FRP Blog

The latest news and resources from UTComp for FRP composite asset reliability

Getting Houston Back on Track After Harvey

Update: UTComp is committed to helping businesses get back on track after natural disasters strike by offering one-week turnaround for UltraAnalytix® data reports to determine if structural damage has occurred to FRP assets (normal guarantee is three weeks). For more...

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Ultrasonic Testing of FRP Thickness

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. — Abraham Maslow In 1966, Abraham Maslow called this the “Law of the Hammer”. He observed that people will depend on tools or methods that are familiar before they make the effort to get new tools or learn new...

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Defining Fitness-for-Service of FRP

One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it. — Peter Drucker Evaluating fitness-for-service of FRP and composite assets Peter Drucker is famous as a management consultant, but his words ring true in the chemical industry. When industrial equipment is exposed...

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UltraAnalytix® Featured in Inspectioneering Journal

UTComp’s UltraAnalytix® system for fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) inspection is discussed in an article, Novel Inspection System Aligns FRP and Metallic Asset Management Approaches, published in the May/June 2017 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. The article, by...

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Proving Reliability of FRP

Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) has been used successfully to reduce corrosion losses, which include total cost of failure (lost production, safety risks, repair costs) and ongoing repair and replacement, since the 1950’s.  Many chemical process industries...

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Polymers in Sulphuric Acid Service

The article, Polymers in Sulphuric Acid Service, published in the May-June 2015 issue of Sulphur magazine, reported on UTComp's UltraAnalytix® inspection system, a "unique and innovative approach to the design and inspection of FRP for fabricators and end users."...

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