RELIABILITY. INTEGRITY. SAFETY.
FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS TO YOU.
Safe operation of your equipment and facilities is essential to protecting your employees, the community, and the environment. You need to be confident in the long-term reliability and safety of all equipment and assets in an industrial plant.
At Equity, our engineering and consulting services are focused on managing the entire asset lifecycle to provide you with practical recommendations to improve safety, increase equipment reliability, and mitigate risk
Asset Lifecycle Management
Adopting an equipment lifecycle management process will help you to reduce risk, optimize design and construction, predict future maintenance and inspection costs, maximize equipment availability, and comply with local regulations.
Our engineering consulting services are focused on delivering a comprehensive asset lifecycle management framework, including:
- Damage mechanism identification
- Construction codes and design standards
- In-service maintenance and inspection planning
- Fitness-for-Service (FFS) and Suitability-for-Service (SFS) standards
- Post-construction and repair guidelines
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Engineering Service Areas
Promote compliance, safety, and reliability across all facilities using standardized Best Practices to improve the quality of engineering programs, project execution, and asset lifecycle.
Identify and understand potential damage mechanisms that may cause equipment failure or create adverse operating or maintenance issues.
Achieve safe, efficient, and reliable operations by implementing proactive and reactive MI strategies that address every stage of an asset’s lifecycle.
Assess the structural integrity of assets and components to proactively increase operational safety, minimize failures, and save money.
Ensure that safety critical pressure relieving systems provide adequate protection to processes and meet the latest RAGAGEP.
Refocus maintenance dollars to priority areas by using risk as a basis for prioritizing and managing in-service inspection programs.
Identify the highest-risk equipment and piping systems, prioritize field screening, and decrease the risk of vibration fatigue failures.
Increase operational reliability and extend equipment life by making informed run, repair, or replace decisions on in-service equipment.
Establish measurement objectives and constraints to improve the safety and reliability of instrument and control systems.
Industry Insights
Pipeline Defect Assessments for CSA Z662 Pipelines
Pipeline regulations in Canada differ from the ASME B31.4 and B31.8 standards used across the United States. In this article, the authors provide a detailed overview of the federally regulated CSA Z662 standard and clarify the differences between assessments (Section 10), engineering assessments (Section 3.4), and engineering critical assessments (Annex J & K). This is a must- read for any pipeline operators who wants to understand Canadian pipeline industry regulation and engineering assessment requirements.
Effects of Friction on Rotating Equipment Compliance: Modeling Considerations in Pipe Stress Simulation
A recurring challenge is ensuring that modeling assumptions in pipe stress analysis don’t create hidden risks for rotating equipment and piping code compliance. This article explores how friction and vertical support behavior can dramatically influence nozzle load calculations, sometimes turning a compliant system into a non-compliant one. Using case studies and practical examples, the authors highlight best practices and advanced tools like SIMFLEX-IV to improve accuracy and reliability across complex operating conditions.
