Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things are allowing increased use of adaptive analytics in running our plants.
July 4, 2018
Plant owners, operators and purchasing managers have a challenging job: They must make sure their plants run with little downtime, maximum safety and top efficiency.
June 20, 2018
Gaskets are near the bottom of the food chain of valve components; trim, body materials and packing seem to get a lot more press.
June 6, 2018
After the oil crash of 2014, producers needed to refine the technology even further to bring costs down while meeting new industry challenges.
May 23, 2018
Because so many of the applications where valves are used are sensitive to the danger of fire and explosion, fire testing is a critical part of the process of designing the right valves.
May 9, 2018
Finding and retaining the right talent is a continual challenge to manufacturers who say the skills shortage has negatively impacted their ability to expand.
April 24, 2018
The first VMA Valve Industry Knowledge Forum, April 11-13 in Savannah, GA, provided a potpourri of topics for valve industry professionals from all disciplines.
April 19, 2018
Liquid piping systems are prone to collecting air from incoming fluids, pumps and connections.
April 16, 2018
The last 25 years have seen standards created and implemented to increase the quality and repeatability of valves procured from low-cost manufacturing sources around the world.
April 11, 2018
Gears have a long history and have been used for many purposes throughout civilization.
March 28, 2018
Shutdowns, turnarounds and outages (STOs) play a major role in plant safety, performance, reliability and profitability.
March 1, 2018
Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston in August 2017 creating what has been called the most extreme rain event in U.S. history.
February 28, 2018
