How Retrofitting Your Facilities May Be The Best Thing you Do All Year
Leave a CommentPower plant managers continually face the challenge of increasing efficiency, extending facilities life and complying with growing environmental regulations and concerns. One option they have is to purchase new plant assets, but that can quickly become costly, and create unaffordable down-time. An alternative to choosing a major overhaul is to maintain and improve existing stacks. […]
How Do Absorptive Silencers Work
Leave a CommentThe absorptive silencer is the most common design. It determines that noise energy is “absorbed” by many different types of fibrous packing materials. As sound waves pass through the fibers of the absorptive material, the sound energy shrinks into small amounts of heat. Absorptive silencers are very effective on high noise frequencies (500-8,000 Hz). At […]
Understanding the Differences in Stainless Steels
Leave a CommentWhat we do for our clients is right in our name: Central Metal Fabricators. We design and manufacture the highest quality metal components and products for a wide variety of industries. But, of course, metal is a large umbrella term; we work with an array of metals based on the specific needs and applications, and […]
Celebrating America’s Past and Present on Independence Day
Leave a CommentEvery summer Americans celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s birth on July 4th. On this day in 1776 the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, a revolutionary document that established our independence from British rule and changed the course of our country. During this historic time in our nation the industrial revolution began. Once […]
Effectively Eliminating Gas Turbine Noise Issues
Leave a CommentThere’s an all-too-common problem many facilities face when it comes to their gas turbines. While the turbines themselves may have been installed several decades ago and are still working properly, their necessary silencing systems can’t always say the same. Often, these older silencing systems have significantly shorter service lives than the turbines. In this case, […]
Understanding The Clean Power Plan
Leave a CommentBy now, you’ve likely heard of the Clean Air Act: a law designed by the federal government, under which the EPA must create and enforce regulations that reduce contaminants that are deemed harmful to people and the planet. Under that sweeping, umbrella Act, there’s the Clean Power Plan, one of the EPA’s answers to that […]
Fracking’s Past, Present, And Future Success
Leave a CommentChances are, most American have heard the term “fracking” by now. Whether they live in an area where fracking is currently being done, or have no idea what it actually is, what all people should be made aware of is this: according to many experts, fracking “has created a revolution in U.S. oil and natural […]
Solar Energy’s Unexpected Limitations
Leave a CommentIn the search for better renewable energy, we’ve come a long way. Technology has increased significantly in the past decade, and the use of solar energy to create useable electricity occurs much more than it used to. But there’s one major problem with solar energy—one that is simultaneously obvious yet somehow unexpected. What happens when […]
The Clean Power Plant Rule: 3 Questions and Answers
Leave a CommentWith the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plant Rule hearings now in the final stage, there are many questions surrounding them. There’s also plenty of controversy. Spanning a range of industries and locations, many people wonder how it will affect them; some are in favor, while others h2ly oppose. In the interest of clarifying some confusion, […]
Celebrating American Manufacturing: In October and Beyond
Leave a CommentIn 2012, the McKinsey Global Institute conducted a study on manufacturing, which included this takeaway: “Manufacturing remains critically important to both the developing and the advanced world…In the latter, it remains a vital source of innovation and competitiveness, making outsized contributions to research and development, exports, and productivity growth.”* More specifically, statistics on American manufacturing […]