Get Course Brochure: FRP301 Get Hotel Information: Hampton Inn - Buffalo, NY Course Summary: This course provides a hands on detailed look at how fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) laminates used in the fabrication of chemical process equipment are designed and manufactured, what their properties are and how they typically fail in service as fabricated structures. This information will help seed your knowledgebase for root cause/affect and cost/value tradeoff centered decision processes. Industry standards and certification programs will be discussed. Both theory and practical experience are blended together with case histories to demonstrate good, risky and poor results that can be expected at design, during fabrication or in the field. Photographs, charts, handouts and demonstrations illustrate concepts, making it easy for beginners and experienced alike to sharpen their understanding of tradeoffs associated with specifying, selling, buying, manufacturing, installing and maintaining FRP equipment. Learning ObjectivesAfter attending this course, participants should be able to: 1. Differentiate and specify good, better and best FRP laminate designs for all applications.2. Choose industry standards for design, fabrication and inspection purposes.3. Determine which industry certification programs to use when.4. Identify all types and compositions of laminates.5. Assess the design basis for proposed and as built FRP laminates.6. Describe laminate defects in new and degradation (“corrosion”) in used equipment.7. Correlate deficiencies in new equipment to failure mechanisms observed in used.8. Apply concepts to sound decisions that balance cost, risk and public welfare. Who Should Attend:

• FRP Decision Makers
• Inspectors and QA/QC Personnel
• Designers, Engineers and PE’s
• Owner/User and Resident Engineers
• Specification Writers