by Mike Merrick | Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you looked into an autobody repair shop and saw an employee working on a car with a jack hammer, you’d probably think twice about having your car fixed at that shop. In the fiberglass fabrication world, some people feel the same way about using chopper guns...
by Mike Merrick | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Because of their high resistance to corrosive attack, fiberglass composites (often called FRP, for Fiberglass Reinforced Polyester) are the material of choice for many tanks and vessels where corrosion is a consideration. And composites – plural –...
by Mike Merrick | Oct 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Like most assets, the service life of FRP tanks and pipes can be maximized with proper maintenance. But many owners don’t realize that proper maintenance starts with visual inspections, some of which can be performed by owners or users. For tanks holding highly...
by Mike Merrick | Jul 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Obviously, specifications serve an important function in the design and fabrication of custom engineered FRP equipment. Most are written by knowledgeable engineers who are tasked with ensuring that the equipment fabricated to these specifications performs well and...
by Mike Merrick | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
You’ve probably heard the term engineered when a discussion turned to some kind of hard asset, and maybe you wondered what that meant exactly. The answer depends a bit on the nature of the asset, but we can clear the air now in regard to engineered FRP tanks...
by Mike Merrick | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Engineered FRP vessels are highly tailored products. That means that the particular resins, initiators and reinforcement fabrics used to fabricate these vessels were chosen specifically from dozens of choices, with one goal in mind; to provide the customer a vessel...
