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Maintenance & Reliability

HP Reliability: Unreliability, engineers and lawyers

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

I have often engaged in litigation support. To me, litigation support is a term meaning one might occasionally choose to work for law firms that pay engineers to relate how and why machines function a..

Case 28: Steel component fretting

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

The problem can greatly reduce component fatigue life

HP Reliability: Test your knowledge of machine shop practices for centrifugal pumps

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

This column has often expressed the belief that process plants are lacking in applying fundamentals and that chasing after high-tech solutions makes little sense if a plant has not mastered the basics..

HP Reliability: Configure pump suction piping carefully

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

The purpose of pump piping is to provide a conduit for the flow of liquid to and from a pump without adversely affecting its performance or reliability. However, many pump performance and reliabilit..

Case 27: Brittle fracture concerns on vessels

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Specialists need to understand when they should obtain help

HP Reliability: Consider pregrouted pump baseplates and new grout systems

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Conventional grouting methods for nonfilled pump baseplates are, by their very nature, labor- and time-intensive. Using a pregrouted baseplate with conventional grouting methods helps to minimize some..

Maintaining reliable engineered air

FS-Elliott: Kelley, A.

Consider these factors to ensure a continuous supply

Achieving industry-best asset optimization

Meridium, Inc.: Mitchell, J. S.

Three essential objectives gain the performance level needed to obtain and sustain business success

Centrifugal pump selection and upgrading for revised operating conditions

Reliance Engineers Associates Ltd.: Chaware, D. K.  |  Shukla, D. K.  |  Swamy, R. B.

Consider these options to reduce capital, energy and maintenance costs

HP Reliability: Buy from knowledgeable, cooperative pump vendors

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Selecting from among the many pump manufacturers may be tricky. That said, picking the right bidders may well be an important prerequisite for choosing the best pump. Three principal characteristics i..