The Rusty Hole
Deep dives into the world of asset integrity management with a focus on corrosion and chemical monitoring programs.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Material Selection for Monitoring System Hardware
Axess explain various types of corrosion, including uniform, galvanic, pitting, crevice, intergranular, and stress corrosion cracking (SCC), highlighting their unique characteristics and specific pre…
Polymer Coupons in Flexible Risers
Since flexible risers usually have both polymer and metallic layers, monitoring the corrosion of the metal components is essential as well.
- Corrosion Coupons: These are small metal pieces attached to …
Repurpose Access Fittings for Chemical Injection, Sampling, or Plug and Abandon
Axess offers solutions for managing access fittings used in corrosion control systems. Their direct injection technology allows for safe, online chemical treatment through repurposed or new fittings,…
Learn more about the MECOC 2025 Award winning Horizon Fitting
Axess received the MECOC EXPO 2025 vendor award for innovative product solutions in Abu Dhabi last week. This is a wonderful achievement and will undoubtedly help Axess's aim of making intrusive moni…
Offshore Incident with Hydraulic Equipment
In 2008 two technicians made an error when re-installing a hydraulic plug, they'd not locked the carrier plug into the correct position. Procedures were not followed and training programs had to be r…
Roland & Tony Talk About The Rusty Hole and Future Episodes
Twenty-minute review of 'what's bin did and what's bin hid'.
The Importance of Correct Coupon Holder Length
Corrosion can be extremely costly, and control is vital for the integrity management of critical assets. One of the simplest ways to monitor your facility is with the use of corrosion coupons. The co…
Part Numbering Access Fittings
Axess offers a complete range of high pressure access fitting assemblies for installation of intrusive corrosion monitoring, chemical injection, and sampling devices. The product range comprises both…
Where to Monitor?
There are many factors to consider when selecting suitable locations for the installation of Corrosion and Erosion Monitoring and Chemical Injection points. Pipe geometry, flow conditions and process…
The Janus Guard and Why it Exists
The safety industry has an imperative to ask this question about any incident: avoidable or inevitable? This is how ‘lessons learned’ work. In 2012 a fatality occurred in the field during a corrosion…
Why monitor corrosion?
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