Maintenance — regular and ongoing — is critically important in keeping that oven or dryer safe and in good operational order.

An adage attributed to marketing pioneer John Wanamaker goes like this: “Half of the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is, I don’t know which half.” Maintenance managers in many process manufacturing facilities may feel something similar.

Oven end-users often struggle with equipment that no longer meets their current production or process needs. “Should we replace our existing equipment with a new oven or repair, retrofit or rebuild the existing equipment?” is a familiar refrain. 

As a plant operator, you know that equipment at your facility requires maintenance. You undoubtedly know that thermal fluid heaters need a certain amount of maintenance to ensure safe, trouble-free operation and long life.

A customer was considering using an LAC2-18 benchtop oven from Despatch Industries to cure an adhesive used to mount a high-mass structure to a thick-gauge aluminum plate.

The seminar curriculum is geared toward teaching participants the basics of drying theory through a combination of focused and concentrated lectures.

In honor of Process Heating’s 20th anniversary, we bring you some of the best Top 10 lists we’ve published in our special 10 tips editions.

U.S. Water Services, Cambridge, Minn., is always looking for new tools to make a facility’s boiler system more efficient. One tool is a boiler inspection, which is a thorough checkup of internal and external boiler components in addition to the mandated inspections.