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    Maintenance & Safety

    Electric process heater maintenance considerations

    Patrick Bartell
    April 29, 2019
    Proper procedures involved in testing and maintaining electric process heaters to avoid unplanned failures
    Manufactured frac sand plant. Courtesy of IAC
    Valves & Actuators

    McIlvaine: North America is the largest oil and gas valve market

    Bob Mcilvaine
    April 26, 2019
    Hydraulic fracturing technology continues to open opportunities for valve manufacturers.
    Figure 1. Example of processing pumps Courtesy of TA Cook
    Asset Management

    Developing a pump spare strategy to reduce asset life cycle costs

    Tong Zou
    April 24, 2019
    A comparison of ‘shared spare’ and ‘standby’ strategies
    Cam and groove in application setting. All images courtesy of OPW Engineered Systems
    Pipe, Hose & Tube

    The six stages of coupler evolution

    David Morrow
    April 17, 2019
    Having grown from the basic threaded connection to next-generation dry disconnects, chemical processors now have a wide range of choices for their fluid handling applications....
    Figure 1. Because many industrial facilities already have PLCs for other monitoring operations, maintenance/reliability technicians will often select vibration transmitters as their vibration sensor of choice because the current output can seamlessly interface into the existing system. All images courtesy of IMI Sensors, a division of PCB Piezotronics
    Maintenance & Safety

    Vibration monitoring using a current loop and PLC

    Meredith Christman
    April 15, 2019
    Understanding the scaling options of the typical vibration transmitter

    More content from April 2019

    Figure 1. One bay of the Ross plant in Port St. Lucie, Florida. This facility holds one of the world’s largest inventory of specialty mixers and blenders for immediate rental or purchase. All images courtesy of Charles Ross & Son Company
    Figure 1. Simplified example of a fluid flow facility with multiple communication networks servicing a variety of primary and secondary instrumentation. All images courtesy of TUV SUD NEL
    Instrumentation

    Benefits of condition-based monitoring

    Gordon Lindsay
    April 8, 2019
    Cloud-based computing and data storage and more affordable computing power are increasing the uptake of CBC-based facility maintenance patterns.
    Image courtesy of OTC/Scott Morgan
    News & Notes

    Offshore Technology Conference celebrates 50 years

    Processing Staff
    April 5, 2019
    OTC showcases new technology and networking opportunities for the oil and gas industry.
    Tanasan Sungkaew/Shutterstock/Courtesy of IMI Precision Engineering
    Valves & Actuators

    Solenoid valve reliability in lower power operations

    Collin Skufca
    April 3, 2019
    A direct-acting valve is the best choice for remote locations
    All images courtesy of Emerson Automation Solutions
    Instrumentation

    Coriolis flowmeters for wet gas measurement

    Justin Hollingsworth
    April 1, 2019
    This meter type can help operators ensure optimal recovery and quick response to individual well production issues.