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Tag: field repairs

Prepare Yourself: Some Equipment Can’t Be Saved (Part 4)! – #MetalMarketUpdate – February ’21

Posted on February 12, 2021
Heat Exchanger Re-Tube Gone Bad, Then Good Again. As we have been discussing, there are times when it is not possible to effectively repair a piece of equipment. This particular…
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Prepare Yourself: Some Equipment Can’t Be Saved (Part 3) – #MetalMarketUpdate – January 2021

Posted on January 20, 2021
Last month, we continued our discussion about how some equipment just can’t be revived and referenced an actual ongoing project. The head had suffered from Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) under…
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Prepare Yourself: Some Equipment Can’t Be Saved (Part 2)! #MetalMarketUpdate – December 2020

Posted on December 15, 2020
Last month, we talked about how some equipment just can’t be revived. Recently, Ward was asked to help a good customer with a leaking half pipe on a pressure vessel…
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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…
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Top Seven Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Failure Mechanisms (#7 – Poor Design)

Posted on October 6, 2020
#7 – Poor Design “Poor Design” could mean a lot of things in the world of heat exchangers. It’s critical to understand all the things that factor into the design…
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Tight Tolerance Portable Machining

Posted on March 16, 2020
Do you find yourself frustrated with your current supplier of on-site machining services or do you have a piece of equipment that needs repairing but has proven difficult or impossible…
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