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Understanding the Cost of Failure: An Interview with Robert Bishop –...

When it comes to maintaining critical equipment like valves and pumps, Chemtrade Plant Manager Robert Bishop relies on using modern technologies like ultrasound, thermography, and vibration analysis to determine the cost and impact of failures, a system that works in large and small facilities. By Michelle Segrest - Contributing Editor

Mediating Fugitive Emissions

Environmental engineers are essential to the protection of the environment as well as the health and safety of vital industry workers.

Mediating Fugitive Emissions: An Interview with Carl Anderson

Environmental engineers are essential to the protection of the environment as well as the health and safety of vital industry workers. Their careers are dedicated to ensuring that the integrity of equipment used in industrial processes are up to global standards, and are performing on the frontline against leakage and fugitive emissions.

A Rotating Equipment Editor: An Interview with Dan Heberer

An early interest in machinery brought Dan Heberer into the world of mechanical engineering, which eventually led to a career in rotating equipment and pumping systems. Heberer worked with a long term focus on rotating equipment and gained diverse knowledge of the chemical industry.

What are Cv Values and How Can They Be Used? An...

Ed H. Edwards is the Vice President of HBE Engineering of Three Rivers, Michigan, a supplier of centrifugal pump minimum flow valves and orifices. He has worked in the pump and related equipment field since 1972 and holds a BS from Western Michigan University. He specializes in materials of construction for corrosion and erosion resistance, the proper sizing, selection, installation and maintenance of equipment. By Michelle Segrest - Contributing Editor

Bridging the Knowledge Gap: An Interview with Gary Boles

When conversations concerning pumps, valves, or nuclear power plants arise, Gary Boles is always eager to partake. As a highly experienced Project Manager at EPRI, Boles has had the opportunity to work in a number of positions within the power industry.

A Lifetime of Learning: An Interview with Paulo Luman

The industries are always changing, always evolving, whether is it oil and gas, petrochemical, energy, or wastewater. To ensure success, Paulo Luman knew that he needed to be open to new technologies, new processes, and new solutions that would come into his workplace as the time passed.

Assessing Equipment Integrity Risks: Interview with Collin Phillips

Collin Phillips is a Mechanical Engineer who works with the fixed equipment integrity of crude distillation and delayed coking units. He applies ASME codes and API standards for new equipment and repairs for ExxonMobil. Every day he prioritizes and assesses equipment integrity risks.

Very Cold Valves – The Diverse World of Industrial Gases: An...

Fred Schweighardt is a National Project Leader and International Expert for Airgas, an Air Liquide Company based out of Houston, Texas. In this capacity, he applies his extensive welding background to industrial gas applications in fabricating and manufacturing markets.

Very Cold Valves – The Diverse World of Industrial Gases: An...

Fred Schweighardt is a National Project Leader and International Expert for Airgas, an Air Liquide Company based out of Houston, Texas. In this capacity, he applies his extensive welding background to industrial gas applications in fabricating and manufacturing markets.