You Can Put The Brakes On Drift
Formula Drift aka Formula D is a U.S.-based motorsport judged on line, angle and style. NASCAR drivers avoid the technique because it can steel seconds from potential speed records. For Formula D racers, drifting—the degree to which a car slides in a turn while maintaining consistent speed—is how drivers score winning points. The more flash,…
The Teacher Is In – FRP Cooling Towers Go To School

In October, Tower Tech exhibited at the 2021 CAPPA Annual Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A regional chapter of APPA, the Central Association of Physical Plant Administrators in Institutions [that meet eligibility criteria for higher education, technology or grades PK-12] helps to develop and maintain superior standards in administration, maintenance, operation, planning and development of…
Recover Lost Dollars With An FRP Cooling Tower

Companies are always on the hunt to improve efficiency and clamp down on costs. The stripped-down definition of efficiency is “the ability to do things well without waste.” When it comes to cooling towers, it can be difficult to identify ways to generate cost savings. At Tower Tech, the “waste not, want not,” mentality begins…
Hard And Soft Costs – Understanding A Cooling Tower’s ROI

The popular adage “A penny saved is a penny earned,” is most often attributed to Benjamin Franklin. According to The Franklin Institute, however, the founding father and inventor never actually made that statement. When he penned Poor Richard’s Almanack in 1737, he did write, “A penny saved is twopence clear.” Franklin was saying that it…
Walking The Talk About Cooling Towers

Most of us have seen the Oscar-winning movie “Erin Brockovich.” The 2000 film chronicled the true story of Erin Brockovich, an American legal clerk who led a class action suit against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for contaminating the groundwater in Hinkley, a small community in California’s Mojave Desert. The company used hexavalent chromium…