Why Expansion Joint Surveys Are So Important To Your Alaskan Industrial Factory
Having an industrial factory in Alaska means that you contend with a lot of extremes. Most notably, you have extreme cold, which can frequently freeze pipes in your factory, especially from the outside. When your factory is constantly very warm, and everyone there is still sweating indoors while the icy Arctic winds blow outside, you can imagine the expanding and shrinking happening to the joints of all of the pipes in your factory. Expansion joint surveys, then, are a vital part of daily operations, especially in winter. Here are all the valid reasons why, as they apply to your Alaskan industrial factory.
Joint Surveys Examine the Current Condition of All Expansion Joints
Knowing exactly which expansion joints in which areas of pipe in your plant are affected by the constant swing of hot and cold temperatures helps you determine if you are going to have a repair problem soon. The heat expands them, the cold freezes and shrinks them. When the joints are constantly effected this way, they will eventually crack and/or break. The surveys performed alert you to which joints are going to have a big problem very soon.
Joint Surveys Help You Stay on Top of Pipe Maintenance
Pipe maintenance is the only real surefire way to prevent major damages to the pipes in your plant. It is a task that can be overlooked when all of the employees are trying to stay warm and not freeze from the bitter cold outside. When a survey is performed, pipes that have not been maintained in a while are tagged, and the employees responsible for maintaining them can see at a glance that they need to complete this work/these tasks.
Joint Surveys Recognize Pipes That Cannot Withstand Arctic or Sub-Arctic Temps
Sometimes errors are made when replacing pipes and pipe joints. This results in replacing some of the outdoor factory pipes with pipes that cannot withstand extreme Alaskan cold. When pipe joint expansion surveys are performed, they catch these mistakes and fix them before the mistakes have a chance to turn into a major disaster. Usually, the surveys taken soonest before a blizzard heads your way will give you and your employees enough time to catch these pipe replacement errors and correct them before the extreme weather wreaks havoc on pipes and pipe joints that should not be used outside. Pipes and pipe joints located on perimeter walls of the factory should probably be replaced as well.
For more information, you will want to contact a company like P.Stubblefield Expansion Joint Solutions.
