by admin | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Some patents for FRP manufacturing go back to the 1940’s and 1950’s. FRP has been used in industrial service for tanks and piping for over 45 years. That’s a long time, and in services from seawater to chlorine dioxide to sulfuric acid. Having success in a variety of...
by admin | Jun 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Calculating the Specific Gravity (SG) of a substance is easy. It is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of water, The formula is SG = d (density of the substance)/ d (density of water). But, while calculating the SG of a substance only requires...
by admin | Apr 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
In today’s world of “just in time” scheduling for maintenance or replacement of equipment, it is critical to have good historical inspection data to reduce the risk of unexpected failure. Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) equipment such as storage...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
To see the original Charleston Gazette article, click here. According to a report in the Charleston Gazette, the West Virginia DEP’s new “law requires all tanks to be registered with the DEP and sets up requirements for tank safety, spill prevention and...
by admin | Sep 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Although a relative newcomer to the mineral/metal processing industry, fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) has been a material of construction for piping and process equipment for more than 50 years. Some of the first installations of FRP piping were for handling...
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