Valve Maintenance
Fugitive Emissions: Why Do We Need to Control Them and How Do We Control Them?
Fugitive emissions or FEs are the unintended release of gases and vapors from pressurized systems into the environment. Carbon dioxide is the primary ...
What Are Fugitive Air Emissions?
The Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) reports that US emissions have been dropping since their peak in 2007. Transportation, electric pow...
Global Mining Review: Gearing Up - The importance of open gear lubricants and how to optimise their performance.
Open gear lubricants are an essential component of virtually all mineral and metal mining and processing operations. They are us...
Why Do Bolts and Nuts Come Loose?
Whether a simple nut and bolt connection, an HDD sub saver connection or oilfield casing connection, there are millions of critical threaded connectio...
What is a Threadlocker and when to use one?
A threadlocker is a hard-setting sealant and adhesive compound used to lock threaded connections. Between all industries, home and DIYers, there are m...
Machinery Lubrication: Grease Guns Explained - The Grease Gun: Applications, Uses and Benefits
The grease gun is one of the most common tools you'll see in your shop or manufacturing plant. It's likely something you use regularly without much th...
Petro-Tape™ & Petro-Tape™ Nickel Industrial Grade PTFE Thread Seal Tape
PETRO-TAPE INDUSTRIAL GRADE PTFE THREAD SEAL TAPE Rugged, inert and highly resistant tape made of pure, virgin polytetrafluoroethylene. It withstan...
Best practices for grease lubricating your equipment
A grease lubricated bearing can be manually applied, automatically (semi or fully) applied, or lubricated for the life of the bearing. While many bear...