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Any student of economics will tell you that “creative destruction” and “disruptive technologies” are essential elements of capitalism.
June 23, 2009
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.
June 5, 2009
The federal government’s vigorous attempts to get the economy moving are producing gushers of money for water projects of all types.
April 23, 2009
In any control system, the option potentially exists to select either a control valve or a regulator, so it is useful to compare the respective performance and economics of these approaches to arrive at some general selection guidelines.
April 23, 2009
Our company routinely receives inquiries from end users about their safety-relief valves.
April 23, 2009
Q: What do I need to know to choose the right fasteners for my valves?
April 23, 2009
Although efforts have been made to coordinate U.S. standards with those of foreign standards-making bodies, surprisingly few standards have crossed borders intact.
April 23, 2009
In part 1 of our 2-part series on clean coal, we discussed the history of, and the methods behind, various clean coal technologies, and we noted some of the earliest demonstration projects and reported on how they fared.
April 4, 2009
Coal has been considered a dirty fuel for a long time.
March 25, 2009
From her early, trying days in construction to a challenging yet rewarding position as manager of the Eastman Valve Shop at the Eastman Chemical plant in Kingsport, TN, Lori Garrett’s career path shows there are no barriers—gender or otherwise—when you “go for it” with all your heart.
February 24, 2009
The most common type of valve in the world today is probably the globe valve.
February 4, 2009
The theme of the 2009 Valve Industry Leadership Forum was “The Changing Workplace and the Workers Within,” and in keeping with that theme was a presentation by Marilyn Moats Kennedy, founder and managing partner of management consulting firm Career Strategies (Wilmette, IL). Ms.
February 4, 2009
