Mechanical Integrity

Women engineers: breaking barriers
engineering

Women engineers: breaking barriers

Yolanda Reyes · June 22, 2022
The International Day of Women in Engineering was created by the Women's Engineering Society (WES) in the United Kingdom (year 2014).
How Corrosion Fuels Environmental Pollution
corrosion and materials

How Corrosion Fuels Environmental Pollution

Yolanda Reyes · June 9, 2022
Corrosion is a natural process of material degradation, with multiple consequences, not only economic, but also environmental and human. Current research has focused its…
Tank Inspection Techniques (part 2)
non destructive testing

Tank Inspection Techniques (part 2)

Jesús Contreras. · May 30, 2022
Inspection of storage tanks according to American Petroleum Institute (API) standards are important to prevent not only catastrophic failures, but also to avoid problems…
Tank inspection techniques (part 1)
non destructive testing

Tank inspection techniques (part 1)

Jesús Contreras. · May 25, 2022
The field of storage tank inspections comprises in-service and out-of-service inspections of vertical and horizontal above-ground and subway tanks. A combination of techniques including…
Factors Affecting Visual Inspection
non destructive testing

Factors Affecting Visual Inspection

Carlos Álvarez · May 11, 2022
Author: Ing. Carlos Álvarez, May 11, 2022. Visual inspection is a simple test compared to other non-destructive testing methods; however, since the main tool…
“Heavenly Watcher” The Angel of the North
corrosion and materials

“Heavenly Watcher” The Angel of the North

Gustavo Romero. · April 25, 2022
This time we head to North East England (UK) specifically to Gateshead, County of Tyne and Wear whose capital is Newcastle, to talk about…
Inspection in storage tanks in service
non destructive testing

Inspection in storage tanks in service

Mayuly Rodríguez · April 18, 2022
Storage tanks are equipment with infrequent maintenance periods, so they require continuous external inspections, to have a better control of their conditions during the…