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.
January 18, 2016
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.
January 18, 2016
Winter is here!
January 11, 2016
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.
January 5, 2016
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.
January 5, 2016
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.
January 5, 2016
Millennials comprise the fastest growing segment of the workforce, and will soon overshadow the GenXers and Baby Boomers.
December 23, 2015
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.
December 21, 2015
Dr. Alan Beaulieu is a frequent presenter at VMA events, with an impressive record for accurately predicting economic developments.
December 16, 2015
North America relies on chlorine for many industrial processes and for making the ingredients that go into many of the nation’s chemicals.
December 7, 2015
From time to time, we will re-post particularly well-received 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.
December 6, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series planned by VALVE Magazine that will give you, our readers, the opportunity to share tips that you have found helpful in your career.
December 2, 2015