Dealing with Sand Erosion in Control and Choke Valves
Sand erosion in control and choke valves is a significant consideration offshore.
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"Build America, Buy America" Signals Increased Commitment to U.S. Manufactured Goods
By: Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes major domestic procurement (“Buy America”) requirements for infrastructure materials.
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Recycling Foreign Metals: Buyer Beware
The North American steel-making industry, with its historic record of quality control, is no longer the world’s top producer.
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What’s Your Temperature?
For decades, valve manufacturers have provided the maximum recommended working pressures and temperatures for their products, based on the materials used in the pressure-containing parts.
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Selecting Non-metal Materials for Valve Components and Coatings
Non-metallic materials are commonly used for valve components, and the selection of non-metallic materials for valve design and for application-specific conditions is critical to ensuring product reliability.
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The Materials That Make Up Valves
EDITOR’S NOTE: Materials used in the manufacture of valves and how they perform in different applications is a topic of huge interest to everyone who works with valves.
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Valve Manufacturers Step Up During the Pandemic
Around the nation, companies and businesses have found ways to help with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Welding Specifications Issues
Q: I need to qualify a welding procedure specification per the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
#standards #pressure-relief #materials
Valves Tough Enough to Handle Hydrofluoric Acid
Hydrofluoric acid: just the name itself strikes fear in some people, even among those who work around it every day.
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Innovative Micro-porous Material Offers New Carbon Capture Options
A relatively new class of engineered materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) may provide an effective alternative for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from fossil fuel combustion emissions, which makes it a significant new option in emissions reductions.
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The Valve Industry Finds Value in ESG Initiatives
The valve manufacturing industry in North America is one of the industries that have embraced this new way of thinking and is leading the way with the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. These initiatives range from valves designed to mitigate climate change to community involvement activities.
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Accelerating Manufacturing Operations with High-Strength Plastic 3D Printing
3D printing in a factory 3D printing encompasses a family of processes that involve building up a plastic or metal part in an incremental layer-by-layer fashion.
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Valves in Space
All of these valves need to be built to precise fits and finishes and to stringent performance requirements because “On a spacecraft, everything has got to work. If it breaks, you’re done.”
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3D Printing Materials
Q: 3D printing and additive manufacturing have become buzz words in various industries, but what do they mean in the context of valves, and what materials are involved?
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Material Q&A: Elastomer and Plastic Materials
Question: What is the difference between plastic and elastomer?
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Hardfacing for Valves: Materials and Processes
Valve internals, such as seats and closures, are often at risk of erosion, abrasion, corrosion, galling and damage from cavitation.
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Conval: Camseal Metal-Seated Ball Valves Feature New Stem Position Indicator Disc
Conval recently announced that its popular Camseal© metal-seated, forged ball valves feature a new Stem Position Indicator Disc for easy, precise on-site identification and inspection of the open-close status of the valve.
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Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic Materials in Thermal Power Applications
The designers of modern thermal power plants continue to work hard to improve plant efficiency by increasing the heat rate as a function of main-steam pressure and temperature.
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Understanding Surface Finish in Metal 3D Printing of Valves
While metal AM provides a host of positive advantages, it’s important to understand the realities of as-printed surface roughness.
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The Challenges of Chlor-Alkali
With the introduction of new materials and the evolution of valve design over the years, the days when fluid handling operators were limited by the number of valve types available to control the process are long gone.
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