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Maintenance & Reliability

HP Reliability: Consider flexure pivot bearings

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Flexure pivot bearings (Fig. 1) are increasingly found in modern machinery. Modern machining methods make it possible to produce these bearings integral with the bearing shell, which simplifies assemb..

HP Reliability: Preliminaries to a successful reliability strategy

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Not long ago, a dedicated team of reliability professionals met to discuss what it takes to become a "best practices" or "best-of-class" company. In summary, the team considered that top quartile comp..

Prepare machinery repair specifications

Consulting Engineer: Cummings, J.

Modify this reciprocating compressor example for other types of machinery

Overlooked ways to cut gas turbine refurbishment costs

IGT Egineering, Sermatech Technical Services: Curtis, R. L.

Use these techniques to get more for your money

Guidelines aid troubleshooting

Visiting Faculty, Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology: Goyal, O. P.

Here are facts and fallacies related to selecting, installing, operating and maintaining a variety of plant equipment

Quality machinery installation doesn't have to cost more

Sequoia Engineering and Design Associates: Sela, U.

Facilities design tips improve maintenance

HP Reliability: Avoiding electrical damage to bearings

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Major machinery often suffers bearing damage due to shaft currents. Common sources of shaft currents are electromagnetic, static charge buildup and electrical equipment related. Such damage can appear..

HP Reliability: Consider retrofit-free bearing upgrades for your pumps

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Next to mechanical seals, rolling element bearings are the components that fail most frequently in centrifugal pumps. There are many reasons for these failures. Previous columns have highlighted remed..

Reduce corrosion in amine gas absorption columns

Belzona Inc.: Mogul, M. G.

Polymer coating systems provide barriers to protect vital plant equipment against stress-corrosion cracking

HP Reliability: Consider third-party inspection

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

The HPI, as a provider of quality services and products, would like to receive guaranteed quality from its suppliers. Unfortunately, having set high standards for ourselves does not guarantee that oth..