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Glass-Lined Equipment
- What operational and design criteria need to be considered when specifying a glass-lined reactor?
- What are the advantages of using glass-lined equipment?
- What are some best practices for working with glass-lined equipment?
- What temperature range should glass-lined equipment be expected to serve?
- What are some handling precautions and tips for unloading, rigging, and transferring glass-lined vessels?
- What are the main benefits of glass-lined steel?
- What are some tips for working inside glass-lined vessels?
- How are the level measurement marks made on agitators?
- Why are glass lining color options blue and white?
Damage
- What are some best practices for avoiding damage in glass-lined equipment?
- What are the different types of thermal failures that can occur in glass-lined equipment?
- What are different types of chemical attack that can occur in glass-lined equipment?
- What are different types of mechanical failures that can occur in glass-lined equipment?
- What are different types of electrical failures that can occur in glass-lined equipment?
Reactors
- What are different models of glass-lined reactors?
- What are the benefits of systemizing glass-lined reactors?
- What’s the main differences between the range of De Dietrich reactors?
- What are the benefits of glass-lined steel reactors?
- How are glass-lined vessels made?
- What are the advantages of automating your reactor?
- What can I do to automate my reactor?
- How many layers are there in glass lined reactor and what are those and their thickness
- What are combination glass/glass-lined steel reactors? What are the benefits to this design?
Valves
Jackets
- What is the best cleaning method for reactor jackets?
- What’s the difference between half-coil jacketing and conventional jackets?
- What are the jacket options for glass-lined vessels?
- How can you help prevent jacket fouling in glass-lined vessels?
- How do you inspect a reactor jacket for corrosion?
- What kind of thermal fluid should you use for your reactor jacket?
- What is fouling?
Pipe
Components
Reglassing
Agitators
Mechanical Seals
- If you have a seal that is running adequately, is there anything you can do to further optimize the performance?
- What are the options for agitator seals on a glass-lined reactor?
- How do you know when you should fix a seal vs. replace it?
- Are there situations where it’s advantageous to have a dry vs. wet seal?
- What are short term and long term problems caused by leaking seals?
- What is the average life expectancy of a mechanical seal? Is there a variance between dry-running and wet-running seals?
- What can you do to avoid seal problems?
- What are the most common operating mistakes made with mechanical seals?
- What are the symptoms of a mechanical seal that is not running properly?
- What are the most common seal issues and what should be done to fix them?
- What kind of maintenance should be performed to help prevent seal problems?
- What practices should be avoided because they can cause seal problems?
gaskets
Start Up
Baffles
- What are some advantages of OptiMix baffles over traditional flange-mounted baffles?
- What are the advantages of wall-mounted baffles?
- What are the baffle options for glass-lined vessels?
- What baffle designs are available for glass-lined reactors?
- What is OptiMix-HE and how is it different from a regular OptiMix baffle?
- What is the purpose of a baffle in a glass-lined reactor?