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What is Predictive and Prescriptive Maintenance Management (PPMM)?
PPMM requires frequent, relevant, quality data with expert analysis that considers historical and adjacent data to provide a reliable indication of the present condition of the asset and predict what to expect for service life if the recent operating conditions...
Butt Weld Panning Holeout Risk and How to Avoid It
The process described for leading edge panning has also been observed downstream of butt welds. Butt welds in field fabricated spools can be misaligned so that there is a down-step in the internal bore going downstream of the butt weld. If one or both pieces...
Leading Edge Panning Holeout Risk
In slurry transport systems a common problem is what is called Leading Edge Panning wear. A small high wear area appears just downstream of the coupler at the 6:00 position at the leading edge of a spool. This wear spot is often 12 to 25 cm long and 12 to 18 cm wide...
Manual vs Auto UT
For Predictive Maintenance Management it is key that the UT thickness source data have excellent accuracy and repeatability. Automatic UT measurements with permanently installed UT sensors provides significant advantages for thickness repeatability. The data below...