The valve landscape has changed over the past few decades—instead of über-high volumes of simple valves, many buyers and makers of valves are increasingly aiming for low-to-medium volumes of complex, high-precision valves made from exotic materials.
August 4, 2014
While the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other organizations published a variety of valve standards covering gate, ball, check, butterfly and plug valves for decades, the first for globe valves came out in 2013.
June 24, 2014
The EPA has been reducing the allowable fugitive emissions on valves in the last few years.
April 28, 2014
Maximum ethylene production requires several conditions: a highly saturated feedstock, high coil outlet temperature, low hydrocarbon partial pressure, short residence time in the radiant coil, and rapid quenching of the cracked gases.
March 17, 2014
With valves accounting for 60 percent of all non-compliance, conventional valve packing will not be an acceptable emissions solution by itself moving forward.
August 20, 2013
In a quest for more efficient power generation, power plants in the 1930s pushed the pressure-temperature envelope.
August 12, 2013
Due in part to the condominium boom, there have been a large number of suite HVAC unit isolation brass ball valve failures reported in fan coil or heat pump based heating/cooling systems high rise buildings.
July 29, 2013
Before the industry slowdown of 2008, end users performed third-party pressure testing of valves for use in critical service according to the acceptance criteria of ASME B16.34, API-598, API-6D, etc.
June 6, 2013
Oil wells drilled in deep waters typically face many difficulties with pressure, especially as the wells are placed on the bottom of the ocean floor.
April 16, 2013
With valve components sourced from numerous suppliers around the globe, valve, actuator and control manufacturers are faced with a significant number of challenges while attempting to meet the desired flow control at a competitive price.
March 8, 2013
Storm Manufacturing Group, maker of Kingston Valves, announces the release of their new safety valve series: the Kingston Model 710.
February 25, 2013
The clean service pressure relief valve from Rupture Pin Technology (RPT) uses a precise pin as the sensor and actuator.
February 20, 2013
