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New Process Uses Papermill Waste to Produce Chemicals for Making Nylon
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New Process Uses Papermill Waste to Produce Chemicals for Making Nylon

A new processing method converts a primary waste product of the paper industry into chemicals used to make nylon.

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November 17, 2020

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

Pulp and Paper: Changing Habits
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Pulp and Paper: Changing Habits

Different sectors of the pulp and paper industry have reacted differently to conditions during the pandemic, conditions affected by the surging demand for paper products, said Soile Kilpi of AFRY, an international engineering, design and advisory company.

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October 21, 2020

International Trade: A New World
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International Trade: A New World

The world of trade has seen some unprecedented changes in the last few years, changes made more complicated by COVID-19 and what it has done to supply chains, Paula Connelly, a member of the Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg P.A. law firm told attendees at VMA’s Virtual Outlook Workshop in August.

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October 21, 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.

Automation General

October 16, 2020

New Requirements for Actuator Sizing
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New Requirements for Actuator Sizing

After decades of confusion, the American Water Works Association has created new standards for actuator sizing that clear up some of the confusion and also provide guidance on where safety factors need to be applied.

Actuators General Quality/Compliance Thought Leadership Water/wastewater

October 6, 2020

The Materials That Make Up Valves
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The Materials That Make Up Valves

EDITOR’S NOTE: Materials used in the manufacture of valves and how they perform in different applications is a topic of huge interest to everyone who works with valves.

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September 22, 2020

Food and Beverage: Some Up, Some Down
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Food and Beverage: Some Up, Some Down

Though food and beverage products in general are necessities, the industry’s trajectory through the pandemic has had ups and downs, according to Dave Fusaro, editor in chief at Food Processing magazine.

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September 10, 2020

Controlling Our Water Systems, Part I
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Controlling Our Water Systems, Part I

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from Cylinder and Vane Actuators and Control—Design and Installation, published by the American Water Works Association in 2015.

Actuators General Thought Leadership Water/wastewater

August 25, 2020

Virtual Market Outlook Event Exceeds Expectations
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Virtual Market Outlook Event Exceeds Expectations

During the 2020 Market Outlook Workshop August 6 and 7, more than 140 people from across the U.S. and Canada gathered together via laptops and electronic devices to learn what economic experts predict may happen in the short and long term and how that could affect the valves and pumps industries, and to discuss what they were hearing. “The feedback to our first virtual event and overall participation was even better than we expected,” said Heather Rhoderick, CAE, president of Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA), which produced the event with the Hydraulic Institute (HI).

General Manufacturing Thought Leadership

August 13, 2020

Analyzing PTFE Valve Packing for Control Valve Performance
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Analyzing PTFE Valve Packing for Control Valve Performance

During a power plant operating cycle, valve maintenance and reliability are key focus areas, often taking up the largest portion of an outage budget.

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August 12, 2020

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