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March 25 2016 Process Analytical

Where Corrosion Multiplies Damage By Orders Of Magnitude

As if corrosion wasn't bad enough! Excessive maintenance, frequent component replacement, and lost productivity add up to high cost and frequent headaches. According to US Government studies,...

March 11 2016 SilcoTek

How Copy Exactly! And Other Quality Tools Benefit You

* Nobody likes a copy cat. When I was a kid, my friend sitting next to me in math class would copy my work. Did that ever bug me! The teacher eventually moved him and solved the problem, but I never...

March 04 2016 Process Analytical

Why Aren't You At Pittcon?

SilcoTek coatings will be exhibiting at Pittcon in Atlanta March 6-10. We've been exhibiting our coatings at the show (originally as part of Restek and now as SilcoTek®) for nearly 30 years. As you...

February 26 2016 Process Analytical

SilcoTek Coatings Are More Flexible Than A Yoga Guru

* Getting older means experiencing the occasional stiff gate and loss of flexibility. Fortunately, SilcoTek® found the fountain of youth of flexible coatings. Like some uncanny yoga master, the...

February 19 2016 Process Analytical

How FTIR And Inert Dursan Improve Emissions Monitoring

* Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a potentially useful tool in emissions monitoring, analytical, and process control applications. Making FTIR better is where SilcoTek comes into...

February 12 2016 Process Analytical

You Can Coat That?  The Latest In Coating Compatibility

That's the reaction we often get when we tell customers we can in fact coat their part that's made of some material other than stainless steel. Sure we spend a lot of time talking about how our...

February 05 2016 Purity

When Frosting Is Not A Good Thing

* Frosting on cakes is great, but sometimes frosting is not good, especially when it's electropolish frosting. What is electropolish frost? Electropolish frosting is a haze or cloudy surface effect...

January 29 2016 Process Analytical

Better Corrosion Resistance?  Proof Inert Coatings Are Worth Its Salt

Many coastal applications like oil and gas platform, refinery, marine, and coastal air monitoring expose equipment and sample systems to highly corrosive salt environments. Sampling systems exposed...

January 22 2016 Process Analytical

How Your Sampling System Could Be Killing Analyzer Results

The analyst stood there glaring at the CEMS (continuous emissions monitoring system). For the 2nd day in a row the system refused to produce consistent results. H2S results were low, then high, then...