Declining slightly from March’s 64.7 reading, the April ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) maintained a healthy 60.7 mark, still indicating solid expansion since the sharp contraction in April of 2020. Of concern, however, is the chorus…
Ward’s 2D and 3D Drawing Capabilities Eliminate Mistakes Before They Happen. Engineers fabricating equipment for the CPI, Oil & Gas, and associated industries have depended on two dimensional drawings in…
Mechanical Integrity (MI) can be defined as the management of critical process equipment to ensure it is designed and installed correctly and that it is operated and maintained properly. MI…
The March ISM Manufacturing Index (PMI) jumped to a 64.7 reading, the highest level since December of 1983. Besting February’s 60.8 mark, March’s report indicated that 17 of the 18 industries…
March 2, 2021 – Process Heating Magazine Key Considerations for Tube-End Joint Design | Process Heating (process-heating.com) FIGURE 1 (Cover Photo). Manual welding of stainless-steel tube-ends enables better control…
Ultrasonic Testing (UT) is a volumetric testing method that can detect flaws inside a material without them being open to the surface. Several different forms of UT are commonly used,…
