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.
#pressure-relief #maintenance-repair #standards
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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VRC to Hold New Valve Repair Event
Like VMA, the Valve Repair Council is committed to education for those in the valve industry.
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Controlling And Monitoring Control Valve Fugitive Emissions
Since valves are the number one source of leakage, those faced with reducing fugitive emissions need to look at the most challenging type: control valves.
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Documentation to Diagnostics: Trends in Valve Repair
Not long ago, car owners often performed basic repairs and maintenance tasks themselves.
#maintenance-repair #basics
Testing High-Nickel Alloy Castings in Refineries
Refiners today are increasingly dealing with more corrosive feedstocks that present new demands on valves in the process.
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