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  1. BillBirch

    Cryogenic Check Valve Testing

    The question has come up in our project as to whether cryogenic cold testing is required for dual plate wafer check valves. Is the testing of these valves common?
  2. BillBirch

    We have better tools, but?

    Recent postings give me a great cause for concern about the lack of knowledge of fundamental principals. One guy writes that he is designing an ROV and wants buoyancy explained. Another is designing a pump and wants to know how to calculate the moment of inertia and then discloses that he...
  3. BillBirch

    3D Viewer

    Just as Adobe Acrobat Reader is the standard, free pdf viewer widely available, is there a similar free 3D viewer available, and if so, what software formats can it read?
  4. BillBirch

    Crimped or swaged pipe fittings.

    Can anyone jog my memory about a system of small bore pipe fittings that I encountered several years ago. The system consisted of fittings with socket ends with an internal fluid o-ring and an external environmental o-ring. Between the o-rings, the bore of the fittings had serrated ridges to...
  5. BillBirch

    Procurement of Gas Compressor Sets

    We are having a debate with our EPC contractor over which party should be the prime supplier for gas turbine driven centrifugal compressor sets, that is, the turbine manufacturer or the compressor manufacturer? Our preference is for the compressor manufacturer to take the lead because of the...

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