In this installment of Weekly Boiler Tips we cover the safest testing frequencies and what you need to know before pulling that lever. May 21, 2025 Testing a relief valve at the wrong time could ...

WASHINGTON — NASAs White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, New Mexico has added a National Board Inspection Code (NBIC)-certified Valve Repair Facility to its array of spacecraft, component ...

Originally embedded in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, today the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants standard for inservice testing ...

Learn about the proper location for those valves, managing blowoff steam and turbine exhaust, and more. Very few deaerators utilize vessels that are not constructed and stamped in accordance with ASME ...

SAN ANTONIO — October 13, 2021 — The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Nitrogen Blowdown Facility has succeeded at recreating the intense conditions of a gas event, making it possible to test ...

Identify components to test: casing head, tubing head, tree body, master/swab/wing valves, chokes, flanged connections, annulus outlets, VR plug threads. Define barriers: primary (tree + tubing hanger ...

The art of creating great cylinder heads includes many different things, but a large portion of it comes from lots of time spent with a grinder in hand and in front of a flow bench, determining just ...

During one of our never-ending technical discussions, Jim Grubbs at Jim Grubbs Motorsports (JGM) suggested that we take a look at the flow difference between 30- and 45-degree valve seats. While ...