Learn Various Continuous Digester Inspection Methods
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The digester group from TAPPI’s Engineering Division is organizing a new informational webinar that will discuss the typical experience with continuous digester inspections. Attendees will learn about inspection methods and damage mechanisms in non-ideal situations that occur during outages, as well as learn about best practices for inspections. Attendees will also learn optimal inspection practices, specifically discussing surface preparation techniques. The Moving Forward: Preventing Continuous Digester Failures Through Inspection Best Practices webinar takes place Wednesday, September 6 from 12 PM – 1:30 PM (ET).
Webinar attendance is free and open to everyone, but registration is required. Sign up today!
Meet the Presenter: Catherine A. Noble
Catherine Noble is a Principal Engineer with Acuren Inspection. She has been with the Engineering group in Austin, TX (formerly M&M Engineering) for over 14 years conducting failure analyses and on-site equipment inspections in several different industry sectors, including utilities, pulp & paper, manufacturing and other commercial industries. Her inspection work has included pressure vessels such as both batch and continuous digesters and deaerators, boilers (recovery and power) and HEP (steam piping).
Prior to working at Acuren, Catherine was a research scientist at a polymer & composite research company in Austin, as well as a failure analyst/researcher at an aerosol can manufacturer in Chicago. She is a professional engineer registered in the states of Texas, Washington, Oregon and Kentucky, and currently resides in Bellevue, WA. She earned her B.S. from Rice and her M.S. from Northwestern, both in Materials Science & Engineering.
