The Actuators That Drive Subsea Operations
Subsea development includes different types of activities such as exploration, drilling, completion and production.Subsea manifolds are the arrangement of piping, valves, connections, structures and the foundation used in the subsea production system to receive, combine and distribute the hydrocarbon fluid
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Market Outlook 2021: Uncertainties Create Strategy Challenges
The well-received VMA/Hydraulics Institute event was not all doom and gloom. One of the main themes that the speakers repeated was that it is just such times of challenge when innovation and new ideas are born.
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Optimizing Valve Performance and Reliability with Remote Mount Technologies
As the interface between a valve and its control system, positioners play an important role in ensuring reliability and optimal performance in automated process plants.
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Pneumatic Valves: New Technology for a Digital Transformation
Principles built around the Industrial Internet of Things have guided the automation industry’s rapid adoption and mainstreaming of many production systems.
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Check Valves: The Most Important Valves in Your Process System
Check valves, as critical as they are for flow system performance, often don’t receive the respect they are due, said Arie Bregman, vice president and general manager, DFT, Inc., in a recent VMA presentation.
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Innovation Across Many Industries
The digitalization revolution brought about the creation of technologies that integrate data gathered during physical processes.
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Hydrogen’s Role in Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions
“When considering what a global energy system on a 1.5°C or 2°C [2.7°F or 3.6°F] pathway will look like by 2050, hydrogen consistently plays a critical role as a low-carbon fuel,” according to a report from Rocky Mountain Institute authored by Thomas Koch Blank and Patrick Molloy.
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Advanced Pressure Control in a City Water System
Every water supply district experiences unnecessary losses from leakage and expenses for repairing line breaks.
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Equipment as a Service: Extending the Subscription Model to Industrial Equipment
Equipment as a Service (EaaS) is a relatively new concept similar to the widely used Software as a Service (Saas). SaaS allows customers to use cloud-based software on a subscription basis.
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Implementing the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Many names have been given to the current state of technology in manufacturing including the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Industry 4.0.
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Enhancing Maintenance with the IIoT
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) includes, among other capabilities, monitoring equipment and process parameters using sensors connected to networks.
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U.S. Now Exports Crude Oil to More Places Than It Imports
As U.S. crude oil export volumes have increased to an average of 2.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in the first seven months of 2019, the number of destinations (which includes countries, territories, autonomous regions, and other administrative regions) that receive U.S. exports has also increased.
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Control Valve Selection for Severe Service
A control valve can be used to control pressure, pressure drop, flow and temperature in any system where there is a fluid flowing through a pipe that needs to be controlled.
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Electric Actuators in the Oil and Gas Industry
Actuators in the oil and gas industry operate many types of valves, and they must do so with great precision and accuracy.
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Process Instrumentation and Automation Market to Grow at 4.4%
The process instrumentation and automation market in the United States, currently valued at $13.9 billion, is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4% and reach a total of $17.3 billion in 2023, according to a market forecast published by the Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA). The percentage increase over the five years is projected to be about 24%. The reported market value slightly exceeded the $13.6 billion projected for 2018 in the 2014 MCAA Market report.
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Smart Monitoring for Pipelines
Pipelines represent an efficient, safe way to transport many kinds of liquids and gases.
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The Case for RFID in Process Plants
Today, much of the information regarding the status of components installed in the field is housed in paper files, which poses problems for technicians and engineers.
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3D Printed Manufacturing Aids: Jigs & Fixtures
With the availability of affordable 3D printing equipment and services, this technology is now within reach of companies that have not been able to use it before.
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Speakers Share Expertise at 2019 Knowledge Forum
Technology has been advancing at a pace that may be faster than our ability to protect it, according to Pat Toth, cybersecurity program manager with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Toth was keynote speaker at the second VMA Valve Industry Knowledge Forum, April 9-11 in Birmingham, AL.
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Solenoid Valves: Direct Acting vs. Pilot-Operated
While presenting in a recent VMA Valve Basics 101 Course in Houston, I found myself in a familiar role: explaining solenoid valves (SOVs) to attendees. (I work with solenoids so much that one VMA member at that conference joked that I needed to be wearing an I Heart Solenoids t-shirt). During the hands-on “petting zoo” portion of the program, which involves smaller groups of attendees, one of the most frequently asked questions I get from people came up: What’s the difference between direct-acting and pilot-operated SOVs, and how do we make a choice?
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