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The Biggest Cost Savings Related to Shaft Alignment by Stan Riddle, VibrAlign

Plant engineers sometimes ask how to best justify purchasing a precision laser alignment tool and training.  My first answer is usually to point to a pump in the plant, and […]

Predictive Maintenance Using Today’s Technology

Implementing a PDM program can be tough, In today’s manufacturing world. Despite the proven success of many programs many companies that have been operating the same way for over 50 years and […]

VibrAlign: Checking Alignment as Part of A Preventative Maintenance Procedure

An often overlooked use for precision shaft alignment tools is to utilize them as part of a preventative maintenance (PM) program.  Performing alignment testing regularly on critical machines can help […]

Elastomer Failure Modes – PPE

This paper highlights the main Elastomer Failure Modes and suggested corrective actions.  •Compression Set •Pressure Extrusion •Rapid Gas Decompression •Thermal Extrusion/Thermal Expansion •Thermal Degradation •Low Temperature Effects •Chemical Degradation •Volume Swell […]

EASA: Understanding O-rings in the repair Process

One drip per minute amounts to about a liter (quart) of water in 3 days.  It that’s a leak rate for an O-ring on a submersible pump, that’s a big […]

Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) Case Study

CB&I utilizes General Rubber’s in-line pressure balanced and other conventional rubber expansion joint designs for their EPC contracts at VC Summer and Plant Vogtle Nuclear Generating Stations. General Rubber Corporation (GRC) understands […]

Neptune – Optimizing Performance In Industrial Wastewater Treatment

This white paper will illustrate how an integrated wastewater-treatment system, with many different types of equipment working hand-in-hand—specifically metering and peristaltic (hose) pumps, and polymer makedown systems—can be used in […]

Innovative New Paradigm for the Rotary Lobe Pump

With a history of engineering innovation, NETZSCH rethought the current state of rotary lobe pump design and pushed it into a new paradigm that challenged conventional wisdom. Download this paper […]

Design Features in Piping Expansion Joints

This is a paper presented at The American Power Conference. It is a good reference for understanding the incredible performance improvements that can be achieved when advanced materials and technologies […]

Environmental Award

We are proud of an environmental award we earned from the Fluid Sealing Association and Chemical Engineering magazine for submitting the linked case study on this project. Similarly, supplying original equipment into […]

Expansion Joints: Growing The Technology

Advanced materials and innovative technology has transformed a common product into something extraordinary, further raising industry standards. This article was written by Jane Alexander and first appeared in Maintenance Technology. […]