The Case for Magnetostrictive
Today’s petrochemical and process industries increasingly depend on higher levels of automation, which in turn require enhanced monitoring and control of valve position and operational readiness.
#automation
Repairing Hydraulic Servo Valves in Seismic Vibrator Trucks
Seismic vibrator trucks (aka “thumper trucks”) send shockwaves deep into the earth’s subsurface to locate untapped hydrocarbon reserves for the oil & gas industry.
Introducing Innovative Technology to Valve and Actuator Industries
In deeply conservative industries, the introduction of new products or technology is subject to a particular circular logic.
#automation #actuators
New API Standard for Globe Valves
While the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other organizations published a variety of valve standards covering gate, ball, check, butterfly and plug valves for decades, the first for globe valves came out in 2013.
#standards #ball-butterfly-plug #gate-globe-check
Impacts of Leaking Valves
The VMA’s recent Technical Seminar focused in large part on fugitive emissions, and with good reason.
#VMAnews
Meeting Focuses on Latest in Valve Repair
In 1989, 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.
#actuators #maintenance-repair #VMAnews
Improve Ethylene Conversion: Critical Control Valves for Fractionation
The fractionation process receives the compressed cracked gas for separation into various products at specified quality levels.
Pressure Seal Standards Update
The EPA has been reducing the allowable fugitive emissions on valves in the last few years.
#standards #pressure-relief
High-Performance Polymers: The Gap Between Need and Science
In many engineering sectors, application environments for polymer-based materials are expanding into ever higher temperatures, differential pressures and increased corrosive chemical attack.
#materials
Do I need to be concerned about galvanic corrosion when selecting valve materials?
A: This is a good question, and the answer should begin with discussing exactly what is meant by galvanic corrosion.
#materials