New Bell & Gossett Ultra Setter™ Control Valve Saves Energy, Maintains 100% Authority
Bell & Gossett's new Ultra Setter line of pressure-independent control valves feature a unique design that provides full stroke modulation while maintaining 100% authority at all times.
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A Case for Mechanical Temperature Control
Instrument, mechanical or project engineers may see a multitude of temperature applications cross their desks.
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CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions Krombach® Metal Seated Ball Valve
CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions presents its Krombach® Metal Seated Ball Valve (MSBV), a product line whose design and production are the culmination of over 25 years of development and manufacturing experience.
#ball-butterfly-plug #materials
Emerson’s Fisher VBL Booster
Emerson Process Management’s new Fisher® VBL booster incorporates a fixed deadband, internal soft seats and an integral bypass restriction that combine to eliminate the positioner problems typically caused by boosters without these design features.
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Actuation in Nuclear Power Plants
The thousands of actuators used in a nuclear plant face some pretty tough conditions as well as rigorous testing.
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MSS Publishes Revised SP-55-2011, Approves SP-58-2009
The Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) announces that revised Standard Practice, SP-55-2011, Quality Standard for Steel Castings for Valves, Flanges, Fittings, and Other Piping Components - Visual Method for Evaluation of Surface Irregularities, has been has been published AND approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard (ANS). They also approved Standard Practice, SP-58-2009, Pipe Hangers and Supports –Materials, Design, Manufacture, Selection, Application, and Installation.
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Solving the Problems in Front of You
Engineers are problem solvers and today, they have some pretty amazing tools to help them with that problem solving.
Metso’s New Cost-Efficient Valve Design
Metso has strengthened its product offering with the addition of a new valve design derived from our traditional V-port segment valve series.
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SPIRAX SARCO: CVS10 Sanitary Check Valve
SPIRAX SARCO introduces the CVS10 sanitary check valve designed specifically to prevent reverse flow conditions and reduce the risk of cross contamination within the pharmaceutical and high-purity industries where critical design factors such as high surface finish, full material certification and drainability are of paramount concern to end users.
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The International Market: Trade and Its Effects on U.S. Recovery
Although the nation began pulling out of the recession in about the middle of 2009, by the time of VMA’s Market Outlook Workshop in mid-August, the growth that started in 2009 had slowed down, a development that was more noticeable here in the U.S. than overseas, according to Gary Schlossberg (pictured), senior economist for Wells Capital Management.
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