#METALMARKETUPDATE – May ’22
Declining for the second consecutive month, April’s ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) slid to a 55.4 mark from the 57.1 registered in March. Headwinds presented by persistent labor shortages, instability in energy…
Tag: field repairs
Benefits of a Specialty Turnkey Service Provider – #MetalMarketUpdate – April 2022.
Oil Field Contact Tower Repair Ward was recently contracted to remove a 80,000 pound contactor column from its location out of state, transport it to our Charlotte, NC facility, cut…
Benefits of a Specialty Turnkey Service Provider – #MetalMarketUpdate – March 2022.
Most Petrochemical and Refinery Facilities utilize embedded mechanical contractors to handle the day to day maintenance (and sometimes new construction) activities. While this is practical in many situations, often, the…
MDMT and Brittle Fracture
Brittle fracture at low temperatures can be a major problem with carbon steel and many alloys, if not properly considered in the design stage, and verified with testing. Steel is…
Supplemental Process Equipment (“Piping”) – #MetalMarketUpdate – February 2022.
If pumps are the “heart” of your processing system, piping would be the veins and arteries that get your product from one piece of equipment to the next, ultimately transferring…
#MetalMarketUpdate – February ’22
The ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) slipped a bit in January, declining from December’s 58.8 mark to a reading of 57.6. This still marks the 20th consecutive month of expansion in the overall…
