By notcpah|2016-12-27T21:20:45+00:00December 27, 2016|Projects|Comments Off on Flanged & Flued heavy wall expansion joints for acid gas service. These have a high corrosion allowance and are repairable.
By notcpah|2016-12-14T18:37:51+00:00December 14, 2016|Projects|Comments Off on Absorber Recycle Pump concentric reducer expansion joints with internal tie rods
By notcpah|2016-10-12T23:58:53+00:00October 12, 2016|Projects|Comments Off on This is a failed test-splice on a PTFE (Teflon) single-ply expansion joint belt. If you use a heat-seal iron like the one in this photo you might want to replace it with a smaller, hotter iron. A 120V extension cord can only provide so much current, so concentrate it in one spot instead of spreading it out!
By notcpah|2016-10-07T04:42:58+00:00October 7, 2016|Projects|Comments Off on The ball joints at concentrating solar plants (solar trough system) are at risk of leaking HTF (dowtherm), causing unmonitored emissions. You can replace leaky, high-maintenance ball joints with specially designed expansion joints. In this instance we can replace 3 ball joints with just 1 expansion joint.
By notcpah|2016-08-26T18:19:12+00:00August 26, 2016|Projects|Comments Off on Quicklime (calcium oxide) silo with an old expansion joint that’s been patched with silicone and Teflon. It’s time for this one to be replaced to keep quicklime from plugging up behind the expansion joint and leaking or failing entirely.
By notcpah|2016-08-07T00:40:33+00:00August 7, 2016|Projects|Comments Off on This is a copper smelter converter aisle. The casting and anode furnaces have expansion joints which connect the air intake while still allowing the furnace to move and rotate.
By notcpah|2016-07-19T22:38:16+00:00July 19, 2016|Projects|Comments Off on A Proco rubber expansion joint on a #powerbuoy generator by Ocean Power Technologies
