AIV, LP, a Houston-based global wholesale distributor of valves and actuators for the oil and gas, power generation, chemical, petrochemical, refining, pulp and paper and water treatment industries, has announced that it has acquired Zenith Supply.
January 22, 2018
Many valve, actuator and control manufacturers have jumped right in and taken advantage of the opportunities the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have brought to process control.
November 13, 2017
The valve industry is made up of many types of valves that are used in countless types of applications, locations and service conditions.
September 13, 2017
A common misconception in our industry is that actuating a valve is as simple as putting the most cost-efficient actuator on top of your valve of choice, but the process is much more complicated than that.
July 24, 2017
Valve actuators deliver either linear or rotary force.
December 20, 2016
One of the most important components of an automated threaded stem valve is the ubiquitous stem nut, a relatively simple and unsophisticated mechanical device that converts the rotary motion of an actuator into the linear stem movement needed to open or close one of the many types of gate valves or sluice gates.
September 19, 2016
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.
July 7, 2016
Actuators and controls are a critical process of how we move water through our supply and waste systems.
July 5, 2016
Electric actuators are vital for operating a wide variety of valves and are used in many industrial applications.
April 11, 2016
Once valves and actuators are installed and commissioned on site, the manufacturer’s involvement often lapses to an occasional service call.
February 24, 2016
Since August, 2015, when VMA’s 2016 Market Outlook event was held, there have been a few more bumps in the economic road for valve, actuator and control manufacturers, their suppliers, distributors and end users.
February 1, 2016
Winter is here!
January 11, 2016
