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Introduction to Pressure Relief Devices – Part 1

Introduction to Pressure Relief Devices – Part 1

When the pressure inside equipment such as boilers or pressure vessels increases beyond a specified value, the excess pressure may result in a catastrophic failure.

Automation Thought Leadership Valve Basics Valves

February 2, 2016

Is Your Company Ready for The New Reality?

Is Your Company Ready for The New Reality?

Since August, 2015, when VMA’s 2016 Market Outlook event was held, there have been a few more bumps in the economic road for valve, actuator and control manufacturers, their suppliers, distributors and end users.

Actuators General Thought Leadership

February 1, 2016

Offshore Oil Extraction and Transportation

Offshore Oil Extraction and Transportation

Offshore oil facilities come to the forefront of our thinking these days only when a catastrophic accident occurs aboard a platform or other facility.

General Supply Chain Thought Leadership

January 19, 2016

Improving Control Valve Maintenance with the Industrial Internet of Things

Improving Control Valve Maintenance with the Industrial Internet of Things

By connecting previously stranded data from smart sensors, equipment, and other industrial assets with advanced applications and predictive analytics in the cloud, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is becoming a strategic enabler to improve manufacturing performance.

Automation General Manufacturing MRO

January 18, 2016

Back to Basics: Pressure Relief Devices, Part 2

Back to Basics: Pressure Relief Devices, Part 2

In Part 1 of Pressure Relief Devices, which appears in VALVE Magazine’s Winter 2016 issue, the author stresses the vital role pressure relief devices play in keeping end-user industries that deal with pressurized equipment safe.

Automation General Valve Basics Valves

January 18, 2016

Protecting Valves and Actuators from the Cold

Protecting Valves and Actuators from the Cold

Winter is here!

Actuators General

January 11, 2016

Did You Miss Any of 2015’s Top 10 Articles?

Did You Miss Any of 2015’s Top 10 Articles?

It’s that time of year again, when we are treated to versions of the top 10 everything, from most-viewed cat videos on You Tube to the top 10 list of lists.

General Thought Leadership

January 5, 2016

Changing the Way Americans Think About Manufacturing Careers

Changing the Way Americans Think About Manufacturing Careers

The Valve Manufacturers Association is focusing a major effort on developing a solution to a problem that plagues this industry as well as most of the industrial world: how to find and attract talented new workers.

General Manufacturing Thought Leadership Valve Basics

January 5, 2016

The Underappreciated Mounting Kit

The Underappreciated Mounting Kit

All too often, the mounting kit is considered trivial, an afterthought deemed a commodity within all the other specified control components that comprise a complete automated valve package.

Actuators General Quality/Compliance Thought Leadership

January 5, 2016

Generational Tensions: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Generational Tensions: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Millennials comprise the fastest growing segment of the workforce, and will soon overshadow the GenXers and Baby Boomers.

Thought Leadership

December 23, 2015

A Beginner’s Guide to the Right Actuator (Consider the Valve!)

A Beginner’s Guide to the Right Actuator (Consider the Valve!)

A valve, in its most basic form, consists of a body and an internal moving component (closure element), which shuts off or restricts flow through the valve.

Actuators General Thought Leadership Valve Basics

December 21, 2015

The U.S. Economy: A Curve in the Road

The U.S. Economy: A Curve in the Road

Dr. Alan Beaulieu is a frequent presenter at VMA events, with an impressive record for accurately predicting economic developments.

General Thought Leadership

December 16, 2015

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