Maintenance & Reliability
HP Reliability: Oil mist and electric motor windings
We often get questions relating to oil mist and how it affects electric motor windings. For a quick answer, contact us at Gulf Publishing via e-mail. We’ll steer you in the right direction by exp..
HP Water Management: Passivation in cooling water circuits
Passivation—the formation of a corrosion-resistant oxide on a clean metal surface—is the key to optimizing system reliability on the waterside of heat exchangers. Most plant personnel are aw..
What are the ‘magnificent seven’ elements to successfully pick a contractor?
Valuable pointers help industrial plant managers minimize downtime, maintain quality and safety to improve operations
Mole Master launches abrasive blasting service for bins and silos
Mole Master Services now provides abrasive blasting as an environmentally friendly, cost-effective alternative for cleaning bins and silos across the processing industries.
How to fabricate reactors for severe service
Many critical factors are involved in the design and welding of hydrocracking reactors
HP Reliability: Alignment choices have consequences
Optimists tell us about steady industry trends toward reliability-imparting procedures and work processes, while realists continually make us aware of pressures to reduce expenditures. As outside obse..
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty launches new website
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has published a new corporate website featuring an extensive knowledge section and other enhancements to keep its clients, brokers, business partners, press and any other interested stakeholders abreast of the latest developments in corporate and specialty insurance worldwide.
Avoid condensation-induced transient pressure waves
Case studies give an indication as to probable causes for water hammer
Case 60: Socket-weld failures
A risk analysis can determine which critical welds to repair
HP Reliability: Packing not best practice for firewater pumps
Statistics show that for every 1,000 pump failures in hydrocarbon processing plants, there will be a fire. Fig. 1 shows a typical visible outcome, and the final bill for remedying such disastrous resu..
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