New technology is enabling a contemporary industrial revolution. Producers of everything from beverages to rocket fuel are clamoring to be the fastest, most efficient, and best in their class. Technological breakthroughs are making it happen. Regardless of what …
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Three Ways to Prevent Gauge Failure from Vibration
| Tony Maupin | Know-howIn more than 250 instrument reviews conducted by WIKA, a staggering 30% of gauges in a typical processing plant required corrective action. That’s one in four gauges. Vibration is one of the most common causes of pressure gauge failure in production facilities, …
How a WIKA Instrument Audit Streamlined a Plant’s Gauge Installations to Improve Reliability, Lower Costs
| Tony Maupin | Know-howA recent case study involving a large chemical processing facility provides useful perspectives on the value of a comprehensive facility instrument audit. It will also give you a good idea of how WIKA's Full Audit Service Team can help you reduce the complexity of …
Preventing Gauge Failure from Ambient Corrosion
| Tony Maupin | Know-howAmbient corrosion is ever present in chemical, petrochemical and refining operations. Plant processes often involve the use corrosive materials that leak trace amounts into their nearby surroundings. Over time, even the lowest concentrations of these corrosive agents …
Gauge Inventory: 3 Ways to Lower Costs, Improve Reliability
| Tony Maupin | Know-howGauge inventory has a way of mushrooming, leaving storerooms stocked with duplicate and obsolete items that can create uncertainty about purchasing and replacing parts. In fact, Instrument Audits of more than 300 processing plants showed that on average a …