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Size Matters: Control Valve Sizing 101

Size Matters: Control Valve Sizing 101

When control valve professionals talk about "control valve sizing," they really mean the entire process of selecting the valve that will do the best job of controlling the process.

Actuators General Thought Leadership Valve Basics

August 16, 2012

Measuring Stem Nut Wear Using the SNAP Process

Measuring Stem Nut Wear Using the SNAP Process

A motor-operated valve (MOV) stem nut typically is made of a bronze alloy material.

General

August 10, 2012

Controlling And Monitoring Control Valve Fugitive Emissions

Controlling And Monitoring Control Valve Fugitive Emissions

Since valves are the number one source of leakage, those faced with reducing fugitive emissions need to look at the most challenging type: control valves.

Controls General MRO

August 6, 2012

Reaching Around the World

Reaching Around the World

To coincide with the release of the latest edition of the North American Catalog of Valves—first published in 1984—we spoke with several U.S. and Canadian companies about how globalization has changed the way they do business.

General Supply Chain Thought Leadership

July 30, 2012

New Technology for the New Nuclear

New Technology for the New Nuclear

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the construction of four new nuclear reactors in the U.S., the first since 1978.

Automation General Quality/Compliance

July 28, 2012

Perlast ICE G75LT from Precision Polymer Engineering

Perlast ICE G75LT from Precision Polymer Engineering

Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) has launched Perlast ICE G75LT, a low temperature perfluoroelastomer material for use in oil and gas applications.

General

July 23, 2012

The Momentum Cycle: Leading the Lean Transformation

The Momentum Cycle: Leading the Lean Transformation

I have worked and taught in organizations for nearly half a century, and for at least half that time, I’ve led sessions on Lean and it its predecessors.

Thought Leadership

July 16, 2012

Those Dam Valves and the Great Job They Do

Those Dam Valves and the Great Job They Do

As the nation increasingly seeks sources for renewable energy, dams and the thousands of valves they contain will only become more important.

General Thought Leadership Workforce Development

July 16, 2012

Ready for Low-E Valve Technology?

Ready for Low-E Valve Technology?

With an estimated 60% of fugitive emissions attributed to valves it is easy to see EPA’s attention is on valve emissions reduction.

Automation General

July 13, 2012

A Conversation with R. Scott Graham: Analyzing the Valve World

A Conversation with R. Scott Graham: Analyzing the Valve World

Some analysts consider the valve market a hard one to track because there are so many players in the field and the business cycles are so long term.

Thought Leadership

July 9, 2012

Standards Spring from the Need to Protect

Standards Spring from the Need to Protect

Most of us in the valve industry take for granted the interchangeability and standardization of the valves produced today.

Quality/Compliance Thought Leadership

July 9, 2012

Intellectual Property Theft: Part Two

Intellectual Property Theft: Part Two

In Part One of our two part series on Intellectual Property Theft, we summarized some recent developments in protection of intellectual property rights.

Manufacturing

July 6, 2012

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