5/10/2024

Standards Spotlight: Shoot the Breeze

The British Valve and Actuator Association, VMA’s complement in the UK, is the voice of our industry “across the pond.”
#VMAnews #standards

5/10/2024

VMA News

A Successful Hydrogen Valve Summit and Valve Forum: Conference & Exhibits The Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA) recently held its inaugural Hydrogen Valve Summit and annual Valve Forum: Conference & Exhibits in Houston, Texas.

5/9/2024

Latest Launches

Valmet Launches DNAe, Next-Gen Distributed Control System Valmet introduced its next-generation distributed control system (DCS), the Valmet DNAe.
#actuators #controls

NEWS 5/7/2024

European Commission Approves Aid Measure to Support SMRs

Investment of more than $320 million USD will be used for research and development by Nuward in small modular reactors.

NEWS 4/29/2024

Imperial Appoints Senior Vice President, Upstream

Cheryl Gomez-Smith succeeds Simon Younger.

NEWS 4/24/2024

IMI Critical Engineering Unifies Products and Services Under Master Brand

The move aims to simplify IMI’s visual identity while supporting the company’s growth plans and further developing its talent attraction and retention initiatives.

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5/8/2024

Richards Industrials Appoints New CFO

John Samoya brings over three decades of finance expertise including twenty years in the manufacturing and consumer goods sectors.

5/7/2024

Industry News

Industry news; acquisitions; projects

Design 5/6/2024

Pinch Valves: An Uncomplicated Valve With an Important Purpose

Used in on/off or throttling applications, choosing the right style pinch valve depends on the application.
#basics #knowyourvalves

NEWS 4/17/2024

Valmet Launches DNAe, Next-Gen Distributed Control System

The system empowers users to seamlessly run industrial applications on-premise, at the edge server or in the cloud.

NEWS 4/16/2024

IMI Delivers More Than $18 Million USD in Orders for Hydrogen Projects

The company doubled its 2022 orders that supported hydrogen generation.

NEWS 4/16/2024

First National Legally Enforceable Drinking Water Standard for PFAS Passed

As part of the Administration’s commitment to combating PFAS pollution, EPA announces $1B investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address PFAS in drinking water.

VMA MEMBER NEWS

Standards Spotlight: Shoot the Breeze

May 10, 2024

The British Valve and Actuator Association, VMA’s complement in the UK, is the voice of our industry “across the pond.”
#VMAnews #standards

An Interview With...Andy Duffy

Heather Gaynor | Feb 13, 2024

Andy Duffy, VMA Chairman of the Board, at the 2023 annual meeting.
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VMA News

Feb 13, 2024

VMA’s mission is to serve the growth and innovation of the U.S. and Canadian industrial valve industry globally by providing a forum that enhances a positive operating environment, increases knowledge, advances technology innovations and facilitates business and government connections for manufacturers, distributors and service providers of valves, actuators and controls.
#VMAnews #maintenance-repair #automation

Perspectives

Feb 12, 2024

Happy New Year, and thanks for reading the revised Valve Magazine!
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5/2/2024

ThermOmegaTech Receives NSF/ANSI 61 Certification

The company’s Econo/HAT-RA valves were designed to safeguard water supply pumps during system abnormalities.
#water-wastewater

4/30/2024

Second U.S. Gen III+ Advanced Nuclear Reactor Enters Operation

Westinghouse AP1000 reactor is the second US-based reactor to enter commercial operation.

4/30/2024

Tivoli Midstream Acquires Strategic Texas Gulf Coast Terminal Assets

The Chocolate Bayou Assets consist of approximately 3.0 million barrels of storage capacity, open land available for development and an extensive footprint of logistics assets.

NEWS 4/16/2024

Blue Biofuels Announces Commencement of Engineering Study for Ethanol Plan

Engineering and design phase has started for its cellulose-to-sugar ethanol facility

NEWS 4/3/2024

Curtiss-Wright Completes Acquisition of WSC Inc.

WSC is a provider of state-of-the-art simulation technology that supports the design, commissioning and reliable operation of commercial nuclear power generation and process plants worldwide

NEWS 4/2/2024

EIG MidOcean Energy Completes Acquisition of Tokyo Gas' Interest in Australian LNG Projects

The acquisition includes Tokyo Gas’ interests in the Gorgon LNG, Pluto LNG and Queensland Curtis LNG projects.

Education 2/10/2024

Valve Basics: New Valve Modifications

Valve modification can be defined as: adding value to standard or “commodity” valves by installing actuators, special trims, different end-connections, packing and gaskets, and other accessories or upgrades not provided on the original product.
#actuators #standards #basics

NEW TO THE INDUSTRY? EXPLORE OUR 101 CONTENT

Pinch Valves: An Uncomplicated Valve With an Important Purpose

May 06, 2024

Used in on/off or throttling applications, choosing the right style pinch valve depends on the application.
#basics #knowyourvalves

Valve Basics: New Valve Modifications

Feb 25, 2019

Fundamental Operation of Pilot-Operated Safety Relief Valves

Feb 05, 2024

In this second of a series, we explore another type of pressure relief valves used in common applications.
#pressure-relief #basics #knowyourvalves

Valve Basics: Electric Actuator Controls

Jul 06, 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.
#basics #automation #actuators