INDUSTRY INSIGHTS ARCHIVE

When an industrial fire happens, it is important to understand what happened, why it happened, and how the equipment or plant may have been damaged from the heat. Engaging an experienced subject matter expert to assist with the damage assessment will help your plant determine the root cause of the fire and identify future prevention strategies. In this article, Paul provides an overview of the API 579 Part 11 fire damage assessment methodology and explains how proactively establishing a fire damage assessment methodology can save valuable time and resources.

A successful metallurgical failure analysis provides factual insight into the key mechanism(s) at play, as the metallurgy holds truths to be discovered. This article uses a variety of case studies to explain how the value of a failure analysis is uncovered from the analysis into the causes of the observed failure, future mitigation strategies, and interpretation of the physical findings into qualitative and/or quantitative results. Lucas explains how combining damage mechanism familiarity with engineering expertise will extract the full value from a failure analysis.