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Mechanical Integrity Specialties

Industrial Radiography and smart inspection in industry 4.0

Antonio Zavarce · November 1, 2025

Inspenet presents the evolution of industrial radiography toward intelligent, data-driven inspection, inviting professionals to explore innovation and reliability.

Codes and Standards

API 537: Design, safety, and sustainability in flare systems

Euclides Quiñonez · October 31, 2025

API 537 guides the safe and sustainable design of flare systems, optimizing combustion and reducing methane and VOC emissions.

Codes and Standards

API RP 936: Quality control and installation of monolithic refractories

Euclides Quiñonez · October 29, 2025

Essential guide to API RP 936 for quality control and installation of monolithic refractories.

non destructive testing

Thermal monitoring: Reducing costs and failures in the steel industry

Rich Shannon · October 28, 2025

Continuous thermal monitoring helps to reduce costs, anticipate failures and optimize operational safety in the steel industry.

Corrosion and Materials

Technical challenges in assessing corrosion under insulation

Yolanda Reyes · October 27, 2025

Identifying and assessing Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI), requires reliable methods in the face of physical barriers and hidden conditions.

Reliability

The future of RBI: From experience to a quantitative generation

Antonio Zavarce · October 23, 2025

Discover how Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) is evolving from traditional experience-driven methods to a fully quantitative, data-driven approach, enhancing reliability, safety, and operational efficiency in…

Codes and Standards

API 610: Pump reliability beyond standards

José López · October 22, 2025

API 610 standard defines the requirements for the design and construction of centrifugal pumps in the oil and gas industry, ensuring high reliability and…

Corrosion and Materials

Performance of sacrificial anodes in cathodic protection

Yolanda Reyes · October 20, 2025

Sacrificial anodes are metal components designed to corrode in a controlled manner, transferring protective current to the cathodic structure and preserving its integrity against…