2018 › Winter
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
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
A focus on having the proper specification, design and integration of final elements is key in the actuation of valves for the process industry.
February 14, 2018
The term valve trim has been around for about 150 years—shortened at one point from the word: “trimmings,” a term in vogue until the late 1930s.
January 31, 2018
