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Jim Kolbus

Kolbus is product manager for Clark-Reliance Corporation.
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Don’t Lose Sight of Your Water Level with Cloudy Gage Glass

Enabling a gage glass on vital applications to become cloudy or neglected to the point that an operator is unable to determine the water level is unacceptable.
Jim Kolbus
July 29, 2022
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Enabling a gage glass on vital applications to become cloudy or neglected to the point that an operator is unable to determine the water level is unacceptable.


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Effectively Using Drum-Level Instrumentation

Using and maintaining the water-level instrumentation on your boiler is of vital importance for the safety of your plant personnel and the longevity of the equipment in your plant.
Jim Kolbus
May 4, 2022
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Using and maintaining the water-level instrumentation on your boiler is of vital importance for the safety of your plant personnel and the longevity of the equipment in your plant.


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Is Water Flowing Unrestricted from the Boiler to the Level Indicator?

The consequences of a restricted water feed pipe to a primary or secondary low-water device can have devastating results.
Jim Kolbus
February 12, 2022
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The consequences of a restricted water feed pipe to a primary or secondary low-water device can have devastating results.


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Code Requirements: Monitoring Boiler Water Levels

Jim Kolbus
July 29, 2021
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It is vital for the safety of the plant and personnel to be certain these instruments are properly installed, maintained, and routinely inspected.
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What You Should Know About Your Boiler’s Water Level Gage Glass

Jim Kolbus
February 3, 2021
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Water gage glasses continue to be a vital instrument on power boilers that are constructed to comply with the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME’s) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.


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Are Your Boiler Drum Level Instruments Measuring Up to the Latest ASME Code Requirements?

Jim Kolbus
November 4, 2011
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Over the past 20 years, there have been a number of significant revisions to Section 1 of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code relating to water level instrumentation.
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Clark-Reliance Corp. - Is Your Power Boiler Operating Safely?

Jim Kolbus
November 1, 2010
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Safety education and precautions can prevent a major accident or something as simple (and avoidable) as a bad burn during a repair.
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