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Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from Cylinder and Vane Actuators and Control—Design and Installation, published by the American Water Works Association in 2015.
August 25, 2020
During the 2020 Market Outlook Workshop August 6 and 7, more than 140 people from across the U.S. and Canada gathered together via laptops and electronic devices to learn what economic experts predict may happen in the short and long term and how that could affect the valves and pumps industries, and to discuss what they were hearing. “The feedback to our first virtual event and overall participation was even better than we expected,” said Heather Rhoderick, CAE, president of Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA), which produced the event with the Hydraulic Institute (HI).
August 13, 2020
During a power plant operating cycle, valve maintenance and reliability are key focus areas, often taking up the largest portion of an outage budget.
August 12, 2020
Principles built around the Industrial Internet of Things have guided the automation industry’s rapid adoption and mainstreaming of many production systems.
July 28, 2020
Data security is always important and never more so than during these uncertain and chaotic times.
July 28, 2020
When it comes to valves, “beauty is only skin-deep” is often a true statement. Since Superman and his X-ray eyes don’t really exist, there is no way to verify the quality of a valve or valve component just by looking at it.
July 18, 2020
Q: I need to qualify a welding procedure specification per the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
July 15, 2020
What is blockchain, anyway?
July 13, 2020
Check valves, as critical as they are for flow system performance, often don’t receive the respect they are due, said Arie Bregman, vice president and general manager, DFT, Inc., in a recent VMA presentation.
July 1, 2020
Surfaces in relative motion or in contact with each other — such as bearing or gear components — produce a frequency response when they interact.
June 30, 2020
Hydrofluoric acid: just the name itself strikes fear in some people, even among those who work around it every day.
June 16, 2020
With the increasing need for new talent, especially in engineering, companies are seeking ways to connect with students before they graduate to build relationships that aid in the recruitment process for new engineers and other professionals.
June 11, 2020
