Electric actuators are vital for operating a wide variety of valves and are used in many industrial applications.
April 11, 2016
Compression packing is the primary method employed to seal the stem of many types of valves.
April 11, 2016
The primary sources of fugitive emissions from refineries and chemical plants are equipment leaks, process venting, evaporation losses, flaring, and accidents and equipment failures.
April 4, 2016
Q: Can duplex stainless steels be hardfaced without adversely affecting the base material properties?
March 29, 2016
Knife gate valves are used to provide isolation in various applications including oil sands slurries, pulp stock, waste water and power generation.
March 21, 2016
To meet the increasingly stringent environmental and safety standards instituted by governments and standards boards, manufacturers and users alike must be constantly aware of changes and challenges for which they are ultimately responsible.
March 14, 2016
Experience has shown that quality assurance/ control project managers cannot rely on supplier material test reports (MTRs) alone to identify material used in new construction; MTRs can contain significant errors.
March 8, 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
For the first time since 2009, U.S. industrial valve shipments are predicted to have almost no growth in 2016, according to the annual forecast of the Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA). VMA’s forecast indicates shipments will be up just $3 million over 2015 to be about $4.5 billion total. “Our industry crested in 2008 at about $4 billion before taking a tumble from the recession.
February 16, 2016
It’s hard to imagine an issue more front-and-center on most people’s minds today than cybersecurity—in particular, what will happen if the world’s infrastructure systems are attacked.
February 16, 2016
By closely controlling the pressure and temperature of both heating and cooling mediums within heat exchange systems, the use of an automated control valve can help assure the efficient transfer of heat.
February 15, 2016
The API Standard Committee on Piping and Valves has published some standards on fugitive emissions.
February 8, 2016
