INSIGHTS

Education

Beauty or a Beast? Using NDE on Valve Components

When it comes to valves, “beauty is only skin-deep” is often a true statement. Since Superman and his X-ray eyes don’t really exist, there is no way to verify the quality of a valve or valve component just by looking at it.
#components #maintenance-repair

Insights

Water Infrastructure: Getting Some Long Overdue Attention

The situation presents enormous challenges to local water utilities struggling with aging, and insufficient piping and valves, while trying to deal with limited budgets.
#maintenance-repair #water-wastewater

Technical

Innovation Across Many Industries

The digitalization revolution brought about the creation of technologies that integrate data gathered during physical processes.
#iiot #automation

Insights

Cybersecurity in the Time of COVID-19

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—in addition to the health scares and the rapid economic downturn—another hazard lurks: cyberattack.
#iiot

Insights

Companies Have Tools to Help in COVID-19 Situation

The epic proportions of the coronavirus infection have created a situation changing so rapidly that it’s hard to keep up with what’s happening.

Applications

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.
#iiot #controls

Insights

VMA’s New Leaders

The association gained two new leaders last fall: Heather Rhoderick, who is VMA’s new president, and Bryan Burns, chairman of the board.
#VMAnews

Insights

2020 Can Be a Year of Education and Networking

The new year presents several exciting opportunities for those who manufacture and work with valves, actuators and related products.
#actuators #VMAnews

Insights

Implementing the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Many names have been given to the current state of technology in manufacturing including the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Industry 4.0.
#iiot #automation

Education

Studying What Went Wrong

From time to time VALVEmagazine.com will open up the archives and re-publish some of our most popular articles from years past.