What Internal Best Practices Can Do for Valve Selection
As time goes by, technology moves forward, lessons are learned and industry requirements evolve.
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Strategies for Successful SIS Valve Diagnostic Implementation
End users and contractors alike strive to design and operate plants with maximum plant safety and efficient production, and safety instrumented system may be required to reduce risk to an acceptable level.
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Stop Check Valves
Stop check valves are vital to several industries to protect boilers and other equipment.
#basics #gate-globe-check #automation
Braided Packing: An Old Technology with a Modern Twist
Compression packing is the primary method employed to seal the stem of many types of valves.
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Fugitive Emission Testing and Certification of Valves – What Next?
The primary sources of fugitive emissions from refineries and chemical plants are equipment leaks, process venting, evaporation losses, flaring, and accidents and equipment failures.
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Introduction to Pressure Relief Devices - Part 1
When the pressure inside equipment such as boilers or pressure vessels increases beyond a specified value, the excess pressure may result in a catastrophic failure.
#pressure-relief #basics #automation
Improving Control Valve Maintenance with the Industrial Internet of Things
By connecting previously stranded data from smart sensors, equipment, and other industrial assets with advanced applications and predictive analytics in the cloud, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is becoming a strategic enabler to improve manufacturing performance.
#maintenance-repair #iiot #automation
Back to Basics: Pressure Relief Devices, Part 2
In Part 1 of Pressure Relief Devices, which appears in VALVE Magazine’s Winter 2016 issue, the author stresses the vital role pressure relief devices play in keeping end-user industries that deal with pressurized equipment safe.
#basics #pressure-relief #automation
European vs. U.S. Temperature Code Ratings for Solenoid Valves
Solenoid valves are vital components of many process automation systems.
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Robots and Valves: A Good Match?
While the science fiction image of robots conjures up visions of humanoid-like machines with arms, legs and a head, the reality is that most robots have no resemblance at all to humans.
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Training Is a Crucial Part of the Picture
A swiftly growing fire erupts from a piece of malfunctioning equipment at a plant that has a reputation for reliable operations and very few workplace accidents.
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A Case Study: Updating a Postwar-Era Potable Water System
The Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District (FRMCD) in southwestern Oklahoma is part of the 8,800-acre Foss Reservoir/Foss Lake.
#automation #water-wastewater
Advances in Desalination Technology
More than 750 million people currently lack access to clean water worldwide.
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Tony Canonaco Appointed President of Balluff Inc.
Balluff Inc., a leading sensor specialist and system provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Canonaco as President effective May 1, 2015 and CEO effective August 1, 2015.
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A.W. Chesterton: 1724 Low E Sealing System
Achieving Low E Fugitive Emissions Compliance in Chemical Industry Valve Stem Sealing
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Inexpensive Safe Water Tapped by Correcting Control Valve Output
The error output from a control valve can come from a variety of sources: uncontrolled input pressure, uncontrolled input flow rate, inaccurate orifice size or turbulent flow through the system which causes irregularity of flow rates through the system.
#water-wastewater #pressure-relief #controls
Solenoid Valve Technology for Upstream Oil and Gas Heating Equipment
Low-temperature stainless-steel fuel shutoff valves are typically used for on/off control of fuel gas within gas fuel trains in process heating system burners.
#solenoids #automation
Regulators versus Control Valves: What’s the Best Fit?
The combination of North American shale fields that continue to fuel high levels of new domestic oil and gas projects and ongoing global efforts means the need for efficiency in instrumentation selection has never been higher.
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Hacking: Control Systems Are Not Immune
Almost every day we read about a cybersecurity breach of a major bank, retailer or government computing system.
#iiot #automation
Emergency Repair in Pipelines
Decades of innovation and ingenuity in the pipeline valve manufacturing industry have resulted in dozens of designs incorporating multiple body parts, top and bottom entry designs and sophisticated seat sealant systems.
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