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Designing & Fabricating FRP Vessels for the Intended Use
Engineered FRP vessels are highly tailored products. That means that the particular resins, initiators and reinforcement fabrics used to fabricate these vessels were chosen specifically from dozens of choices, with one goal in mind; to provide the customer a vessel...
Diamond Services Announces New Location
Diamond Services (www.diamondservices.com), affiliate to Diamond Fiberglass, announced that it has opened a new location to better serve customers in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Sorento, Louisiana, about halfway between Baton Rouge and...
Diamond Fiberglass: FRP Tank & Pipe Design, Fabrication, Delivery, Installation & Maintenance
Diamond Fiberglass isn't just an FRP fabricator! We can help customers with the entire project process, all under the Diamond Fiberglass roof. No chance of vendors pointing fingers at each other here! Expert FRP Asset Design - We have expert and qualified FRP...
Diamond Fiberglass RTP-1 Certified For 13th Year
We are proud to announce that after passing another rigorous inspection, we have maintained our RTP-1 re-certification from ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). One of only a few FRP fabricators to attain this certification, Diamond utilizes...
Buying FRP Tanks & Pipes: Don’t Confuse Low Price With Low Cost
Who hasn't purchased something at a relatively low price and then something went wrong, leaving us wishing we'd bought the item that was priced a bit more, but probably would have given us better service? If it was an article of clothing, maybe it shrunk after just a...
FRP Tank Handling Guidelines
The following guidelines for handling and lifting of FRP tanks are summaries of those in the Diamond Fiberglass document "FRP Tank Handling and Installation Instructions" Rev. 7. However, each tank lifting plan must take into account all of the factors in each...
Can Old Fiberglass Tanks & Pipes Be Recycled?
Just about everything wears out eventually and needs replacing. In the corrosion industry, a question that is getting more attention recently is, what to do when FRP tanks and pipes wear out? The most common disposal method for tanks and pipe is cutting them up and...
Which Fabrication Standard For My FRP Vessel?
In a nutshell, there are essentially two different fabrication standards to pick from. Both are excellent when used in conjunction with the appropriate FRP asset. The purpose of this article is to differentiate the two and give you some general information to help you...
FRP Equipment Prices: Same Story As Almost Any Product Anywhere
Less than two years ago the US national average price of gasoline was under $2.00 per gallon, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Remember those days? As of this writing, it is close to $4.50 per gallon, and likely still going up. You probably...
Proper Shipping of FRP Tanks
Fiberglass tanks are not fragile, but they do require a reasonable amount of care while transporting. Here's some things to consider when shipping FRP tanks: Point Loading - Supports holding the tank in place should be adjusted to keep the tank in shape. If one of...