Industry News
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Developmental Alloys vs. Established Grades: Assessing Risk in Specifying New Pipe Materials
2026/01/09Developmental Alloys vs. Established Grades: Assessing Risk in Specifying New Pipe Materials As an engineer, project manager, or procurement specialist specifying piping materials, you’re constantly balancing performance, cost, and longevity. T...
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5 Questions to Ask Before Approving a Substitute Alloy for Your Original Pipe Design
2026/01/085 Questions to Ask Before Approving a Substitute Alloy for Your Original Pipe Design A vendor's email proposing a "comparable" or "cost-saving" substitute alloy for your specified pipe material is a common crossroads in project execution. Approving i...
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Creating a Material Selection Matrix for Your Next Aggressive Chemical Pipe Project
2026/01/07Creating a Material Selection Matrix for Your Next Aggressive Chemical Pipe Project Selecting the wrong piping material for aggressive chemical service isn't an engineering oversight—it's a capital project risk with consequences measured in dow...
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Using Corrosion Simulation Software to Predict Service Life of Duplex Steel Pipe Racks
2026/01/06Using Corrosion Simulation Software to Predict Service Life of Duplex Steel Pipe Racks For asset integrity managers and corrosion engineers, pipe racks supporting high-value alloy pipelines represent significant capital investment. When those pipes c...
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Creating a Global Approved Vendor List (AVL) for High-Alloy Pipes: Criteria and Best Practices
2026/01/05Creating a Global Approved Vendor List (AVL) for High-Alloy Pipes: Criteria and Best Practices For engineers, procurement specialists, and plant managers operating across multiple regions, a Global Approved Vendor List (AVL) for high-alloy ...
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Consignment Stock Programs for Critical Alloy Fittings: A Model for Ensuring Plant Uptime
2025/12/31Consignment Stock Programs for Critical Alloy Fittings: A Model for Ensuring Plant Uptime In the high-stakes environment of chemical processing, power generation, or offshore operations, an unplanned shutdown is a financial hemorrhage. Often, the cul...
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Geothermal Power’s Corrosive Challenge: A Case for Titanium-Stabilized Duplex Steel Tubing
2025/12/30Geothermal Power’s Corrosive Challenge: A Case for Titanium-Stabilized Duplex Steel Tubing Geothermal energy promises a constant, weather-independent power supply. Yet, beneath this clean image lies one of the most brutally corrosive environmen...
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Selecting Pipes for Carbon Capture (CCUS) Systems: Handling CO2, Amines, and Impurities
2025/12/29Selecting Pipes for Carbon Capture (CCUS) Systems: Handling CO2, Amines, and Impurities The drive toward carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is creating a new generation of industrial infrastructure. For engineers and project managers, de...
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Passivation of Stainless Steel vs. High-Performance Alloys: A Critical Step for Pipe Cleanliness
2025/12/19Passivation of Stainless Steel vs. High-Performance Alloys: A Critical Step for Pipe Cleanliness In the world of industrial piping, material selection is only half the battle. Specifying a corrosion-resistant alloy like 316L stainless steel or Hast...
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The “Green Death” Solution: How Hastelloy Alloys Resist Chlorine and Hydrochloric Acid at Elevated Temperatures
2025/12/18The “Green Death” Solution: How Hastelloy Alloys Resist Chlorine and Hydrochloric Acid at Elevated Temperatures In the harsh reality of chemical processing, few environments earn a name as fearsome as "Green Death." This isn't i...
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