Tightening Bolts Can Help Tighten Budgets
In highly-corrosive chemical and refining applications where in-line and atmospheric sealing is critical, sleeved plug valves provide essential defense against leaks and fugitive emissions.
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Emergency Repair in Pipelines
Decades of innovation and ingenuity in the pipeline valve manufacturing industry have resulted in dozens of designs incorporating multiple body parts, top and bottom entry designs and sophisticated seat sealant systems.
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Standards, Safety, Training Top Topics at Meeting
Twenty-five years ago, the member companies of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA) saw a need to promote both safety and quality in valve and actuator repair.
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Mitigating the Effects of Cycling a Power Plant
Significant changes in the power industry over the last 15 years have created new challenges for owners and operators of today’s generation facilities.
Rebuilders Beware: EPA Clean Air Requirements Will Affect You
When watching complicated events unfold, it’s human nature to sit smugly back and think: I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that.
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Wireless Solutions Keep Close Watch on Valves
The number of valves and valve types that go into modern process plants today to precisely control operations is huge.
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Long Term Cost of Ownership: Seeing Beyond the Initial Price Tag
The concepts used in long-term cost of ownership (LTCO) go back as far as the 1700s.
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Valve Service Shops are Not Created Equal
Not long ago, a common practice for companies in the chemical, power and refining industries was to have personnel on staff to handle many valve maintenance and service activities.
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Trends in Independent Valve Pressure Testing
Before the industry slowdown of 2008, end users performed third-party pressure testing of valves for use in critical service according to the acceptance criteria of ASME B16.34, API-598, API-6D, etc.
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First Valve Repair Event Shows Depth of Today's Issues
Repair and maintenance is one of the most critical areas of today’s valve world and attendees at the Valve Repair Council’s first Valve Repair Meeting & Exhibition last fall found out why.
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