March/April 2004 Inspectioneering Journal Article Index

• ASME Post Construction Subcommittee on Repair and Testing

  March/April 2004 Inspectioneering Journal By John Reynolds at Intertek ASME has an active Post Construction Committee (PCC) for generating standards for in-service inspection. As such, the ASME is no longer just a "new construction" standardization organization. The Subcommittee on Repair and Testing now has 23... Continue reading...

• Considering Buying Linked Inspection Database Management and RBI Programs?

  March/April 2004 Inspectioneering Journal By Greg Alvarado at Inspectioneering Journal Data management is an important issue in today's world. We have data all over the place. Every manager is looking for ways to migrate data from platform to platform to save on the cost of re-gathering data and ways to share output from various... Continue reading...

• Is Furnace Tube Temperature Measurement an Impossible Task?

  March/April 2004 Inspectioneering Journal By Mark Badrick at Bahrain Petroleum Company The title question is often asked and more often than not, impossible to answer. This paper follows on from a previous discussion (Inspectioneering Journal Volume 4 Issue 1 Jan/Feb 1998) relating to the difficulties arising whilst attempting to... Continue reading...

• New From the American Petroleum Institute (API) - API RP 571

  March/April 2004 Inspectioneering Journal API Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry Continue reading...

• RBI - Eliminating Misconceptions and Misapplications

  March/April 2004 Inspectioneering Journal By Greg Alvarado at Inspectioneering Journal In the early days (circa 1988-1991) of introducing the petroleum refining and chemical industries in the US, to the idea that RBI implementation could be valuable many fell into the trap of focusing on how much money could be saved, to the exclusion... Continue reading...