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Benefits and Features of Stainless Steel Super Duplex Flanges
Duplex is a Fe-Ni-Cr alloy dat's got a two-phase ferritic-austenitic stainless-steel microstructure when it's sittin' at room temperature. Combinin' dem austenitic grades and ferritic gives y'all a real advantage. It
What are the Uses of Alloy 20 Pipe?
Alloy 20 is a chromium-iron-nickel-based, austenitic alloy dat comes with mighty fine corrosion resistance in chemical environments. It holds up to sulfuric acid and a whole lot of aggressive media real well. The alloy
8 Materials for Buildin' Flanges
When it comes to flanges, the job is plain and simple – they help beef up the ring, collar, rim, or ridge on somethin' like a pipe, beam, or column. Dem flanges give you dat extra stiffness and stren
How Are Flange Bolts Tightened?
Bolted flange joints get used all over the place in water mains. Dat's exactly why y'all gotta use a proper bolt tightenin' sequence on them flanged joints. Takin' dat precaution helps control the stress variation in fl
ASME B16.5 Flange Pressure Ratings and Classes
ASME B16.5 pressure-temperature ratings by material group and pressure class, 150 through 2500. Rating tables, class definitions, and what the standard covers.
Mistakes Y'all Don’t Want To Make With Flange Fittings
Flanges are amongst the fastest and most secure ways to connect and protect your pipe systems. Usin' flanges adds a whole lot of flexibility to the piping system by lettin' y'all assemble and take 'em apart easier, and gr
Guide to Properly Measurin' Flanges
Flanges are the best and easiest way to connect up your pipes, pumps, and valves. They come in all sorts of different types and shapes. Flanges are in high demand and are the most convenient and cost-effective components
How To Install Flange Covers For Pipe Protection?
While a fella might reckon dat flanges, fittings, and valves can work just fine without usin' flange covers, there's a heap of factors you gotta consider when it comes to protectin' dem flanges and pipes, includin'
The Airline Industry Been Hit Mighty Hard By The Oil Price Plunge
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has damaged the oil and gas industry just as much as it has all the others. The primary effect was a huge and immediate price plunge which threatened to linger for some
Why Them ASTM Standards Matter to Y'all
The use of flanges done grown significantly over time, prominently due to the development of new infrastructures and their need to export gases and liquids. Usually, flanges and pipin' are mighty crucial for
Dem Known Unknowns Of 2021
Like folks say time and time again, and it's mighty true today… the only thing you can count on is change. “Erik Hedborg, senior analyst at commodity firm CRU, told CNBC Friday that China’s strong economic
What Does the $5 Billion Chevron Acquisition Mean For The Oil Industry?
Ain't no event in recent memory led to a crazy rollercoaster in the stock market quite like dat pandemic of 2020. Despite losses in some industries of as much as 40%, many markets have recovered fully and even
What is ‘OPEC'?
Y'all might've heard somethin' on the news lately 'bout OPEC or OPEC Plus, but you ain't quite sure what folks are goin' on about. Other than knowin' it's got somethin' to do with oil, n
What Is Crude Oil?
What's Meant by Crude Oil? Well, dat 2020 decade come in with a bang, I reckon! Seems like ever' month got some breakin' news story. One thing dat was almost overshadowed by all dat overwhelmin' amount of information w
Pipe Flange Pressure Classes Per ASME B16.5
Flange O'Clock: Episode 2. Come on and join our host John Barnett as he explains and shows y'all what pipe flange pressure classes are, and the differences between ever' one of them pressure classes per ASME B16.5: 150
The Coronavirus, The Economy, & The State of Oil & Gas
What is the COVID-19? (Previously referred to as 2019-nCoV or more broadly, the coronavirus) Now, accordin' to the CDC, COVID-19 is a new respiratory virus first identified over in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Barnett VS Strickland: Titans of Industry Collide
The Fight Texas Flange and TowerForce present: This Saturday, February 1st 2020, come witness two middle-aged businessmen duke it out in the name of givin'! After months of strenuous and unwaverin' tr
IPTC and The World Of Oil
Dat new decade is already gettin' the ball rollin' for the global Oil Industry. On January 13th through the 15th, The International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) is holdin' its twelfth annual
