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Technical

Leak Detection Solution Receives EPA Approval

The public-private partnership solution was developed collaboratively by Molex, the EPA and Flint Hills Resources to meet EPA Method 21 monitoring requirements.
#controls #standards

New Digital Solutions for Intelligent, Energy-Efficient Operations from Baker Hughes

Offerings will help to drive the long-term sustainability of customer operations.
#iiot #VMAnews #controls

Baker Hughes Awarded Fuel Gas Purge N2 Control Valves contract for Mitsubishi Hydrogen Blend Project

Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development have begun construction on the world’s largest underground hydrogen storage project, a 300 GWh underground storage facility in Delta, Utah.
#maintenance-repair #VMAnews #controls

Design

Improving the Reliability of Valves with Embedded Features of Today’s Smart Actuators

Texas plant expansion will achieve 320 million gallons per day of treated water capacity.
#actuators #iiot #controls

Insights

Leading Cybersecurity Firm Predicts More Threats to Industrial Organizations in 2023

Kaspersky ICS CERT researchers share their predictions for next years’ industrial control system-focused developments as well as risks that organizations should prepare for in 2023.
#automation #iiot #controls

AspenTech Introduces New Software Release for Sustainability & Ops Excellence

Aspen Technology, Inc. announced the availability of its latest AspenOne software release, V14.
#VMAnews #controls

Endress+Hauser Launches New Temperature Transmitter

The iTemp TMT31 provides high measurement accuracy, flexible use and safe operation in a variety of process industries
#automation #controls

New Line of IDEC VFDs Provides Flexible Motor Control and Energy Savings

Quadruple-rated VFDs support customizable logic, simplifying motor control and improving energy efficiency for more applications.
#controls

VMA Welcomes Caltrol Inc.

Caltrol, established in 1934, is an employee-owned company and Emerson Impact Partner.
#automation #VMAnews #controls

Emerson Sells Its Three Millionth Digital Valve Controller

Emerson customers have purchased three million Fisher FIELDVUE digital valve controllers over the past three decades.
#maintenance-repair #VMAnews #controls

Insights

Market Outlook Workshop Speakers Offer Insight Into Possible Recession, Ongoing Supply Chain Issues and Political Impacts for 2023

By: Heather Gaynor

From the positive impacts of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to the negative repercussions from the war in Ukraine, external forces continue to shape an uncertain future.
#controls #water-wastewater

Enhanced Software Helps Unlock the Benefits of Control System Virtualization

Control personnel can quickly deploy a virtualized infrastructure that improves performance while also future-proofing their operations.
#VMAnews #controls

Eastern Controls, Inc., Expands its Reach as a SICK, Inc. Authorized Representative

Expansion add more territories in the northeast U.S. coverage.
#automation #actuators #VMAnews

Design

Understanding Torque for Quarter-Turn Valves

Valve manufacturers publish torques for their products so that actuation and mounting hardware can be properly selected.
#actuators #basics #controls

Neles Q-Disc Helps Improve Process Performance in Control Valve Applications

Valmet expands its versatile butterfly valve product range. The Neles Q-Disc joins Valmet’s lineup of the modular Neles Neldisc and the Jamesbury Wafer-Sphere butterfly valve platform.
#actuators #controls #ball-butterfly-plug

Technical

Direct-Sealing Diaphragm Valves Offer Novel Approach

As modern industries such as hydrogen electrolysis and biotech make dramatic technical advances, engineers and researchers must sometimes turn to nontraditional process control systems.
#controls #automation #pressure-relief

Manufacturing

New Technologies Solve Severe Cavitation Problems

An advanced anti-cavitation control valve design enabled by 3D metal printing solved a power plant’s severe cavitation problem and dramatically improved its bottom line.
#controls #materials

Education

The Diverse Role Valves Play in the Chemical Industry

By: Dhanesh Bhaskaran

The chemical industry is extremely diverse with more than 60,000 known products. Like all process industries, the chemical industry needs valves designed for safe, efficient and reliable process operation.
#actuators #controls #gate-globe-check

Technical

Editor's Product Picks

Neles introduces valve-sizing and selection software for all intelligent automated process valves.
#automation #VMAnews #controls