TECHNICAL

Technical

More Specialty Pyrrolidones Production in North America

New production plans promote global supply of HEP and NOP.

Applications

New Valve for Hydrogen Fueling Stations Promotes Maintenance Safety, Minimizes Leaks

Emerson launches its TESCOM Anderson Greenwood Instrumentation H2 Valve Series for hydrogen applications.
#maintenance-repair #components

Technical

In the Air: Wireless Trends in Smart Pneumatics

In today’s wireless world it’s no surprise that automation and manufacturing spaces have embraced—and sought out—the connectivity and convenience that wireless technologies offer.
#components #automation

Applications

Proper Care of Knife Gate and Slurry Valves

How to resolve—and avoid—field failures of knife gate and slurry valves
#maintenance-repair

Technical

Direct-Sealing Diaphragm Valves Offer Novel Approach

As modern industries such as hydrogen electrolysis and biotech make dramatic technical advances, engineers and researchers must sometimes turn to nontraditional process control systems.
#controls #automation #pressure-relief

Education

Ball Valve Basics

By: Greg Johnson, VALVE Advisory Board Chair – CEO, United Valve

Welcome to the first in a series of Valve Basics articles, each focused on a major product type and written especially for newcomers to the industries that use and make valves and related products.
#basics #knowyourvalves #ball-butterfly-plug

Manufacturing

New Technologies Solve Severe Cavitation Problems

An advanced anti-cavitation control valve design enabled by 3D metal printing solved a power plant’s severe cavitation problem and dramatically improved its bottom line.
#controls #materials

Technical

Editor's Product Picks

Neles introduces valve-sizing and selection software for all intelligent automated process valves.
#automation #VMAnews #controls

Applications

CASE STUDY: Building the World’s Most Secure Data Center Inside a Mountain

Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine

Securing data is vital to a world that has come to depend on it. All options are on the table as long as they deliver added protection.
#iiot

Technical

ITT Releases the i-ALERT3 Sensor to Expand Machine Health Protection

Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine

The sensor is designed to monitor and log the vibration and temperature of any rotating machine more quickly, accurately and cost-efficiently.
#VMAnews