Manufacturing pressure vessels is a tricky business and nobody knows that better than the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an organization of professionals that “promotes the art, science and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and Continue reading
There is a reason why we have rules in this world. If you’ve ever taken a history class, you know what happens when a society or group has not yet implemented and enforced a system or that society’s system has been overrun and done away with by revolution, war or Continue reading
When industries need to store and/or transport large quantities of pressurized fluids, they don’t just get a pressure vessel— they get a pressure TANK. Pressure tanks are used by Continue reading
Pressure Vessels image courtesy of Patterson Industries (Canada) Limited.
Pressure vessels are all around us. Most of us don’t realize how often we rely upon them and in how many places and situations they are used– from a spaceship way up in the sky to a submarine at the bottom of the ocean to Continue reading
Stainless Steel Vessels image courtesy of Midwest Imperial Steel Fabrications, LLC.
If I know I am going to have to withstand especially hard conditions– whether it being in the context of winter camping or a first date– I will want to protect myself with the Continue reading
Expansion Tanks image courtesy of Pope Scientific, Inc.
This past summer, my parents had their home’s water heating system replaced out of an attempt to adhere to our neighborhood’s inspiration to “live more green”, one house at a time. As someone who Continue reading
Last month I attended a West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum meeting, and it was at the City of Grand Rapids Wastewater Treatment Plant. What initially sounded like a Continue reading
Air pressure tanks are vital tools for many different areas of life. Without these tanks, numerous industries, such as oil production, nuclear energy and chemical plants, would not be able to function. A good quality, well-working pressure tank is also absolutely necessary in Continue reading
Life is dangerous, unpredictable and many times too big and powerful for us to know how to handle on our own. Without getting into big government versus small government or political points of contention of any kind, I would imagine we can Continue reading
Lubricants are very important for keeping our post-industrial revolutionary world moving. No matter the kind or the intention, lubrications of all sorts are Continue reading