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Ni-Cr-Mo Alloys

Ni-Cr-Mo Alloys

Q: How do I know what the best type of Ni-Cr-Mo alloy will be for a particular application?

General Thought Leadership

October 14, 2009

Mining: Polarized by Cash

Mining: Polarized by Cash

Leading up to publication of Valve Magazine’s 2010 Market Outlook cover story (mid-October), we take a look at a few of the industries that we did not have room to address in the print edition, but are available for our readers here on ValveMagazine.com.

General

October 8, 2009

Construction: Residential Begins to Stabilize; Commercial to Falter

Construction: Residential Begins to Stabilize; Commercial to Falter

Leading up to publication of Valve Magazine’s 2010 Market Outlook cover story (mid-October), we take a look at a few of the industries that we did not have room to address in the print edition, but are available for our readers here on ValveMagazine.com.

General Thought Leadership

September 30, 2009

Pulp & Paper: Losing Battle with Electronics, But Opportunities Remain

Pulp & Paper: Losing Battle with Electronics, But Opportunities Remain

Leading up to publication of Valve Magazine’s 2010 Market Outlook cover story (mid-October), we take a look at a few of the industries that we did not have room to address in the print edition, but are available for our readers here on ValveMagazine.com.

General

September 24, 2009

Actuators Propel Wind Turbines

Actuators Propel Wind Turbines

We in the valve industry tend to think of actuators as operating valves, but they’re used in other fields as well, including such alternate energy applications as wind turbines.

Actuators General

August 25, 2009

Keeping an Eye on Valves and More: Fluor’s Ron Merrick

Keeping an Eye on Valves and More: Fluor’s Ron Merrick

Ron Merrick, P.E., is one of those increasingly rare individuals: he has spent his entire professional career at one company.

August 7, 2009

Protect Me Please

Protect Me Please

Everyone in the valve industry should be in the protection racket.

MRO Thought Leadership

July 17, 2009

Welding Procedure

Welding Procedure

Q: I need to qualify a welding procedure specification per Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

General Quality/Compliance Thought Leadership Valves

July 17, 2009

Suspicious and Counterfeit Valves: An Avoidable ­Danger

Suspicious and Counterfeit Valves: An Avoidable ­Danger

Counterfeit industrial products have been around a long time: The term “the real McCoy,” for example, comes from the self-regulating steam engine lubricator patented in 1872 by Elijah McCoy.

General MRO

July 17, 2009

Electric Valve Actuators Set to Move into Control Applications

Electric Valve Actuators Set to Move into Control Applications

Electric valve actuators have made great progress in the past few years, in both performance and acceptance.

Actuators General

July 12, 2009

An Upside to the Downturn?

An Upside to the Downturn?

Any student of economics will tell you that “creative destruction” and “disruptive technologies” are essential elements of capitalism.

General

June 23, 2009

Protect Yourself from Suspicious and Counterfeit Valves

Protect Yourself from Suspicious and Counterfeit Valves

Counterfeit industrial products have been around a long time: the term “the real McCoy,” for example, comes from the self-regulating steam engine lubricator patented in 1872 by Elijah McCoy (right). The reason it was called “real” was that the device worked so well, customers demanded it by name over imitators.

Manufacturing

June 5, 2009

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