Join us Nov. 9-11 in Pasadena, TX for a three-day program consisting of content that covers the common types of valves used in multiple applications, an advanced look at flow-control technology beyond the common valve used in specific markets, and how valves continue to evolve based on current trends.

Technical

Ball Valve Basics

Welcome to the first in a series of Valve Basics articles, each focused on a major product type and written especially for newcomers to the industries that use and make valves and related products.

Design

The Eccentric Plug Valve

The first non-lubricated eccentric plug valve was developed in the late 1920s, designed to solve the issue of pitch buildup in paper mill valves.

Education

An Introduction to Axial Flow Check Valves

Check valves are self-actualizing devices that respond to both pressure and flow changes in a piping system.

Technical

The Different Types of Solenoid Valves and How They Work

Solenoid valves are automatic flow control devices popular across different industrial applications.

Education

Weight-loaded, Low-pressure Protection Devices 101

In the world of low-pressure and low-vacuum relief valves—defined for this article as valves with settings less than 15 psig—there are several different common valve configurations.

Education

Pressure relief valves: What makes them different?

Facilities use many different types of valves to keep themselves operating, and each valve within a plant serves a different function.

Insights

The Final Control Element: Controlling Energy Transformation

When selecting control valves, be sure to properly evaluate the process conditions to identify potential issues and select the proper management techniques.

Education

Differences Between Double Block and Bleed and Double Isolation

There is an important distinction between DBB and DIB, as they often fall under the same category and are used interchangeably within the industry.

Operational Basics of Safety Valves

These spring-loaded valves provide overpressure protection for downstream equipment.

Design

Enhanced Safety in LNG Applications

For more than 40 years, the safety record of the global LNG industry has been excellent, due to attention to detail in engineering, construction and operations.

MRO

The Next Step in Functional Safety

The primary goal of functional safety is to prevent accidents.

Education

Where Valves Are Used: Everywhere!

Learn about the many industries in which valves play critical roles in this comprehensive article that was first published in 2017.

Technical

Pneumatic Valves: New Technology for a Digital Transformation

Principles built around the Industrial Internet of Things have guided the automation industry’s rapid adoption and mainstreaming of many production systems.

Education

Auxiliary Connections: Why We Have Them

Valves are a vital part of the piping systems that run like arteries and veins throughout industrial plants.

Technical

Evolution of Butterfly Valves on Aircraft Carriers

Butterfly valves are an integral part of keeping an aircraft carrier’s firemain system operating smoothly.

Technical

Pinch Valves: An Uncomplicated Valve With an Important Purpose

Used in on/off or throttling applications, choosing the right style pinch valve depends on the application.

Technical

Christmas Tree or Wellhead?

In the complicated but vital industry of drawing oil and gas out of the earth and getting it to the surface, people often get confused about the difference between a Christmas tree assembly and a wellhead.

Design

Are Your Safety Instrumented Systems Proof Tests Effective?

Many people assume that a proof test of a safety function is 100% effective.

Insights

An End-User’s Perspective on Valve Selection and Risk

I am not a valve expert, although I often play one where I work.

Technical

Picking the Right Flowmeter

There are a wide variety of types and styles of mechanical flowmeters, all with moving parts that measure velocity such as turbine, paddlewheel, impeller and propeller flowmeters.

Technical

Opportunities and Challenges in the LNG process

The process of liquefying is performed to reduce the volume for purposes of transporting the fuel; LNG reduces volume by 600 times

Education

The Tie Between Fugitive Emissions and Market Dynamics

Winners and losers in the world of valves are created as the players react to a constantly changing environment and marketplace.

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