Specialty Turnkey Service Provider
Know Your Metal (Pt. 2): Stainless Steel – Shiny, but Sensitive! Previously in the Series… In June, we kicked off Know Your Metal with a look at carbon steel—the dependable,…
Expansion Joints in Heat Exchangers
In order to exchange heat, a heat exchanger always has a hot side and a cold side. The hotter fluid can be on either the shell or tube side, but the…
#MetalMarketUpdate – JULY 2025
The ISM Manufacturing PMI registered 49 percent in June, a 0.5-percentage point increase compared to the 48.5 percent recorded in May. The overall economy continued in expansion for the 62nd…
Confined Gasket Joints
The TEMA standard requires gasket joints in all Class ‘R’ heat exchangers to be confined type. What is a confined gasket joint? These are joints that have a solid metal…
#MetalMarketUpdate – JUNE 2025
The ISM Manufacturing PMI registered 48.5 percent in May, 0.2 percentage point lower compared to the 48.7 percent recorded in April. The overall economy continued in expansion for the 61st…
