My company has several facilities which have different standards for line numbering (and even competing systems in the same plant), but all of these are essentially on paper. Although it has been decided to keep these systems as they are, I would like to pull this information into a database...
We have a 7.5-ton air-driven hoist installed in a building which is a classified location (Class I,Group D, Division 2). This hoist was installed at the same time the building was constructed in the mid-1960's. Recently a local crane service company performed a routine inspection and the...
A few days ago I posted a question about testing conduit seals (http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=141712). I have a separate question about conduit seals resulting from the same project referenced in that thread:
Is there a recommended method for removing conduit seals without...
Earlier this year we had an incident where failed conduit seals allowed natural gas to seep from a classified location into an electrical panel in an unclassified area, which caused an explosion. The seals appear to have been improperly installed (bunched wires) and have all been replaced.
I'm...
