Basics of Elastomeric Seal Design
Engineers need critical design information when choosing a seal for a particular valve application.
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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.
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Problem-Driven Innovation
Developing Alternative Technology to Improve Product Performance
Industrial product engineering teaches us to understand the difference between problems and conditions.
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Strategies for Successful SIS Valve Diagnostic Implementation
End users and contractors alike strive to design and operate plants with maximum plant safety and efficient production, and safety instrumented system may be required to reduce risk to an acceptable level.
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Gasket Performance Standards and Application Toward Fugitive Emissions Reductions
Most engineers, technical personnel and installation professionals involved with valve design and installation will inevitably need to consider a stationary seal at some point in their career.
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Enhancing Valve Component Performance Through Design by Nanolamination
Today, the total cost of corrosion in the U.S. exceeds $1 trillion annually—and from oil & gas operations to municipal infrastructure, metal-based components like valves are in some of the most corrosive environments imaginable.
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University of Kentucky Helps Students Prepare for Real World Engineering
Knowledge in instrumentation and control is critical in the process and manufacturing industries.
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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Consider the Long-term to Maximize Valve Investment
Plant engineers are saddled with an important task: outfitting their plants with the most reliable, high quality and cost-effective valves for their applications within their allotted budgets.
Understanding and Selecting Valve Flanges, Pt. I: Design and Standards
From time to time, we are re-posting particularly well-received 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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