Mechanical Engineering | July 11, 2017 Capacity Reduction of a Compression Member with an... A recent review of equipment installed in a power plant found a piping strut that was visibly bent. Would the… Read More
Process Technology | June 24, 2017 Process Safety Management and YOU... Walking the Walk…Management Commitment My assumption is if you are reading this, you have some involvement in, or responsibility for,… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | June 19, 2017 Making Bad Actor Elimination Programs Work... This is the first in a series of Blogs on improving plant reliability programs through improvements in culture, programs and… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | March 30, 2017 Fitness-For-Service API 579-1/ASME FFS-1: Substant... Contributing Authors: Eileen Chant, Greg Epremian, Ranjan Nadarajah, Mark Stonehouse Summarized herein are the substantial changes to API 579-1/ASME FFS-1,… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | February 9, 2017 Loads on Buried Pipe: A 100-Year Old Empirical Fo... The evaluation of the effects of surcharge loads on buried pipes can be addressed using the Iowa formula. This formula,… Read More
Becht News | January 10, 2017 Bob Sims Elected To Board of AAES... The American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) Board of Directors Nov, 3, 2016 elected J. Robert Sims, 2014-2015 ASME President and… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | December 29, 2016 Piping Settlement Screening Tool... Settlement of a pipe support foundation is usually not a big deal to assess. A local piping flexibility model will… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 15, 2016 Storage Tanks – Maintenance & Reliabili... The safe operation, maintenance and reliability of roofs in large tanks, does require special considerations in their design, construction and… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 15, 2016 Risk Based Work Selection (RBWS) – An Essential ... Turnarounds (TA) in refining units are executed periodically, on a planned basis, to meet multiple objectives, such as regulatory compliance,… Read More
Machinery | December 5, 2016 Your Pump’s Mean Time Between Repairs (MTBR)... Many of the tourist spots around the world have panhandlers. Some of the more creative ones stand on street corners… Read More
Process Technology | November 14, 2016 Importance of Codes and Standards for Process Safe... Compliance with the Process Safety Management rule, OSHA 1910.119, is a requirement for plants processing certain highly hazardous materials exceeding… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 14, 2016 Equipment Nozzle Loads... by Greg Hollinger and George Antaki One of the qualification requirements for a piping system is to keep the loads imparted… Read More
Machinery | August 31, 2016 Resolution of Chronic Cooling Tower Fan Vibrations... Traditional rotating equipment mounted at grade use the mass of a foundation and grout to reduce vibration and provide support… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | June 17, 2016 ASME B31.3 – Substantive Changes in the 2016... In addition to the many clarifications, updated references to codes and standards, updates to basic allowable stresses, and added listed… Read More
Machinery | June 15, 2016 “Speed Kills” – An Empirical Association of ... Machinery and reliability people have for a long time observed that when it comes to long life and high reliability,… Read More
