If you’re running pipes full of oil, you need to be a world-class risk manager. Take Canada’s Enbridge, which transported 14B barrels of crude over a decade with a “safe delivery record” sitting at 99.9993%. That impressive percentage is still 0.0007% too low for their liking. Oil leaks damage the surrounding environment, throw work schedules …
Our three-part reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) series concludes with a close-up look at how RCM runs from day to day. You have risks to define and manage, documentation to write, and workmates to keep on-side with good news. If you need a terminology refresher, see Part One-: Assets, systems, context and failure all mean particular things to …
Our reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) series continues with a close-up look at failure. If you’re wondering how we got here, check Part One’s introduction to RCM and how it fits into your organisation. Later, Part Three will talk more about the running of RCM in your company: The risks you face, documenting RCM, and learning as you go. So far …
Reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) is a solid conceptual framework for maintenance management. For a start-to-finish rundown, there’s a technical SAE standard and even entire books about RCM. This three-part blog series gives you some smart tips to boost the way RCM works for you: Part One introduces RCM with some terms to learn and a look …
When it comes to wear prevention, the approach that you take will vary from someone else’s. It comes down to the use case for your particular pipeline. If your pipeline is transporting slurry, or tailings, for example, you will have a very different approach from someone whose pipeline is simply carrying water. However, polyethylene pipe …
Polyethylene pipe has a lot of benefits: It’s lightweight, it’s easy to handle, it’s non-corrosive and it isn’t going to snap. And if it’s installed correctly, you aren’t going to find yourself with leaking joints. One thing that polyethylene has that other types of pipe don’t have is ductility. You can push poly pipe into …
Using your existing maintenance program, combined with a plan of what you want to achieve, is the simplest place to start. By speaking to a supplier like us, you can achieve your vision over time, without sacrificing either your budget or your management’s goodwill. ###Take a few minutes to think forwards There isn’t any trick …
Are you thinking about replacing your existing pipeline with polyethylene? Well, here’s a story that you’ll find useful. It’s a true story. It will show you why maintenance surprises don’t always come from the places you expect. From GRP to Polyethylene, but not because it was planned. In 2018-19, as Australia found herself in the …
Here is why 90-degree elbows, spigot elbows, are putting the performance of your pipeline at risk: they create friction loss, slowing everything down. And turbulence that will wear out your line much faster. Why your long spigot elbows are a maintenance risk The type of spigot I am referring to is the long spigot elbow: …
Can the right support prevent your pipeline’s shutdown? n polyethylene pipelines, insufficient supports and bracketing can lead to unwanted shutdowns because it causes further problems. The primary cause of those problems is pipe deflection. If a polyethylene pipe is insufficiently supported, you will face a range of issues, including: – buckling – kinks – stretching – tearing – air-locks If …
As Australia’s specialist supplier of PE fittings and piping systems, we recognise the importance of quality and training. At Advanced Piping Systems we offer comprehensive training courses to promote greater industry knowledge, training and best practises for optimum outcomes in the use of PE pipe & fittings throughout the industry. The following nationally accredited courses …
We don’t take chances when it comes to the integrity of storing and packaging our products. At Advanced Piping, we pride ourselves on our product and service standards, all the way down the line to the packaging and delivery. We want to make sure the quality of our products remains the same from the moment …