As you walk onto the switching valve deck of a coker, the first thing you notice is the heat.
November 25, 2013
There is something about opening a box labeled “some assembly required” that causes one of two reactions—the joy of the challenge or dread.
November 12, 2013
During a briefing at the 75th anniversary annual meeting in October, the results of the VMA’s latest research project were revealed.
November 6, 2013
Radiographic inspection technology has been used for industrial inspection for decades.
October 29, 2013
On Nov. 15, 1990, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) made into law the standard for process safety management (PSM) of highly hazardous chemicals (29 CFR 1910.119), as well as section 304 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) amendments.
October 29, 2013
While there was indeed a great deal of celebration surrounding the 75th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the Valve Manufacturers Association, the nearly 200 attendees were also there to do business.
October 22, 2013
Attendees at this year’s workshop Aug. 8-9 in San Diego received mostly positive reports from speakers who agreed that, while the nation is in recovery, the road forward is filled with more than a few bumps.
October 15, 2013
At VMA’s annual Market Outlook event held in August 2013, Harvey Bernstein, vice president of industry insights and alliances at McGraw Hill Construction, appeared for the first time as a speaker and shared important insights into the key trends and outlook for institutional construction.
October 1, 2013
There are a wide variety of types and styles of mechanical flowmeters, all with moving parts that measure velocity such as turbine, paddlewheel, impeller and propeller flowmeters.
September 30, 2013
In Part One of our two-part series on small modular reactors (SMRs), we introduced several projects in development, and presented a few of the situations in which SMRs could provide a reliable, economically sound solution for power production.
September 24, 2013
While plans to build billions of dollars worth of petrochemical plants, gathering and transportation pipelines are set for the next decade, there is concern that labor shortages in crafts, trades and design technicians could raise costs and delay commissioning of these important projects.
September 17, 2013
To use the renewable energy of this cold water, Enwave Energy Corporation created Deep Lake Water Cooling, the world’s largest lake-source cooling system.
September 12, 2013
