Offshore essential valve material selection challenges
Material corrosion is a significant risk and costly phenomenon in the offshore sector of the oil and gas industry. The offshore environment is a chloride containing marine atmosphere that can cause severe external corrosion of facilities.
Weld purge monitoring: Do it remotely
The exposure to oxygen during the welding process on alloys such as stainless steel will result in discoloration and can severely reduce corrosion resistance properties.
High temperature oxidation resistance: HASTELLOY® X
Hastelloy X® is a wrought nickel base alloy with excellent high temperature strength and oxidation resistance. All product forms of Hastelloy X are excellent in terms of forming and welding.
NAS supplies material to museum in Washington, D.C.
North American Stainless, Acerinox Group's stainless steel plant in the U.S.A., has supplied the material for the construction of more than 10,000 square meters of panels that have been used to clad the building complex of the National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Radiation proves to slow corrosion of some materials
Radiation nearly always degrades the materials exposed to it, hastening their deterioration and requiring replacement of key components in high-radiation environments such as nuclear reactors.
Polyguard Products solution for corrosion problems
ReactiveGel is a unique product in the marketplace. ReactiveGel is applied as a gel, and instead of curing or hardening, it remains in gel form.
What inspections are crucial in an aging facility?
It is vital to ensure the proper inspections are being done at the correct times, especially in a 20+-year-old facility, in order to be sure the entire plant is safe for all operators and workers.
Coating Inspector Program from NACE
An important flagship training program for over 30 years, the NACE coating inspection courses set a high standard for inspections in the protective coatings industry.
The value of in-service non-destructive examinations
Today, non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies are tailored for society to communicate more clearly and efficiently than ever before.
Nippon Steels FeLuceTM wins Good Design Award 2020
Nippon Steel Corporation has been awarded the Good Design Award 2020 by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) for their new product FeLuceTM, which has consequently become the companys first steel sheet to win this prestigious award.