Archive for the ‘Reliability’ Category

Equipment Failure Modes

Monday, October 12th, 2009

An existing equipment in a refinery may display flaws/damages that either existed during manufacturing or were induced during service. Let us briefly look at pre-service flaws and service-induced deterioration. Pre-Service Flaws Equipment flaws from pre-service lifetime are often discovered during in-service inspection because in-service inspection techniques are much detailed than during original ...