General Procedures
Corrosion Scale Analysis for Piping Specimens
Municipal drinking water pipes are susceptible to corrosive scale and lead leaching from the pipe walls. A scale analysis can determine the...
Causes and Prevention of Corrosion on Welded Joints
A welded joint can have a low resistance to corrosion. Find out what factors cause this and how you can prevent corrosion on welded joints.
Coring: How to Properly Remove This Damaging Alloy Defect
Coring: How to Properly Remove This Damaging Alloy Defect to Prevent Corrosion and Improve the Metal's Mechanical Properties
10 Key Benefits of Case Hardened Steel
Among other benefits, case hardened steels provide a hard, outer surface with a soft ductile core, with the capacity for toughness and the...
Stick Welding: A Comprehensive Guide to a Very Popular Welding Process
Stick welding, also known as shielded metal arc welding, manual metal arc welding or flux shielded arc welding, is an electric arc welding...
Integrity Management: How Ultrasonic Inline Inspection (ILI) Technology Enhances Safety
Conventional pressure testing poses many risks to the pipeline, the environment and nearby workers. Ultrasonic inline inspection (ILI), on...
Quality Assurance in the Coatings Industry: A Job Description
Quality assurance specialists are usually employed or subcontracted by an asset owner. In the paint and coatings industry, they verify that...
Metallizing 101
Metallizing is a general term used to describe the process of applying a metallic coating on the surface of an object. It involves several...
Important Facts You Might Not Know About Copper Patina
A basic overview of the patina layer that forms during the atmospheric corrosion of copper and its alloys. How the patina forms and how to...
Quality Control: Protect Your Pipelines with Active Corrosion Protection
Active corrosion protection is so named because the metal’s surface is allowed to come into contact with corrosive elements while...
Stress Concentration: Top 4 Tips to Reduce Stress Concentration in Machine Parts
Stress concentration reduction in machine parts usually involves providing a smooth path for stress to flow through the component. This can...
A Look at Digital Radiography for Corrosion Inspection
Digital radiography uses X-ray radiation and is faster, safer and more efficient than conventional film radiography, thus making it an...
Calculating Tensile Stress: Why It Needs to Be Done Now
Calculating and measuring tensile stresses are vital in predicting the behavior of various types of materials. Designers and engineers...
Ice Pigging: The Benefits to Using This Icy Pipe Cleaning Method
Benefits of ice pigging include reduced water use, shorter disruptions, less downtime, lower probability of pipe damage, and minimal...
Understanding the 3 Types of Tensile Strength
The three types of tensile strengths are yield, ultimate, and fracture strength. Each of these mechanical properties defines the various...
Ultrasonic Crack Inspection: How to Avoid Pipeline Failures
Ultrasonic technology uses sound waves to detect cracks and other pipeline defects. The early identification of these cracks is essential...
QUIZ: Pipeline Crack Inspection (15 Questions to Test Your Knowledge)
The integrity of pipeline networks is threatened by cracks and other defects generated during manufacturing, installation and operation of...
Emergency In-Situ Repair Problems & Surface-Tolerant Solutions
A new fast-cure, polymeric epoxy-based emergency repair composite provides excellent adhesion without intensive surface preparation, grit...
An Overview of Welded Joint Corrosion: Causes and Prevention Practices
Corrosion in welded joints is caused by a combination of manufacturing and metallurgical factors, including deficient weldment design, poor...