Tag: end-user
Know Your Equipment: An Interview with George Corfield – Mining Engineer,...
George Corfield is a professional Maintenance and Operations Manager and Mining Engineer, with more than 20 years of experience. His expertise lies in problem solving, operations, cost analysis, and strategic planning. Corfield works from his Mesa, AZ, USA office and uses his skills and experience to consult companies in organizing and coaching teams to affect solutions and solve complex problems in maintenance, equipment rebuilding, mineral and chemical processing, and asset management.
Solving Problems Unique to Various Industries
A customer-oriented approach combined with experience in a variety of industries has
helped Tolsa Arslan become an expert in maintaining and servicing a variety of pumps and valves and other hydraulic equipment. By Michelle Segrest - Contributing Editor
Engineering at Sea and on Land with ExxonMobil
Running the engineering department on an aircraft carrier during the first Gulf War prepared Bruce Ames for a lifelong career that kept him busy in all types of industries— paper, power, trucking, and more. Now, a lubrication engineer with ExxonMobil, he uses his diverse skills to develop programs to help his customers save money, energy, and time. By Michelle Segrest - Contributing Editor
Cadillac-days are Gone in Offshore Exploration
Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly challenging as the days of 100 dollar per barrel are gone, at least for the time being.
APS: Training the Nuclear Industry’s Next Generation
For more than 130 years, the Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has powered
Arizona’s growth, prosperity and innovation. APS continues to be the state’s
largest and longest serving electric utility, providing 2.7 million people with safe and
reliable energy. Palo Verde Generating Station is the largest source of carbon-free electricity in the United States, with 6,400 MW of generating capacity and one gigawatt of renewable energy. By Candace Allison & Sarah Bradley
ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants – Energy Efficient Engineering
When it comes to working with customers to solve lubrication and engineering problems, Adam McMurtrey relies on a lifetime of experience that goes all the way back to his childhood. For ExxonMobil’s Mobil Serv program, he works closely with industries ranging from lead mines to chicken rendering plants—always with energy efficient lubrication at the forefront of every solution. By Michelle Segrest, Contributing Editor
Acceptable Risk
Valve World Americas had the pleasure of speaking to John-Paul Schmidt, Piping
Stress Leader at Dow Chemical, about working with clients to design projects, calculating
risk, common challenges with equipment, as well as the best and most challenging
aspects of the job.
By Jody Hewitt
Isolate the Problem to Solve the Problem
A small company president’s role involves much more than sitting in a corner office. Jody Millsap gets his hands dirty. “My personality is not that I can be content sitting in an office,” he said. “I like to interact with the customers, help with sales calls and getting my hands on the equipment. President is just a title. You have to be a jack of all trades. I like to be out doing stuff and staying busy.”
By Michelle Segrest - Contributing Editor
BASF’s MVV Phase 3 Takes Valve Procurement to the Next Level
As the world’s largest chemicals company, BASF operates hundreds of sites in over eighty countries. Making sure these sites – which are often highly integrated – run safely and efficiently is naturally critical to BASF’s profitability in highly competitive global markets. Strategic procurement initiatives are therefore in place that both safeguard the supply of valves as well as reduce the total cost of ownership, explains Mr. Holger Suhren, Global Category Manager Valves. By David Sear
Turning challenges into solutions for the future
In the June issue of Valve World Americas, we share our interview with the Mechanical Systems Engineer, Mr. David Wilhite.