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    Semi Hauling Excavator Hits Bridge over I-10 in New Mexico

    Oversized loads require at least two chasers and one lead, involved with the current clearance of all overpasses.
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    Inadequate PWHT holding time for Carbon Steel piping in caustic service (NACE SP-0403)

    your customers standards for their process govern.
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    Flange magnetic properties outside vs inside

    What sort of a magnet are you using in your test? It doesn't sound like you are doing particle testing.
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    Flange magnetic properties outside vs inside

    pipe size and schedule, and flange size
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    Very odd volt drop

    Your image shows three electrical pins on your device. Solenoids typically have two connections for on-off. Switches can have 3 to allow for N.O. or N.C. operation.
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    New MRI device to help save our lives

    MRI fields are moderate far less dangerous than the OP fears. The vendor of your MRI equipment hold classes on such matters.
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    New MRI device to help save our lives

    Don't worry, magnetic fields don't hurt
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    What type of Corrosion

    Salt water corrosion
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    riveting alu to titanium

    A bike shop can help you
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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    Lest we forget the air traffic controllers who went on strike in 1981 because of safety issues, lack of adequate staffing, time off for meals and breaks. They were all fired....
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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    Lest we forget, female air traffic controllers during WWII, took their jobs more seriously than the males, when the 3rd Reich had boats and planes getting ready to invade of the coast of Florida.
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    AA jet and Military helicopter collide over Potomac

    Don't recall military training flights of choppers being allowed in commercial airfields
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    Korean airplane crash

    In our case the engines were running, with flight controls operational, at issue was heading towards a large barrier, and barely coming to a halt, just in time. Agreed the Korean flight had serious malfunctions after the bird strike, but in both cases collision with a large barrier at the end...
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    Korean airplane crash

    Perhaps a survey of current Airport Landing fields in America is advisable...we had a close call in Detroit in 1990, sliding down the runway, heading towards a 30 ft (10 m) barrier. You can bet the pilot had the reverse thrust at full tilt, we made it just in time, coming to a stop
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    CT Corrosion

    The magnetic properties of SS regardless of the specific alloy, have nothing to do with the corrosion damage suggested in the images, and explained in the various arguments. The images are meaningless, without proper metallurgic tests and ES imaging....

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