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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New Requirements for Actuator Sizing
After decades of confusion, the American Water Works Association has created new standards for actuator sizing that clear up some of the confusion and also provide guidance on where safety factors need to be applied.
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Food and Beverage: Some Up, Some Down
Though food and beverage products in general are necessities, the industry’s trajectory through the pandemic has had ups and downs, according to Dave Fusaro, editor in chief at Food Processing magazine.
Controlling Our Water Systems, Part I
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from Cylinder and Vane Actuators and Control—Design and Installation, published by the American Water Works Association in 2015.
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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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The Outlook for LNG and Water/Wastewater Markets
Every valve end-user market is feeling the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Shakes the Oil Industry
As the coronavirus pandemic brings society and business to a near standstill in much of the world, the demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has crashed and so have oil prices.
Online Control Valve Diagnostics in Today’s Cybersecurity World
The topic of cybersecurity usually brings to mind data breaches that impact financial or private information, stolen intellectual property or disruption of major events such as political elections.
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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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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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