News & Technical Articles

September 15, 2026 • 29 min read

Pipes, valves, flanges and process equipment for Morocco — OCP phosphate complexes, desalination, renewables and ports, eight days by sea from Turkey.

September 13, 2026 • 21 min read

Weld overlay and clad plate explained: Inconel 625 overlay, roll-bonded and explosion-bonded clad, dilution control and iron content limits.

September 11, 2026 • 23 min read

Instrumentation selection: Coriolis vs electromagnetic vs ultrasonic flow, radar and DP level, pressure transmitters, RTD vs thermocouple and SIL.

September 09, 2026 • 20 min read

Wastewater equipment explained: bar screens, grit removal, clarifiers, aeration blowers and diffusers, MBR, DAF and sludge dewatering, with sizing.

September 07, 2026 • 19 min read

Boiler and cooling water chemistry explained: ASME control limits, blowdown, cycles of concentration, scale and corrosion control and deaeration.

September 05, 2026 • 20 min read

Steam trap types compared: thermodynamic, float, inverted bucket, thermostatic and bimetallic, with sizing, safety factors and failure detection.

September 03, 2026 • 19 min read

Industrial insulation compared: mineral wool, calcium silicate, cellular glass, aerogel and PIR, with thickness calculation and CUI prevention.

September 01, 2026 • 21 min read

Refractory for furnaces and reactors: dense vs insulating castables, firebrick classes, anchoring and dryout schedules that prevent spalling.

August 30, 2026 • 20 min read

Pipeline pigging explained: utility pigs, gel pigs, smart pigs and ILI tools. Launcher and receiver design, piggability rules, 1.5D bends and barred tees.