Maintaining written operational procedures establishes the specifics of the procedures in written form as they were developed and intended to be followed. Without the written word, even if the ...

Mike Smart, IFPA chairman, explained that this decision was taken in the interest of ensuring consistent quality installations. IFPA was formed by SAPPMA to expand regulation of the plastic pipe ...

The Installation and Fabrication Plastics Pipe Association (IFPA) has announced that it will be qualifying welding procedures and weld jobs performed by its members going forward. Mike Smart, IFPA ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Mechanical contractor and fabricator Andy J. Egan Co. (Egan) has a reputation for being an innovator within the industry. From its world-class fabrication shop to cutting-edge ...

Innovative welding techniques can produce consistently better-quality joints. Special alloys, appropriate pre- and post-weld heat treatment, and proper weld procedures can all help prevent ...

Welding Method 7 (WM7), which was supported by an extensive set of research experiments led by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), was approved in March 2020 by the National Board Inspection ...

Welding creates problems for fleet managers because construction equipment does not fall into a neat category. A welder cannot qualify a hard-facing procedure to a structural steel welding code, for ...