During a power plant operating cycle, valve maintenance and reliability are key focus areas, often taking up the largest portion of an outage budget.
August 12, 2020
When it comes to valves, “beauty is only skin-deep” is often a true statement. Since Superman and his X-ray eyes don’t really exist, there is no way to verify the quality of a valve or valve component just by looking at it.
July 18, 2020
Surfaces in relative motion or in contact with each other — such as bearing or gear components — produce a frequency response when they interact.
June 30, 2020
The biopharmaceutical industry relies on hygienic diaphragm valves for its demanding process applications because of the unique needs for cleaning and draining, and for pressure and temperature capabilities.
May 20, 2020
The impact of a facility’s decision to repair control valves, versus replacing them, in the coming months could result in more effort, time and money than expected.
May 19, 2020
The situation presents enormous challenges to local water utilities struggling with aging, and insufficient piping and valves, while trying to deal with limited budgets.
April 22, 2020
The last several decades have seen a change in the U.S. valve industry landscape from the mainland of “do-it-all-ourselves” companies to independent islands of commerce focusing just on what they do best—design and manufacture.
March 24, 2020
Comprehensive valve performance management provides monitoring and service for valves throughout a process or facility.
February 24, 2020
Equipment as a Service (EaaS) is a relatively new concept similar to the widely used Software as a Service (Saas). SaaS allows customers to use cloud-based software on a subscription basis.
December 19, 2019
One of the largest controllable losses in power plants is leakage-based energy loss.
December 3, 2019
As immersive reality technologies continue to grow in scope and scale, more industrial applications are being developed to solve longstanding issues.
December 2, 2019
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) includes, among other capabilities, monitoring equipment and process parameters using sensors connected to networks.
October 28, 2019
