The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought with it unparalleled opportunity for businesses and facilities to monitor their assets and enact predictive maintenance that can extend an asset’s lifecycle.
June 4, 2018
After the oil crash of 2014, producers needed to refine the technology even further to bring costs down while meeting new industry challenges.
May 23, 2018
Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a fascinating technology that has gained acceptance over the past several years.
May 22, 2018
Because so many of the applications where valves are used are sensitive to the danger of fire and explosion, fire testing is a critical part of the process of designing the right valves.
May 9, 2018
As the industrial world continues to expand in its use of CAD data and 3D digitizing technology, the advances in blue laser scanning and structured blue light are further supporting industrial operations throughout the design, manufacture and aftermarket servicing processes.
May 7, 2018
Straight pattern globe valves are widely used in the oil and gas industry to regulate and control the flow of fluids.
May 1, 2018
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
Despite thousands of flight cancellations and challenging travel conditions resulting from an unexpected snowstorm, most members headed for VMA’s Valve Industry Leadership Forum made it to the meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Arlington, VA, March 22-23.
March 28, 2018
Over the past few years, owners and operators of mining and mineral processing facilities have been challenged to enhance reliability of their operations to achieve top performance targets or operational certainty.
March 27, 2018
