Important Change Coming to Key Valve Export Category
The U.S. valve industry has been hit very hard over the last seven years by export control penalties.
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Improving Valve Sealing Performance and Reliability
Approximately 300,000 tons of fugitive emissions are released each year in the United States, according to the Fluid Sealing Association, and regulations put in place to lower that number are being added every year.
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Understanding and Selecting Valve Flanges, Pt. I: Design and Standards
Because flanges allow the assembly and maintenance of system components without the need for cutting and welding pipe, they play an important role in piping systems.
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From Coal to Combined Cycle
In the United States and around the world, industrial processers are striving to do more with less—to maximize efficiency, minimize costs and remain compliant with increasingly stringent regulations governing operations and output.
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Standards, Safety, Training Top Topics at Meeting
Twenty-five years ago, the member companies of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA) saw a need to promote both safety and quality in valve and actuator repair.
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Choosing Valves for New No-Lead Water System Regulations
In the U.S., regulations governing lead content of the components of potable water systems have seen considerable changes as safety restrictions tighten.
#water-wastewater #standards #components
New API Standard for Globe Valves
While the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other organizations published a variety of valve standards covering gate, ball, check, butterfly and plug valves for decades, the first for globe valves came out in 2013.
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Pressure Seal Standards Update
The EPA has been reducing the allowable fugitive emissions on valves in the last few years.
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Understanding Functional Safety Standards
While many people might recognize the term “functional safety” and assume they know what it means, for the purposes of standards, the term itself needs explanation.
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Emissions’ Standards, Innovation and Safety Highlight Technical Seminar
The theme of VMA’s 2014 Technical Seminar and Exhibition event was “Valve Emissions for Compliance, Standards and Technology” and the presenters covered the subject from every angle.
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Creating a Standard to Compare Control Valve Products
Each enthusiastic young engineer that comes into the workplace wants to reinvent the world.
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Relief System Management Software: Helping Companies Achieve PSM Compliance
On Nov. 15, 1990, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) made into law the standard for process safety management (PSM) of highly hazardous chemicals (29 CFR 1910.119), as well as section 304 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) amendments.
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Trends in Independent Valve Pressure Testing
Before the industry slowdown of 2008, end users performed third-party pressure testing of valves for use in critical service according to the acceptance criteria of ASME B16.34, API-598, API-6D, etc.
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In Line Weld Repairs of Valve Defects
Valve Repair Activities per ASME Section I & B31.1
If you have valves in your plant manufactured from F-91 or C12A material you may have problems and need repair services.
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Driving Valve Design in the Power Industry
Contrary to what might be expected, valve design in the power industry is not necessarily driven by codes and standards.
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Cooperation between groups helps set standards for shale gas development
In a departure from the often contentious positioning taken by energy firms involved in hydraulic fracturing and the environment groups normally opposed to fossil fuel development, agreement has been reached to create a mechanism to establish standards for shale gas development.
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Matrix Metals Announces Capability Integration of Indian Boiler Regulations
Keokuk Steel Castings and Acerlan Foundry (subsidiaries of Matrix Metals) announce the capability integration of IBR (Indian Boiler Regulations) Certification.
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Spirax Sarco Introduces CS10 Clean Steam Separator with Enhanced Surface Finish
Spirax Sarco has released the CS10 Clean Steam Separator with an enhanced surface finish as standard.
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Emerson Expands the Smart Machinery Health Portfolio
Emerson Process Management’s Smart Machinery Health portfolio now provides an integrated protection and prediction solution for critical reciprocating compressors.
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VMA Leadership Forum: Fugitive Emissions, API Standards and More
Each year the Valve Manufacturers Association hosts a meeting specifically for member companies’ top executives.
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