Market Drives Actuation in Natural Gas Pipelines
More than 200 pipeline systems in the United States alone transmit natural gas through more than 300,000 miles of intrastate and interstate pipelines.
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Conduit Hydropower: Recovering Energy One Control Valve at a Time
All water distribution systems have one thing in common: It takes energy to move water from one location to another.
#water-wastewater
Improved Electric Actuator Reliability in Severe Service
As you walk onto the switching valve deck of a coker, the first thing you notice is the heat.
#actuators #maintenance-repair
Non-Destructive Radiographic Inspection of Steel Castings
Radiographic inspection technology has been used for industrial inspection for decades.
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What Lies Ahead for Institutional Construction?
At VMA’s annual Market Outlook event held in August 2013, Harvey Bernstein, vice president of industry insights and alliances at McGraw Hill Construction, appeared for the first time as a speaker and shared important insights into the key trends and outlook for institutional construction.
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Picking the Right Flowmeter
There are a wide variety of types and styles of mechanical flowmeters, all with moving parts that measure velocity such as turbine, paddlewheel, impeller and propeller flowmeters.
#knowyourvalves
SMRs Present Opportunities for Valve Manufacturers
In Part One of our two-part series on small modular reactors (SMRs), we introduced several projects in development, and presented a few of the situations in which SMRs could provide a reliable, economically sound solution for power production.
Solutions to the Engineering Skills Crisis
While plans to build billions of dollars worth of petrochemical plants, gathering and transportation pipelines are set for the next decade, there is concern that labor shortages in crafts, trades and design technicians could raise costs and delay commissioning of these important projects.
3D Printing: Changing Industry in Many Ways
It’s known by many names: additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, layered manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing and, most often, 3D printing.
Using Advanced Sealing Technologies to Prevent Fugitive Emissions
With valves accounting for 60 percent of all non-compliance, conventional valve packing will not be an acceptable emissions solution by itself moving forward.
#pressure-relief