Partial Head Replacement
For October’s segment of “How’d They Do That”, we will focus on a scary (?) problem: Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (Cl-SCC). While mobilized to replace several bottom head nozzles on…
Tag: radiography
Changing Service of Equipment
It is often desirable to change the service of pressure equipment during its lifetime. There can be substantial savings for a new or modified plant process if existing equipment can used…
ASME Section IX – Procedure Qualifications
Last month, we highlighted ASME Section IX weld procedures and want to dive into the procedure qualifications this month. Every weld procedure that a fabricator uses needs to be qualified…
Benefits of a Specialty Turnkey Service Provider – #MetalMarketUpdate – May 2022.
Condenser Re-Tube – A Virginia utility came to Ward with a challenging project to refurbish two large heat exchangers during an outage. There were options for doing them in parallel…
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…
Non-Destructive Testing Methods: Radiographic testing (RT):
Radiographic testing (radiography) is used to detect discontinuities such as porosity, cracks and inclusions in materials or welds. It is performed by placing film or a digital detector on one side of…
