Despite thousands of flight cancellations and challenging travel conditions resulting from an unexpected snowstorm, most members headed for VMA’s Valve Industry Leadership Forum made it to the meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Arlington, VA, March 22-23.
March 28, 2018
Over the past few years, owners and operators of mining and mineral processing facilities have been challenged to enhance reliability of their operations to achieve top performance targets or operational certainty.
March 27, 2018
The British Valve & Actuator Association (BVAA) is coming to the end of the second year of its innovative Future Leaders Program. “It is quite possibly the most rewarding activity of my career.” said BVAA’s Director & CEO, Rob Bartlett. “The program has had an amazing effect on all those involved in it.
March 20, 2018
In a previous article on VALVE, we queried if results were matching the hype for manufacturers adopting the Industrial Internet of Things—also known as Industry 4.0.
March 13, 2018
Shutdowns, turnarounds and outages (STOs) play a major role in plant safety, performance, reliability and profitability.
March 1, 2018
Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston in August 2017 creating what has been called the most extreme rain event in U.S. history.
February 28, 2018
This article aims to resolve the problems that can occur when high actuator torque has a negative effect on the stem of the valve in offshore service.
February 26, 2018
From time to time, we are re-posting 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.
February 19, 2018
A focus on having the proper specification, design and integration of final elements is key in the actuation of valves for the process industry.
February 14, 2018
Industries as varied as paper production, steelmaking and power generation rely on servo valves for precise motion control.
February 12, 2018
According to a 1998 study released by the U.S.
February 5, 2018
The term valve trim has been around for about 150 years—shortened at one point from the word: “trimmings,” a term in vogue until the late 1930s.
January 31, 2018