Are your gauges compliant with plant specifications? Perhaps you aren’t aware of what the specifications are. It’s not uncommon. However, gauges are designed to be used under specific conditions. If used outside of those conditions, the lifetime of a gauge can be …
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How Do You Reduce Instrumentation Costs Without Sacrificing Reliability and Safety?
| Tony Maupin | Know-howManufacturers and refiners figured out long ago that there were three primary considerations in their business: cost, reliability, and safety. A successful manufacturing or refining business will have processes in place to monitor all three considerations and will …
Pressure: What You and Your Plant Have in Common
| Tony Maupin | Know-howDownstream petroleum operations require the safe and efficient transport of fluids that are often flammable and toxic. With the proper pressure instrumentation in place, you have accurate, reliable measurements to help identify and correct issues before they can …
How Gauges Act as Alarms for a Predictive Maintenance Program
| Tony Maupin | Know-howAny physician will tell you that preventing illness is much more effective than trying to cure it. The same can be said of the health of your plant. Like a doctor uses diagnostic equipment to identify health issues before they become serious, pressure gauges are …
Prevention Against the Dangers of Fugitive Emissions
| Tony Maupin | Know-howA fire at Chevron’s Richmond, California, refinery last summer may end up costing the company nearly $1 million in OSHA-issued penalties. Thousands of nearby residents were ordered to stay in their homes with the windows and doors closed after a series of explosions …