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June 2018 Gage Report

July 4th Holiday Closing July 4th Closing In celebration of Independence Day and to give our employees time to celebrate with their families, Gagemaker will be closed Wednesday, July 4, 2018. We will be open Monday and Tuesday, July 2-3, 2017 and will reopen Thursday, July 5, 2018 under our normal hours. Gagemaker wishes everyone […]

Gage Tip of the Month

June 2018

For your buttress connections to be compliant under the 16th edition of the API 5B, you must inspect run-out. When inspecting buttress run-out with a Gagemaker BR-2001, inspectors often question where to place the contact point on the thread. Now, the new API 5B Section 5.3.3.4 specifies the location of the inspection point. When the […]

Premium Connection Inspection

As drilling requirements become more difficult and as the demand for performance increases, companies respond with new and improved connection designs to meet those customer demands. When companies design new proprietary connections their first call is to Gagemaker to discuss gauging requirements. Over the past several decades, Gagemaker has designed and built gauging solutions that ensure […]