by armourvalvedev | May 16, 2024 | Case Studies
Issue & Importance A project engineer at a chemical manufacturing plant depended on a particular brand of line blinds for pipeline isolation. Faced with sourcing challenges they opted to discontinue use. In search of alternatives, they turned to another brand of...
by Core Marketing | May 19, 2022 | Case Studies, Chemical/Petrochemical
Issue & Importance A Canadian methanol producer was using a line blocking system designed when the plant was originally built in the 1970s. At least two workers were required to spread the pipe at a flange in order to put the blocking system in place. When the...
by armourvalvedev | Oct 16, 2018 | Case Studies, Chemical/Petrochemical
Problem: In 2003, Armour Valve received an urgent call regarding a fire that had taken place in a customer’s lubricants plant. The plant had been offline since the August blackouts that left millions in Ontario and the northeastern United States without power. When...
by armourvalvedev | Sep 11, 2018 | Case Studies, Chemical/Petrochemical
Problem: A Canadian ethylene plant, originally built in the 1980s, underwent several expansions as market demand for ethylene grew in the plastics industry. Valves from a variety of manufacturers, often purchased on a best price basis, were installed in the heater...