How to Choose the Best Rapid Prototyping Method
As new products are designed, including valve bodies and the parts that comprise the finished valve, prototypes must be created.
#basics
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.
#VMAnews #maintenance-repair
Are Your Safety Instrumented Systems Proof Tests Effective?
Many people assume that a proof test of a safety function is 100% effective.
#knowyourvalves
Design Considerations for High-Temperature Sealing
With growing pressure to combat fugitive emissions and meet strict industry regulations, understanding the latest sealing technologies and design considerations for component solutions in severe applications is becoming increasingly critical.
#standards #pressure-relief
Valves Help Achieve Net-Zero Water Use
With drought and climate change affecting countries around the world, there is a tremendous need for development of sustainable architecture.
#water-wastewater
VMA Technical Event: Engineering Valves in the Extreme
While much the 2017 VMA Technical Seminar, held March 2-3 in Nashville, focused on numbers, statistics and specifications, attendees were reminded in a highly charged, emotional presentation by safety awareness speaker Brad Livingston just why it is important to be so vigilant when engineering valves in the extreme.
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Velan Awarded Nuclear Valve Contracts in China Worth $36M
Velan has been awarded important contracts for the supply of nuclear class valves to China Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (CNPEC), China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.
Basics of Elastomeric Seal Design
Engineers need critical design information when choosing a seal for a particular valve application.
#basics
3D Printing: A New Era for Valve Manufacturing?
With new technology being developed virtually every day, 3D printing has the potential to change how valve engineers develop and refine products, and how users are able to see how a particular valve can fit into their process.
#automation
Problem-Driven Innovation
Developing Alternative Technology to Improve Product Performance
Industrial product engineering teaches us to understand the difference between problems and conditions.
#automation