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HP Reliability: One pump fire per 1,000 pump repairs
While performing reliability audits decades ago, pump-failure statistics were made available or could be recovered with relative ease. But even then, the sources were usually kept confidential because..
GE acquires machine reliability firm Commtest
GE has announced the acquisition of Commtest, a provider and designer of machinery health information systems. GE Energy’s product line in Bently Nevada, a global leader in condition monitoring, will incorporate Commtest products into its portfolio and enhance an already robust lineup, it said.
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HP Reliability: Tutors can provide answers
As you read this column, much additional data on the nuclear disaster on the east coast of Japan’s main island will have become available. But, the terms safety and reliability will still be on o..
HP Reliability: Oil mist and electric motor windings
We often get questions relating to oil mist and how it affects electric motor windings. For a quick answer, contact us at Gulf Publishing via e-mail. We’ll steer you in the right direction by exp..
Wood Group GTS signs a multi-year service contract for gas turbines
Wood Group GTS has been awarded a contract estimated to be worth up to $4.5 million by Consorcio Camisea to provide overhaul and technical support for eight gas turbines in two Peruvian gas plants.
HP Reliability: Alignment choices have consequences
Optimists tell us about steady industry trends toward reliability-imparting procedures and work processes, while realists continually make us aware of pressures to reduce expenditures. As outside obse..
New line of high-speed aeration blowers
Gardner Denver will integrate Synchrony’s high-speed motors on magnetic bearings into its new Hoffman Revolution line of high-speed aeration blowers for the water and wastewater treatment markets.
Elliott Group wins dual compressor contracts for Ruwais refinery
The residue fluid catalytic cracking unit is the centerpiece of the project. Under contract with the engineering procurement contractor, GS Engineering & Construction, Elliott will provide seven compressor trains, a power recovery expander train and associated auxiliaries. Equipment includes a wet gas compressor, two heat pump compressors, two refrigeration compressors, a propylene compressor and a hot gas expander.
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