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The Actuators That Drive Subsea Operations
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The Actuators That Drive Subsea Operations

Subsea development includes different types of activities such as exploration, drilling, completion and production.Subsea manifolds are the arrangement of piping, valves, connections, structures and the foundation used in the subsea production system to receive, combine and distribute the hydrocarbon fluid

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November 5, 2020

Market Outlook 2021: Uncertainties Create Strategy Challenges
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Market Outlook 2021: Uncertainties Create Strategy Challenges

The well-received VMA/Hydraulics Institute event was not all doom and gloom. One of the main themes that the speakers repeated was that it is just such times of challenge when innovation and new ideas are born.

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October 20, 2020

Optimizing Valve Performance and Reliability with Remote Mount Technologies
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Optimizing Valve Performance and Reliability with Remote Mount Technologies

As the interface between a valve and its control system, positioners play an important role in ensuring reliability and optimal performance in automated process plants.

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October 16, 2020

Pneumatic Valves: New Technology for a Digital Transformation
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Pneumatic Valves: New Technology for a Digital Transformation

Principles built around the Industrial Internet of Things have guided the automation industry’s rapid adoption and mainstreaming of many production systems.

Automation General

July 28, 2020

Check Valves: The Most Important Valves in Your Process System
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Check Valves: The Most Important Valves in Your Process System

Check valves, as critical as they are for flow system performance, often don’t receive the respect they are due, said Arie Bregman, vice president and general manager, DFT, Inc., in a recent VMA presentation.

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July 1, 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.

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April 20, 2020

Hydrogen’s Role in Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions
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Hydrogen’s Role in Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions

“When considering what a global energy system on a 1.5°C or 2°C [2.7°F or 3.6°F] pathway will look like by 2050, hydrogen consistently plays a critical role as a low-carbon fuel,” according to a report from Rocky Mountain Institute authored by Thomas Koch Blank and Patrick Molloy.

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January 29, 2020

Advanced Pressure Control in a City Water System
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Advanced Pressure Control in a City Water System

Every water supply district experiences unnecessary losses from leakage and expenses for repairing line breaks.

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January 2, 2020

Equipment as a Service: Extending the Subscription Model to Industrial Equipment
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Equipment as a Service: Extending the Subscription Model to Industrial Equipment

Equipment as a Service (EaaS) is a relatively new concept similar to the widely used Software as a Service (Saas). SaaS allows customers to use cloud-based software on a subscription basis.

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December 19, 2019

Implementing the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Implementing the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Many names have been given to the current state of technology in manufacturing including the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Industry 4.0.

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December 17, 2019

Enhancing Maintenance with the IIoT
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Enhancing Maintenance with the IIoT

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) includes, among other capabilities, monitoring equipment and process parameters using sensors connected to networks.

Automation General Manufacturing MRO

October 28, 2019

U.S. Now Exports Crude Oil to More Places Than It Imports
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U.S. Now Exports Crude Oil to More Places Than It Imports

As U.S. crude oil export volumes have increased to an average of 2.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in the first seven months of 2019, the number of destinations (which includes countries, territories, autonomous regions, and other administrative regions) that receive U.S. exports has also increased.

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October 22, 2019

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