Advisory Council

“This article is reprinted with permission from CleanerTimes/IWA, a monthly trade journal serving the pressure cleaning and waterjetting industries.  For more information please visit www.cleanertimes.com or www.waterjettingdirectory.com . Article by Kathy Danforth June 2011, p. 42, Cleaner Times Dr. Lydia Frenzel has been a significant force in the waterjetting industry since her early work in [...]

Call for paper-  (http://www.clarion.org/ERRP/ERRP-2011/index.php) Evaluation, Repair and Rehabilitation of Pipelines Conference and Exhibition October 31-November 3, 2011 Houston Marriott West Loop, Houston, Texas, USA Papers are now invited for this international forum which will address key issues in oil and gas pipeline-rehabilitation. The conference program will be divided into the following broad areas of interest: [...]

Common Safety Errors Found in Pressure Washing, Hydroblasting, or WaterJetting Reviewed: 2011-05-17 by Lydia Frenzel The Advisory Council compiled a Special Report of errors, accidents, incorrect assembly practices and faulty work habits in 2002. Luis Ortega Trotter, who is now deceased, from AcquaBlast in Brazil provided the photos to the Advisory Council WaterJet Workshop on [...]

A Test Method for Corrosion Inhibitors or Cleaners for Flash Rust has been posted on flashrust.org. Dr. Frenzel prepared this protocol from a Proprietary Inhibitor and Cleaner in a generic form. Specific concentrations should be changed to those of the inhibitor/cleaner under consideration. This document provides guidelines for testing Proprietary Inhibitor and Cleaner used according to [...]

SAFETY and OPERATIONAL PRACTICES FOR WATERJETTING, HYDROBLASTING, WATER BLASTING, Pressure Washing.  The WJTA_ IMCA WaterJet Technology Association-Industrial & Municipal Cleaning Association is holding their biannual conference and Expo of September 19-21, 2011 at the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston TX.  Plan to attend if you are cleaning anything from sewage, to parking lots, [...]

We usually deal with water jetting and industrial news, but it’s worth noting that many of our members are nuts about space and astronomy. I’m one of those people who stood out under the stars during the coldest winter nights in northern Oklahoma and froze my eyelids to the frosty eyepiece while staring at Jupiter’s [...]