2020

Stress Wave Monitoring
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Stress Wave Monitoring

Surfaces in relative motion or in contact with each other — such as bearing or gear components — produce a frequency response when they interact.

MRO Thought Leadership Valve Basics

June 30, 2020

Valves Tough Enough to Handle Hydrofluoric Acid
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Valves Tough Enough to Handle Hydrofluoric Acid

Hydrofluoric acid: just the name itself strikes fear in some people, even among those who work around it every day.

General

June 16, 2020

Recommended Practices (RP) Changing Engineering and Supplying of Assemblies
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Recommended Practices (RP) Changing Engineering and Supplying of Assemblies

The issue is that assemblies are not currently treated as “engineered” items — they are often produced by slapping the actuator on the old (or new) valve specified by the piping requirements without much understanding of the specifics of the interactions between valve and actuator connections through the drive train (coupling).

Actuators Controls General Manufacturing

June 3, 2020

Maintaining Hygienic Diaphragm Valves
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Maintaining Hygienic Diaphragm Valves

The biopharmaceutical industry relies on hygienic diaphragm valves for its demanding process applications because of the unique needs for cleaning and draining, and for pressure and temperature capabilities.

MRO Valve Basics Valves

May 20, 2020

Water Infrastructure: Getting Some Long Overdue Attention
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Water Infrastructure: Getting Some Long Overdue Attention

The situation presents enormous challenges to local water utilities struggling with aging, and insufficient piping and valves, while trying to deal with limited budgets.

General MRO Thought Leadership Water/wastewater

April 22, 2020

Innovation Across Many Industries
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Innovation Across Many Industries

The digitalization revolution brought about the creation of technologies that integrate data gathered during physical processes.

Automation General Thought Leadership

April 20, 2020

Automating Old Sluice Gates with Electric Actuators
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Automating Old Sluice Gates with Electric Actuators

Since the early days of water and wastewater treatment plants in the U.S., municipalities and industries have continued to expand and upgrade existing plants and distribution infrastructure as well as build new facilities.

Actuators Controls General Thought Leadership Water/wastewater

April 6, 2020

The Evolution of OEM Support Services
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The Evolution of OEM Support Services

The last several decades have seen a change in the U.S. valve industry landscape from the mainland of “do-it-all-ourselves” companies to independent islands of commerce focusing just on what they do best—design and manufacture.

General MRO Thought Leadership

March 24, 2020

The Valve Industry Finds Value in ESG Initiatives
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The Valve Industry Finds Value in ESG Initiatives

The valve manufacturing industry in North America is one of the industries that have embraced this new way of thinking and is leading the way with the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. These initiatives range from valves designed to mitigate climate change to community involvement activities.

General Sustainability

March 10, 2020

Valves in Space
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Valves in Space

All of these valves need to be built to precise fits and finishes and to stringent performance requirements because “On a spacecraft, everything has got to work. If it breaks, you’re done.”

General Quality/Compliance

January 28, 2020

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