How much can you do with 3.6 mA of power?
July 9, 2018
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things are allowing increased use of adaptive analytics in running our plants.
July 4, 2018
It is no news to the valve manufacturing industry, and it is something VMA with its Valve Careers initiative is working to alleviate: As the most experienced and knowledgeable workers retire from manufacturing and process control, business leaders must find ways to fill the positions they leave.
June 25, 2018
Plant owners, operators and purchasing managers have a challenging job: They must make sure their plants run with little downtime, maximum safety and top efficiency.
June 20, 2018
This year’s Valve Repair Council Meeting, Tour & Exhibits in Houston, June 6-8, provided the attendees with an excellent program of sessions designed for skilled professionals in the valve repair and rebuild industry.
June 20, 2018
From time to time, we re-publish well-received or particularly valuable articles that have previously run on VALVEMagazine.com so that those who might have missed them will be able to catch up on the best of the best.
June 11, 2018
Gaskets are near the bottom of the food chain of valve components; trim, body materials and packing seem to get a lot more press.
June 6, 2018
The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought with it unparalleled opportunity for businesses and facilities to monitor their assets and enact predictive maintenance that can extend an asset’s lifecycle.
June 4, 2018
Risk management of a manufacturing process requires a deep dive into the functional safety, cybersecurity and alarm management lifecycles.
May 30, 2018
After the oil crash of 2014, producers needed to refine the technology even further to bring costs down while meeting new industry challenges.
May 23, 2018
Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a fascinating technology that has gained acceptance over the past several years.
May 22, 2018
According to BusinessDictionary.com, the definition of “lean” is “doing more with less by employing 'lean thinking.'” Since the end of World War II, when lean manufacturing was developed and implemented in Japan, the many benefits of manufacturing this way continue to show merit.
May 14, 2018