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Flame Detector Selection Guide: UV, IR, UV/IR (UVIR) and Multispectrum IR3 Explosion-Proof Flame Detectors for Oil and Gas, Offshore Platforms, Aircraft Hangars and Gas Turbine Enclosures

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Flame Detector Selection Guide: UV, IR, UV/IR (UVIR) and Multispectrum IR3 Explosion-Proof Flame Detectors for Oil and Gas, Offshore Platforms, Aircraft Hangars and Gas Turbine Enclosures

A fixed flame detector has to see the fire you care about, at the distance you need, without alarming on the welding, sunlight and hot machinery around it. This guide compares published data for UV, single-frequency IR, UV/IR and multispectrum IR (IR3) flame detectors from Det-Tronics, Spectrex, MSA and Honeywell, read on October 14, 2026, … Read more

High-Flow Coalescing Filter Selection Guide: Sizing a Compressed Air Coalescer and Oil Removal Filter for 1,000 to 6,000 SCFM (6 Inch and 8 Inch Flanged)

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Walker NA888 Coalescing Filter

A high-flow coalescing filter, also sold as a compressed air coalescer or oil removal filter, is chosen on flow at your minimum pressure, not on pipe size. This guide sizes and compares flanged coalescing filters for roughly 1,000 to 6,000 SCFM using the published data sheets of Walker Filtration, Parker (domnick hunter OIL-X), Kaeser, Atlas … Read more

Open-Path Gas Detector Selection Guide: Open Path and Line-of-Sight IR Combustible Gas Detectors for Fence Lines, Compressor Stations and Tank Farms

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Open-Path Gas Detector Selection Guide: Open Path and Line-of-Sight IR Combustible Gas Detectors for Fence Lines, Compressor Stations and Tank Farms

An open-path gas detector watches a beam instead of a point, so choosing one comes down to path length, fog and beam-block behavior, approvals, outputs, alignment and testing. This guide compares published data for six open-path (line-of-sight) models from Det-Tronics, Honeywell, Dräger, MSA and Teledyne, read on October 14, 2026, and ranks none of them: … Read more

How to Choose a Gas-Driven Chemical Injection Pump for Methanol or Corrosion Inhibitor at a Remote Wellsite

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How to Choose a Gas-Driven Chemical Injection Pump for Methanol or Corrosion Inhibitor at a Remote Wellsite

A gas-driven (pneumatic) chemical injection pump is sized by four numbers: the injection rate in gallons per day, the highest pressure at the injection point, the pressure of the gas that will drive it, and the chemical itself. This guide works through each one with the manufacturer’s published data for the Texsteam gas-driven line (Series … Read more

Hands-Off Rig Tools by Task: ShoveIt vs Slide Sledge vs Other Push/Pull Tools for Keeping Hands Out of the Line of Fire

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SHST72P – 72″ ShoveIt Hand Safety Tool with Plastic Inserts Part Number: SHST72P

No single hands-off tool covers a rig floor. Push/pull poles keep hands off suspended loads and tubulars, pipe-sized tools capture a joint during stabbing and racking, and a slide hammer takes the swinging sledge out of hammer-union and pin work. This guide maps each rig task to the tool built for it, using the manufacturers’ … Read more

Hazardous-Location Confined-Space Blowers: Zone (ATEX/IECEx) vs Class/Division (UL/CSA), and How Much Airflow Survives the Duct

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RamFan EG8200XX-230 16″/40 cm EFi150xx Series Hazardous Location Blowers/Exhausters Part Number: EG8200XX-230

Buying a blower for a tank, vessel or manhole in a hazardous area comes down to two questions: is the blower certified for the way your site is classified, and how much air will it actually deliver at the end of the duct? This guide answers both with the regulation text (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.307, … Read more

Jet-Lube Thread Compound Cross Reference: Jet-Lube Replacements for Competitor Drilling, Casing and Valve Compounds

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The compound on the rig floor is whatever the last supplier shipped. Then that supplier runs short, a contract changes, or an operator asks for a lead-free grade, and someone has to answer a simple question fast: which Jet-Lube product replaces the dope we use now? This page answers it row by row, using the … Read more