Author Process Control Team
When designing a leak-free instrumentation system, one of the first
steps to ensuring safety and reliability is to select the right
tubing for the intended application. No system integrity is
complete...
Posted On 01/23/2020
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Author Process Control Team
Mixing high- and medium-pressure fittings or incompatible parts
makes systems unstable, inefficient and potentially dangerous. At
worst, it can cause a potentially fatal explosion. At Parker,...
Posted On 01/21/2020
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Author Process Control Team
Industrial settings with strenuous applications, such as thermal
cycling and vibration, are recognised as some of the toughest
environments for tube fittings. In all cases, such applications
demand...
Posted On 01/06/2020
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Author Fluid Gas Handling Team
Representing up to 40% of the electricity consumed by a company,
compressed air is a fluid with many challenges. Poor management of
this fluid and/or the design of its distribution network results...
Posted On 06/18/2019
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Author Process Control Team
The Ash Probe is a portable instrument for measuring the ash
content of coal, providing the user with highly accurate readings
within seconds. Instantaneous readings can be made of coal quality
on...
Posted On 02/27/2019
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Author Parker Global Team
2018 marked Parker's strongest year of financial performance in the
company's history (view Annual Report in "Related Posts" at the end
of the blog). Our focus on solving some of the world’s...
Posted On 01/15/2019
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Author Process Control Team
The quest to find and retain skilled machinists and engineers is
harder than ever with Eurozone countries experiencing their lowest
ever levels of unemployment. Instrumentation Products...
Posted On 12/04/2018
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Author Process Control Team
Managing emissions is a major challenge for many companies. In
Europe alone, a typical refinery can lose between 600 and 10,000
tonnes of fugitive emissions every year; and the majority of...
Posted On 11/28/2018
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Author Process Control Team
The quick, accurate, and inexpensive measurement of Trihalomethanes
(THMs) creates numerous opportunities to improve the water
treatment process. THM levels can be lowered throughout the
distribution...
Posted On 10/31/2018
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Author Process Control Team
Since the NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) MR0175
standard was updated to ISO status in December 2003, there has been
an air of confusion on what and how products conform to NACE....
Posted On 10/17/2018
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Author Process Control Team
From surgical equipment to cooking pans to skyscrapers, stainless
steel has transformed the world as we know it today. Stainless
steel is present in our daily lives and has made a significant
impact...
Posted On 05/14/2018
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Author Fluid Gas Handling Team
Facility operators in the oil and gas industry have raised concerns
on how to solve their top failure modes: extremely short or
non-existent dry run pump time limits and unacceptable levels...
Posted On 03/29/2018
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Author Process Control Team
If you are an instrumentation engineer designing systems for
offshore oil and gas platforms, you don’t need us to tell you about
corrosion damage. It’s a huge and well-recognized problem,
especially...
Posted On 02/05/2018
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Author Process Control Team
There are many reasons why bolts should be included in the material
specification, particularly in the oil & gas and petrochemical
industry. In this latest blog from the Process Control team,...
Posted On 01/30/2018
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Author Process Control Team
Condensate pots play a key role in maximising the accuracy of
differential pressure flow measurement on steam or vapour
applications. When installed correctly, these simple devices can
significantly...
Posted On 01/17/2018
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Author Parker Global Team
2017 marked Parker Hannifin's Centennial year in business. It
all started back in March of 1917, in a machine shop which built
pneumatic brake systems for trucks, trains, buses and...
Posted On 01/09/2018
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Author Process Control Team
Traditional coal ash sampling and analysis using a laboratory
facility can take a few hours if there is an on-site lab or days if
the samples are sent away for analysis. Using the Parker...
Posted On 12/12/2017
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Author Process Control Team
There are many different industries that work with pressures over
10,000 psi, ranging from the oil and gas industry to laboratories
and waterjet applications. With such high pressures and...
Posted On 11/24/2017
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Author Process Control Team
Of the many transport fuel choices available today, none plays a
more strategic role than natural gas in having an immediate and
major positive economic and environmental impact. But of the two
most...
Posted On 11/15/2017
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Author Process Control Team
In industrial applications where high pressures (over 6,000 psi)
are used, safety is of paramount importance. Even well below these
pressures, precautions are needed to ensure a safe...
Posted On 08/31/2017
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