When We First Meet – Your Engineering Package

What does the process of working with us look like? How do we work together to create a seamless process that gets your required repair done as quickly as possible? In this article, I’m going to answer those questions for you, and share with you the process we take you through to deliver your custom…

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Forge Bonding™ On A Manlift in Houston

Forge Bonding™ is an effective solution for getting facilities out of tight spots when it comes to not being able to, or not wanting to invest in, a hot work welded repair. As Forge Bonding™ gains traction, we hope to see less of getting people out of tight spots, and more of clients calling us…

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Eliminate Spending On Temporary Leak Repairs

Temporary leak repairs are a necessary part of running a facility. Leaks will form, and solutions are implemented to manage the leaks until a proper repair can take be performed. However, many clients resort to questionable leak repair methods in the form of screws with washers, rivets, or even golf tees, hoping to get their…

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The True, Avoidable Cost of Shutting Down a Tank

If you’ve ever had to shut down a tank for repairs outside of a turnaround, you know that it’s a costly process that requires significant resource investment. Isolating, cleaning, and degassing the tank alone can easily cost you in the millions and also doesn’t guarantee you’ll be able to get a hot work permit because…

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Forge Bonding™ – Invention to Marketplace

Forge Bonding™ is an innovation on an older technology in order to bond without producing sparks so that you can make welding-like repairs in any environment. Forge Bonding™ is based on friction welding, an older technology still used today in manufacturing. But, it’s a large floor standing piece of equipment that produces ignition sources. These…

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4 Reasons Why Forge Bonding™ is Safe

Forge Bonding™ is a “welding with air” technology that avoids hot work by performing high-strength bonds with minimal thermal energy so that you never have to interrupt operations to make repairs. No ignition source is created and the automated machine used to perform the bond guarantees the thermal energy will never approach ignition levels. On…

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How Forge Bonding™ Saved 3 Clients Millions

The cost of taking a tank out of service is often high, and in this article, I’m going to share with you 3 examples where Forge Bonding™ cut costs by millions (90% or more) for clients. Having to take a tank out of service, especially during an unplanned outage, is a process that easily costs…

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The Forge Bonding™ Process

Make repairs to storage tanks and other equipment with a metal joining process that eliminates hot work, bringing safety and tremendous cost and time savings to your facility. The process is friction welding which was invented in the 1950’s and is used in many industries today.  But, friction welding machines are typically in the form…

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