Adapt and Thrive, Say Annual Meeting Speakers
The theme of adapting to change was set very early for the Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA) and Valve Repair Council (VRC) 79th Annual Meeting.
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Sizing Electric Actuators for Use on Linear Valves
The valve industry is made up of many types of valves that are used in countless types of applications, locations and service conditions.
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Safety Relief Valve FAQs
Companies that repair, test, maintain or supply valves routinely receive inquiries from end users about safety-relief valves.
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Valves in Oxygen Service
In his presentation at VMA’s 2017 Technical Seminar, Kurt Larson, a process control engineer for Air Products, spoke about the inherent danger of the oxygen production business and how it is particularly important for end users and valve manufacturers to work closely together.
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Ball Valve Repair 101
From time to time, we are re-posting well-received or particularly valuable articles that have previously run on VALVEMagazine.com so that those who might have missed them will be able to catch up on the best of the best.
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Lubricants: Always Important—Sometimes Essential
Most valve professionals take more notice of the oil or fluid flowing through the valve than the oil that lubricates the valve’s mechanical parts.
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Achieving Profitability Through Maintenance Management
One of the distinctions between maintenance requirements in a capital-intensive process facility and those of other industries is the high cost of production equipment and the corresponding cost of maintaining that equipment over its lifecycle.
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Tying our World Together with Digital Threads
The words, “maintenance” and “repair” are so common in everyone’s vocabulary that we use them almost daily, and sometimes we’re not exactly happy about it.
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Caution: Horizontal Stem Installation Ahead
When it comes to linear valve installations, gravity is our friend.
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The Critical Stem Nut: Who is Responsible for Maintenance?
One of the most important components of an automated threaded stem valve is the ubiquitous stem nut, a relatively simple and unsophisticated mechanical device that converts the rotary motion of an actuator into the linear stem movement needed to open or close one of the many types of gate valves or sluice gates.
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Ceramic Coatings Provide Corrosion and Wear Protection for Valves
Ceramic coatings extend the in-service life of equipment by enhancing the corrosion and wear resistance of the base material.
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The Dos and Don’ts of Isolating Pressure Relief Valves
Typically, isolation valves are used to block off a pressure safety valve (PSV) from system pressure, so that maintenance on the valve or related equipment can be conducted without a shut down.
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Hardfacing Alloys and Processes for Advanced Ultra-Supercritical
Cobalt-based Stellite 6 has been the workhorse for providing improved wear resistance and service life in valve components installed in power generating facilities for over 75 years.
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Fugitive Emissions—Issues and Opportunities
Fugitive emissions, ppm, consent decrees and low-E packings: These are the words that make up a lexicon unknown in the valve repair world 25 years ago.
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Valve Repair Takes Center Stage in Houston
Attendees gathered June 2-3 in Houston to discuss a number of topics of concern to professionals in the valve repair and service industry.
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Knifegate Valve Maintenance and Repair
Knife gate valves are used to provide isolation in various applications including oil sands slurries, pulp stock, waste water and power generation.
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Valuable Insight from Valve Actuator Users
Once valves and actuators are installed and commissioned on site, the manufacturer’s involvement often lapses to an occasional service call.
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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.
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For Want of a Nail: Engineering Process Safety
“For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost,” is the final line of an old proverb that reminds us that seemingly unimportant acts or omissions can have grave consequences.
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Highlights from API’s Tanks, Valves and Piping Conference 2015
At this year’s API Tanks, Valves and Piping Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, Oct. 14-15, more than a dozen presenters shared their expertise in the installation, repair and maintenance of valves, pipes and tanks.
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