Thanks. So the parts failed after 6 months and the

Thanks. So the parts failed after 6 months and they were off-the-shelf items. I would think that most anything is covered by a minimum 1-year warranty. The way these things are *handled* I that a Specification* is written beforehand by an Engineer to make sure that the part is up to the task (required tolerance for pressure, temperature, etc). The manufacturer will err on the side of safety always, so if this was done right, this should not have happened. If they failed across the whole plant like that, someone made a mistake in their Enginmeering. the last few sentences are incomprehensible btw... LOL.

Overall, the whole passage here is a bit of a mess.
- there are lots of spelling mistakes. Was this copied verbatim? That is unprofessional.
- the first para. about Organizational structure is bull. This..."the addition of a chemical engineer to the operating team should allow for continuous optimal performance " is BS. An engineering degree is not required to operate systems like this. What is required is brains and the ability to follow procedures. Now having said that, most operators in a nuclear environment are degreed. But, I find it funny how JBI is always referring to Engineers like they should be operating the plant. The truth is far from it. Engineers design the plant. The whole point is to be able to know how it will operate, not to optimize it once it is up and running.
- The second para. about Hardware Optimization is hilarious. Companies like JBI buy stuff and use it to build things. Their interest is not in reducing their vendor's cost. I am not even sure what the point is after reading it. And it is even more comical that they don't even make much money... (not having looked at the report for how bad it is..). Uptime and downtime won't make any difference. The only cost during downtime is overhead... that goes back to PP's point about what goes in vs what comes out.
- The next para about the weather is almost as comical. There is all kinds of technology around for heating pipes. All you have to do is wrap conductor around it, and there are companies that specialize in that. This is on a par with saying that #1 "wore out" or that they could not run #2 because they were building #3 right beside it. Silliness.

Just so you know, here is a company that specializes in heating pipes. They work in Fort Macmurray, Alberta, where it gets to -50 in the winter.. they used to be called Tracer industries, then Tyco Thermal Controls..

http://www.pentairthermal.ca/