The compact design, simplicity of use, ease of repair and wide performance capability have helped to make the ball valve a dominant design in modern industrial applications.
October 30, 2023
High pressure, high-temperature applications require a safe, leak-free pressure-containing boundary.
August 9, 2023
Too often this valve is unjustly blamed when problems occur, but the real culprit is its use in the wrong applications.
December 27, 2022
There are many applications where the globe valve outshines other designs, so the future is still bright for these long-time favorites of the flow control industry.
October 3, 2022
Electric valve actuators control the opening and closing of valves. With a motor drive that provides torque to operate the valve, these actuators are frequently used on multi-turn valves such as gate or globe and also on ball, plug and other quarter-turn valves.
July 6, 2022
The past few years have proven that digital transformation (DT) is more than just a trend. It is becoming one of the frontrunners for ensuring business continuity through modernizing times. However, despite being an essential component for adaptability in a competitive industry, not all companies would consider their DT implementation a success.
May 17, 2022
The venerable gate valve remains a primary choice for many service applications.
April 6, 2022
Valve manufacturers publish torques for their products so that actuation and mounting hardware can be properly selected.
January 11, 2022
A key advantage of selecting a butterfly valve is the reduction of space and weight to a system compared with other options such as ball, check, globe or gate valves.
January 11, 2022
In an effort to fight water scarcity, companies like Microsoft, Google and Facebook have all pledged to become water-positive by 2030.
November 8, 2021
In the world of low-pressure and low-vacuum relief valves—defined for this article as valves with settings less than 15 psig—there are several different common valve configurations.
November 1, 2021
Welcome to the first in a series of Valve Basics articles, each focused on a major product type and written especially for newcomers to the industries that use and make valves and related products.
August 9, 2021
