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 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 | Dec 12, 2022 | Case Studies, Industrial Processes
Issue & Importance A steel plant installed two new boilers and a cogeneration facility for redundancy within their system. The boilers were designed to run on natural gas, as well as a blend of coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, and natural gas. When plant...
by armourvalvedev | Apr 9, 2019 | Case Studies, District Energy
Problem In order to control energy costs, a municipal building was to be connected to an existing district heating system prior to the building starting construction. To complete the connection, the local utility company would have to run two 6-inch district heating...
by armourvalvedev | Nov 30, 2018 | Case Studies, Oil and Gas
Problem: A Canadian oil sands mining and upgrading facility was using globe valves on 8, six-inch injection lines to throttle and control the injection of flocculent to a thickener tank below. Due to the persistently erosive nature of the line media that would destroy...