This year’s Valve Repair Council Meeting, Tour & Exhibits in Houston, June 6-8, provided the attendees with an excellent program of sessions designed for skilled professionals in the valve repair and rebuild industry.
June 20, 2018
Gaskets are near the bottom of the food chain of valve components; trim, body materials and packing seem to get a lot more press.
June 6, 2018
The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought with it unparalleled opportunity for businesses and facilities to monitor their assets and enact predictive maintenance that can extend an asset’s lifecycle.
June 4, 2018
Over the past few years, owners and operators of mining and mineral processing facilities have been challenged to enhance reliability of their operations to achieve top performance targets or operational certainty.
March 27, 2018
Shutdowns, turnarounds and outages (STOs) play a major role in plant safety, performance, reliability and profitability.
March 1, 2018
Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston in August 2017 creating what has been called the most extreme rain event in U.S. history.
February 28, 2018
This article aims to resolve the problems that can occur when high actuator torque has a negative effect on the stem of the valve in offshore service.
February 26, 2018
Because natural gas is currently considered a good source of energy for both environmental and economic reasons, it’s growing in use.
December 6, 2017
The theme of adapting to change was set very early for the Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA) and Valve Repair Council (VRC) 79th Annual Meeting.
October 23, 2017
The valve industry is made up of many types of valves that are used in countless types of applications, locations and service conditions.
September 13, 2017
Companies that repair, test, maintain or supply valves routinely receive inquiries from end users about safety-relief valves.
August 14, 2017
In his presentation at VMA’s 2017 Technical Seminar, Kurt Larson, a process control engineer for Air Products, spoke about the inherent danger of the oxygen production business and how it is particularly important for end users and valve manufacturers to work closely together.
July 10, 2017
