Mechanical Engineering | January 10, 2019 Grade 91 Steel – How Did We Get Here? Part 1... This blog is the first part of a 3-blog series. To view the rest of the story click HERE for… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 10, 2019 Grade 91 Steel – How Did We Get Here? Part 2... Read Part 1 Part 2: Type IV Cracking and Inspectability The current concerns with Grade 91 are fundamentally and firmly… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 10, 2019 Grade 91 Steel – How Did We Get Here? Part 3... Read Part 1 or Read Part 2 Part 3: Allowable Stresses While inspectability has been at the center of recent… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | December 19, 2018 Restoring High-Energy Piping System Performance by... "When You're Stuck, You're Stuck" Over years of normal operation - like cycling and wear and tear - High Energy… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | December 3, 2018 ASME B31.3 – Substantive Changes in the 2018... In addition to the many clarifications, updated references to codes and standards, updates to basic allowable stresses, and added listed… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | November 25, 2018 Basics of Design By Analysis in ASME Section VIII,... How hard can it be? I’ve heard from several (unnamed) analysts that because they have access to an FEA program… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | November 18, 2018 How To Quantify And Evaluate Oil Storage Tank Annu... In the past ten years, there have been a few oil storage tank annular plate failures due to soil side… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | November 4, 2018 Do I Have to Replace My Bulged Pressure Vessel?... There are a variety of conditions an in-service component (e.g. vessel, tank, piping) can be found in. The purpose of… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 30, 2018 Elastic Follow-up Can Result in Failures in System... The analysis procedures in the Code essentially assume that the strain range in the system can be determined from an… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 17, 2018 Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Transfer Line Flexi... FCC’s are complex units - and the design of their transfer lines has some unique considerations. While many of the… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 10, 2018 Risk Assessment of Refinery Hydroprocessing Unit R... Cracking of REAC Duplex Stainless Steel Failures of Refinery Hydroprocessing Unit REACs made of 2205 DSS have in some cases… Read More
Becht News | April 16, 2018 Becht Welcomes Fronek Power Systems Team... The engineering consulting operations of Fronek Power Systems LLC (FPS) are now part of Becht Engineering, effective January 26th, 2018.… Read More
Becht News | March 29, 2018 Becht’s Trevor Seipp Named ASME Fellow... Becht Engineering would like to congratulate Trevor Seipp, M. Sc., P. Eng. for recently being named an ASME Fellow in… Read More
Becht News | February 6, 2018 Becht Acquires Fronek Power... Becht Engineering Acquires Fronek Power Systems The engineering consulting operations of Fronek Power Systems LLC (FPS) (www.fronekpower.com) are now part… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | January 25, 2018 Five Keys to a Cost-Effective Repair/Modification ... : Process: Does the repair change the process chemistries, physics (fluid phase), and thermo-hydraulics (flow rates, pressures, temperatures)? Does the… Read More
