July/August 1995 Inspectioneering Journal Article Index

• An Engineering Critical Assessment of a Service-Damaged Pressure Vessel

  July/August 1995 Inspectioneering Journal By Dr. John Bowker at Metals Technology Laboratories, CANMET, and Russell Orr at Metals Technologies Laboratories, CANMET Petrochemical and energy utility industries require a methodology which will allow them and the governing regulatory authorities to make technical and financially sound decisions for the repair or replacement of pressure vessels which suffer damage... Continue reading...

• API Committee on Refining Equipment - Benchmarking Survey Results - Pressure Equipment Inspection

  July/August 1995 Inspectioneering Journal By John Reynolds at Intertek Late in 1994, the API surveyed their committee on refining equipment members in order to provide benchmarking information on the extent of Pressure Equipment Inspection (PEI) activities and programs underway at member companies. Continue reading...

• Erosion/Corrosion Wear Detection for Fossil Power Plants at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

  July/August 1995 Inspectioneering Journal By Joseph M. Mazzeo Eight years ago PG&E began a program for its fossil plants for early detection, repair and prevention of Erosion/Corrosion (E/C) failure mechanisms. Since its inception, hundreds of worn piping components have been detected and repaired before... Continue reading...

• Inspection Data Management: The Connection With RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance)

  July/August 1995 Inspectioneering Journal By Curtis Plumlee at Plumlee Associates, Inc. One thing is certain - major changes in maintenance programs are being implemented in process plants. These changes are spawned by an increased demand for equipment availability, longer, safer run-times and government and industry compliance. Continue reading...

• Remote Internal Inspection of Coke Drums

  July/August 1995 Inspectioneering Journal By Rick Clark at CIA Inspection Inc. Delayed coker vessels experience severe loading sequences as they are routinely filled with hot liquid product (approx. 9000 F) and quenched to ambient temperature in a relatively short time period. The industry trend is to shorten the operating... Continue reading...

• So You are Considering On-Stream Inspection Technologies... Have You Thought it Through?

  July/August 1995 Inspectioneering Journal By Greg Alvarado at Inspectioneering Journal With miles of piping and tons of equipment to consider for on-stream inspection or monitoring you probably have: Continue reading...