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Controlling Our Water Systems, Part II
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Controlling Our Water Systems, Part II

To better understand the actuators and controls in our water systems, we discussed the types and some of the considerations for sizing in the first part of this article, which appeared in the print version of VALVEMagazine and is posted here.

Actuators Controls General Thought Leadership Water/wastewater

July 7, 2016

Controlling Our Water Systems
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Controlling Our Water Systems

Actuators and controls are a critical process of how we move water through our supply and waste systems.

Actuators Controls General Thought Leadership Water/wastewater

July 5, 2016

Hardfacing Alloys and Processes for Advanced Ultra-Supercritical
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Hardfacing Alloys and Processes for Advanced Ultra-Supercritical

Cobalt-based Stellite 6 has been the workhorse for providing improved wear resistance and service life in valve components installed in power generating facilities for over 75 years.

General MRO Thought Leadership

July 5, 2016

Fugitive Emissions—Issues and Opportunities
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Fugitive Emissions—Issues and Opportunities

Fugitive emissions, ppm, consent decrees and low-E packings: These are the words that make up a lexicon unknown in the valve repair world 25 years ago.

MRO Thought Leadership

June 21, 2016

What Internal Best Practices Can Do for Valve Selection
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What Internal Best Practices Can Do for Valve Selection

As time goes by, technology moves forward, lessons are learned and industry requirements evolve.

Automation General

June 10, 2016

The Limits of Standard Manual Globe Valves for Throttling
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The Limits of Standard Manual Globe Valves for Throttling

A common practice in process services is to use manual globe valves with hand wheels for regulating flow.

General MRO Quality/Compliance Valves

May 23, 2016

Stop Check Valves
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Stop Check Valves

Stop check valves are vital to several industries to protect boilers and other equipment.

Automation Thought Leadership Valve Basics Valves

May 10, 2016

Food and Beverage Processing
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Food and Beverage Processing

When wandering the grocery store aisles, it’s easy to forget that for every colorful package that sits on the shelves, myriad processes go into preparing the foods inside.

General Thought Leadership

April 19, 2016

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