Processing Natural Gas: 8 Steps to Know
Natural gas is valuable both as a clean source of energy and as a chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics. Before it reaches the consumer, it has to pass through several steps known as processing natural gas. These steps are necessary for the recovery of valuable components contained in…
What Are The Different Types of O-Rings?
O-rings are a commonly used seal across a range of manufacturing and industrial industries. However, their versatility, array of applications, and materials they are made out of can make choosing the right O-ring material for your use difficult. In order to give you a clear understanding of the options…
Why Is PET Plastic Becoming So Popular?
PET plastic or PETE, also known as polyethylene terephthalate is the single most common thermoplastic polymer in the entire world. Within the textile industry, the material is better known under the trade name “polyester”. This is a natural semi-crystalline and transparent plastic used as a as a moisture barrier in…
Plastic Blow Molding vs. Injection Molding: Which Is Better?
Most people that have a familiarity with the plastic manufacturing industry have heard of plastic blow molding and plastic injection molding. However, there remains some confusion by engineers and product designers who are new to the industry just what these differences are. The plastic molding process has long been a…
7 Common Uses of Damping Plates
Damping plates are used in a variety of industries and machinery applications. Choosing the right type of damping plate for your compressor and other high-powered machinery needs is the key to maintaining high functioning and reliable operations. While damping plates have a wide variety of use cases, their role is…
What You Need to Know About Compression Spring Engineering
Compression spring engineering is all around us, from miniscule springs in watch clasps, to our phone and computers we use on a day to day basis, to larger springs found in the oil and gas industry. Compression springs are a type of mechanical device designed from a spring wire in a…
What Is Shale Natural Gas and How Is It Different?
Natural gas mined from unconventional and conventional reservoirs are one in the same. Unconventional gas doesn’t refer to the type of gas itself, but instead the source rocks that create the gas found in these reservoirs. So what is the difference between shale natural gas, conventional natural gas, and unconventional…
Stainless Steel Springs and Their Surprising Benefits
Although certain materials have been regarded as a spring material, not all are specially designed alloys for spring use. An ideal spring material will have properties of high strength, high elastic limit, and low modulus. Because springs are inherently resilient structures, they are designed to experience large deflections, requiring an…
What Is the Blow Molding Process in the Plastic Industry?
Blow molding is a type of manufacturing and production process that allows for the forming of hollow plastic parts. Air pressure is traditionally used to inflate a soft plastic into the mold cavity. While this technology originally derived from the glass industry, the blow molding process in the plastic sector…
What Are Low Speed Reciprocating Compressors For Natural Gas
Large multistage, multi-cylinder, double-acting crosshead designed reciprocating compressors are most commonly used to move natural gas within the natural gas production industry, generate low pressure plant air, and supply high-pressure gas for oil well drilling. While low speed reciprocating compressors can be used for a variety of other processes, they…