FLOWSERVE: Digital Positioner Features Predictive Diagnostics
Flowserve Corporation has released the Flowserve Logix 3400MD, the newest member of the Logix series digital positioner family.
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When Accessories Become Necessities
Specification sheets for selecting automated valves list requirements for the valve and actuator but often lump all other devices together as related instrumentation or accessories.
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ASTM A182
Q: In the last Materials Q&A column, you discussed using forged bar to make hubbed-flange components such as bonnets.
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VELAN: Forged Ball Valves
Specifically designed to serve the oilfield market, this powerhouse valve is available in 2000, 3000, or 6000 WOG rating.
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CAMERON: Enhanced Triple Offset Butterfly Valve
Cameron Valves & Measurement now offers the WKM® TriAx™ triple offset butterfly valve, which provides the same reliable, metal seating, zero leakage, cost-efficient features that the company’s triple offset valves have come to be known for, however, the TriAx also offers some superior and unique features.
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ASTM-A105
Q: I have a material certification for bar material that indicates compliance with ASTM A105.
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Sorting Out Wireless Standards for Smart Valves and Actuators
Back in the ’90s Profibus and Foundation fieldbus competed to replace 4-20 mA communication for field devices like valves and process transmitters with all-digital systems.
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Ni-Cr-Mo Alloys
Q: How do I know what the best type of Ni-Cr-Mo alloy will be for a particular application?
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Actuators Propel Wind Turbines
We in the valve industry tend to think of actuators as operating valves, but they’re used in other fields as well, including such alternate energy applications as wind turbines.
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Welding Procedure
Q: I need to qualify a welding procedure specification per Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
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