Sofronas, A.
Consulting Engineer, Houston, Texas
Tony Sofronas, D. Eng, was the worldwide lead mechanical engineer for ExxonMobil Chemicals before retiring. He now owns Engineered Products, which provides consulting and engineering seminars on machinery and pressure vessels. Dr. Sofronas has authored two engineering books and numerous technical articles on analytical methods.
You should know what needs to be done but not necessarily how to do it
A quick analysis helps solve an unexplained failure
Torsional spline failures are telling you something
Excessive clearance and hard starts can cause problems
Confined water converted to steam develops high pressures
An orderly procedure allows data to be organized and
analyzed
Here are the causes and how to remedy
them
Understanding the entire flow system is important when determining the cause of a failure
System upsets can develop high piping loads
Just a slight rub can self-generate more heat