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There are tons of Training and Coaching opportunities.

PBE Projects has a training service offer, but so does tons of other companies. I think you should join them all! Ours is called QUALITY AND INSPECITON TRAINING. There are specialists whom have been doing it for donkeys years, and some I would recommend in a heart beat. And yes, to many it may seem […]

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Introduction to refractories

Introduction to Refractories for maintenance, operations and support teams.

Introduction to Refractories for maintenance, operations and support teams Effectively I am saying that this is an introduction to refractories for those less acquainted with some important details of refractories. The objective is to give a very basic outline of Refractories in general, with more specific references made to Petro Chem. Reforming and the related

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PBE Projects Waste heat boiler paper.

Refractories in Reforming Waste Heat Boilers.

Refractories in Reforming Waste Heat Boilers. © Pieter Barnie Enslin. This paper focuses on refractories in (WHB’s) Waste Heat Boilers, specifically in the Petrochemical Reforming (ATR) Auto Thermal Reformers, and (GHHER) Gas Heated Heat Exchange Reformers. SMR’s (Steam Methane … ) and to some extent SRU’s (Sulphur Recovery … ) and other related units may

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Refractory anchors waiting for material

Google, refractories, money and people.

During a few challenging weeks, mainly related to late delivery of … – well, everything! It became apparent that schedule compromise was so severe, it resulted in critical cost issues, which was now at the forefront of how decisions are made. In fact, it’s always about the money, isn’t it? Anyway – it didn’t help

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PBE Projects Quality & inspection Refractory Services

PBE Refractory Inspections (API936)

API 936 is a widely recognized standard developed by the American Petroleum Institute (API) for the inspection, testing, and use of refractory materials in the petrochemical and refining industries (the standards are applicable to a much wider scope of industries though). It provides guidelines and recommendations for the installation & inspection of refractory linings in

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