One of the presentations at the Aramco Services Company Technical Exchange Meeting in Houston in early May was entitled “Improving the Value Chain for Valves through Standardization of Metadata.” In it the presenters—Sharon Bickford, project manager at FIATECH; Ken Hamilton, project manager at PIP; Rick Hoenerhoff, associate director at PIP; and John Fish, who works in the area of customer relationships & quality assurance for Ford, Bacon, and Davis, LLC —pointed out that the process for managing valves on a project has not changed in 40 years.
June 23, 2010
Specification sheets for selecting automated valves list requirements for the valve and actuator but often lump all other devices together as related instrumentation or accessories.
April 21, 2010
Q: In the last Materials Q&A column, you discussed using forged bar to make hubbed-flange components such as bonnets.
April 21, 2010
As exploration for new oil and gas sources goes deeper into the ocean and further from shore, valves in service to that industry will have new pressure, temperature and durability requirements.
April 21, 2010
Shortly after 9/11 there was considerable worry about attacks on U.S. chemical plants.
March 22, 2010
It is important to make sure that gas supply lines contain nothing but gas before the equipment they feed is started.
February 26, 2010
Q: I have a material certification for bar material that indicates compliance with ASTM A105.
January 19, 2010
Alternate and renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biofuel, geothermal and others, have frequently made the headlines in recent years, driven partly by worries over imported oil and the need for national energy independence, but also by discussion of possible regulation concerning greenhouse gas emissions.
January 19, 2010
Like anything made of metal, valves are subject to corrosion and other natural forces that compromise their performance.
October 14, 2009
Q: How do I know what the best type of Ni-Cr-Mo alloy will be for a particular application?
October 14, 2009
Leading up to publication of Valve Magazine’s 2010 Market Outlook cover story (mid-October), we take a look at a few of the industries that we did not have room to address in the print edition, but are available for our readers here on ValveMagazine.com.
October 8, 2009
Leading up to publication of Valve Magazine’s 2010 Market Outlook cover story (mid-October), we take a look at a few of the industries that we did not have room to address in the print edition, but are available for our readers here on ValveMagazine.com.
September 30, 2009
