Brian R. Macejko, P.E.: About the Author
Team Lead for the Mechanical & Structural Engineering Team, The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
Mr. Macejko is a Principal Engineer in the Mechanical and Structural Engineering Business Unit of The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. He is also an active member of the ASME/API Joint Committee on Fitness-For-Service, API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 (API 579). Mr. Macejko brings experience as both an owner-user and consultant providing engineering support to the refining, oil & gas, petrochemical, and chemical industries. The primary focus of his experience has been on the design, maintenance/repair, failure analysis, and Fitness-For-Service activities for fixed equipment.
Prior to joining Equity Engineering, Mr. Macejko worked as a Maintenance Engineer at a petroleum refinery and as a Reliability Engineer at an inorganic chemical facility. His duties included providing engineering technical support with inspection tasks, failure root cause analyses, Fitness-For-Service evaluations, and general maintenance activities during plant turnarounds, unplanned shutdowns, and routine day-to-day operations.
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Published Articles
Common pitfalls in gathering inspection data using a case study where additional data gathering resulted in a significant improvement in FFS results.
This article provides an overview of brittle fracture, details on several industry failures, and a summary of deficiencies and concerns with current published methods for screening susceptibility of equipment to potential brittle fracture failures.