A guy on site once said that his wish is for heaven to be the place he most enjoys – a Furnace. Well, that’s contradictory to the idea of heaven – isn’t it? But weirdly though, I can relate. A furnace is a special place when its being repaired or built from scratch. Not to […]
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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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An Inspector has the primary responsibility to be one of clients specialists. We are hired because we can among other ensure standards & specifications as required are maintained. That said; we should be able to understand challenges, fairly evaluate competencies, establish parameters where required and …
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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 safety talk in refractories
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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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Quality Control – done right with PBE Projects, here are 74 rules, do’s, dont’s and activities for an installers QC.
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Shortcuts and innovation, the differences in refractories. Typically shortcuts and poor quality goes hand in hand. The general perception of someone that took a shortcut or, the easy way out, could simply be perceived as them being lazy or as having the – I don’t really care – complacency kind of attitude. It relates to
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