PM Engineer articles from December 2005

PM Engineer archives from December 2005

Major changes in the UPC: while IAPMO and the ICC are working on a single model plumbing code, changes to the Uniform Plumbing Code are already going into effect.(Codes)
December 1, 2005... Since announcing that IAPMO and the ICC signed a memorandum of understanding, everyone has been asking if this is too good to be true. The next question asked is, won't this impact IAPMO the most? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Well, it is...

Fielding questions at the engineer's inquisition: thanks to more questions from unrelenting and persistent PME readers, we humbly present further leisurely reading in question and answer format.(Fire Protection)
December 1, 2005... Q. I work at a gas fired power station in the U.K. and am currently researching water mist technology in hopes of recommending it as a replacement to our existing systems or to prove it has no advantages. We currently have dry powder for our...

Trade name listings.(Directory)
December 1, 2005... 1/4 Turn Stops--BrassCraft 370-Series[R]--Liberty Pumps, Inc. 3M[TM]--3M Fire Protection Products 800 Series high/low mixing valve--Lawler Manufacturing Co. A.O. Smith--A.O. Smith Electrical Products ABSORBOTRON[R]--Josam...

Manufacturers alphabetical listings.(Directory)
December 1, 2005... 1-2 Access Ltd. Co. 522 Ellingham Dr., Ste. 200, Katy, TX 77450 (713) 893-1731 www.1-2-access.com A & M BioFilter, LP 31 Lakeview Dr., Sandia Park, NM 87047 (800) 963-6746 Fax: (801) 454-4410 sales@odorhog.com...

Product listings.(Directory)
December 1, 2005... Access Panels Acorn Engineering Co. Benjamin Mfg. Co. Dallas Specialty & Mfg. Co. Diversified Plastics Fluidmaster, Inc. Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. MIFAB Potter Roemer The Reliable Automatic...

Building strong connections that last: Anvil--trusted by the industry for over 150 years.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... In the mid 1800s, a company named Grinnell[R] began providing its customers with the finest quality pipe hangers and supports, fittings, couplings, valves, nipples, flanges and other products. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1999, the...

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December 1, 2005... Look here for the most complete line of boilers for all commercial and industrial applications. Bryan builds a boiler for every purpose--and for use with all energy sources. In the mainstream commercial and industrial size ranges, Bryan offers...

Why specify FlexHead[R] flexible sprinkler connections? Here are three solid reasons ... and one shaky one!(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... What's between the branch line and the sprinkler head can affect both time to occupancy and lifetime operational costs of your project. Here are four good reasons for specifying FlexHead: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Faster Time to...

I went into the engineering business, not the mixing valve business. So when we ran into trouble maintaining water temperature at the nursing home, I called THE mixing valve specialists at Leonard Valve Company.(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... I was a young consulting engineer working on a nursing home job and, we ran into a problem: The inspectors determined that the water temperature wasn't being maintained, even though we had sized the valves according to code to handle the high-...

Straight talk on scalding?(Advertisement)
December 1, 2005... While pressure-balancing valves are excellent at sensing and compensating for pressure fluctuations, they do have limitations. First and foremost, they cannot, in any way, sense direct temperature change within a plumbing system. No one has...

Manufacturers representatives.(Directory)
December 1, 2005... ALABAMA Tim Morales & Associates, Inc. 4080 Lloyd Station Rd. Mobile, AL 36693 (251) 602-8333 Fax: (251) 602-8339 tim@timmorales.com Tim Morales STATES SERVED: AL, MS, West FL Cuno 3-M, JACCO, Noritz...