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VALVE Magazine: Readers’ Choice 2017
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VALVE Magazine: Readers’ Choice 2017

Happy New Year to our VALVE Magazine readers and contributors.

General Thought Leadership

January 2, 2018

Passivation and Pickling
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Passivation and Pickling

Q: I have customers that ask for their stainless-steel valves to be pickled and I have others who ask for them to be passivated.

General Thought Leadership

December 19, 2017

Offshore Production in a Low Oil-Price Environment
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Offshore Production in a Low Oil-Price Environment

Three years ago, The Washington Post published an article called Key facts about the great oil crash of 2014.

General Supply Chain

December 19, 2017

Construction and Mining: Is 2018 The Year for Growth?
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Construction and Mining: Is 2018 The Year for Growth?

While there is a degree of optimism in the mining industry that hasn’t been seen for some years, much uncertainty still exists in this sector.

General Manufacturing Thought Leadership

December 12, 2017

Process Instrumentation in Oil and Gas
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Process Instrumentation in Oil and Gas

Process instrumentation is an integral part of any process industry because it allows real time measurement and control of process variables such as levels, flow, pressure, temperature, pH and humidity.

General Thought Leadership Valves

December 7, 2017

Will Smart Machines Obsolete Human Resources?
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Will Smart Machines Obsolete Human Resources?

Is artificial intelligence (AI) going to take over manufacturing jobs and the jobs of human resources professionals?

Automation General Workforce Development

December 6, 2017

Check Valves in LNG Cryogenic Service
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Check Valves in LNG Cryogenic Service

Because natural gas is currently considered a good source of energy for both environmental and economic reasons, it’s growing in use.

General MRO Valves

December 6, 2017

Is Valve Live Loading an Option?
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Is Valve Live Loading an Option?

Valves leak.

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November 28, 2017

Managing Control Valve Reliability in the Arctic
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Managing Control Valve Reliability in the Arctic

“A sow and polar bear cub are walking across the east side of the pad.

General Leadership

November 21, 2017

Unique Operating Dynamics of Trunnion-Mounted Ball Valves
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Unique Operating Dynamics of Trunnion-Mounted Ball Valves

For a very long time, the idea has existed that a trunnion-mounted ball valve can be opened under full differential pressure if the piping system can withstand the rapid increase in pressure and the forces induced by it.

Automation General Valves

November 21, 2017

Adopting the IIoT: Are Results Matching the Hype?
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Adopting the IIoT: Are Results Matching the Hype?

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.

Actuators General Manufacturing

November 13, 2017

Oxygen Cleaning: A Validated Process is Critical for Safety
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Oxygen Cleaning: A Validated Process is Critical for Safety

From time to time, we re-publish well-received or particularly valuable articles that have previously run on VALVEMagazine.com so that those who might have missed them will be able to catch up on the best of the best.

General Quality/Compliance

November 6, 2017

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