Materials & Manufacturing

The design and manufacturing process of valves and actuators is instrumental in attaining and maintaining the desired quality of the product. We cover the foundry and casting sector and also more modern technologies, such as CNC machining and 3D or additive manufacturing.

Valve Accessories & Controls Hosts VAC Webinar Series

Valve Accessories & Controls invites you to log in Tuesday, April 28th at 1:30pm Central Standard Time (CST), on their YouTube channel for their sixth live stream in the VAC webinar series.

Valve Business Strategy in the Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2).

EPA Temporarily Halts Environmental Law Enforcement

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a suspension of its enforcement of environmental laws, which means companies will not need to meet environmental standards during the coronavirus outbreak.

Plast-O-Matic Valves Releases Anti-Siphon Valves

Plast-O-Matic Valves, Inc. has launched their new Anti-Siphon Valves to protect chemical process systems from unwanted tank siphoning, permitting flow only under controlled pumping.

Welding Dissimilar Metals: Duplex Pipe to Carbon Valve

In a case study involving the welding of a large-sized, high-pressure class carbon steel body oil export pipeline valve to a 22Cr duplex stainless steel pipeline, extra attention is paid to two key welding challenges that were faced.

Bill of Materials: Do You Have What it Takes?

Bill of Materials (BOM) is one of many expressions used in the industrial world that often mean different things for different people.

The New 093 Lee Chek

The Lee Company's new 093 Lee Chek® is an ultra-miniature, precision, side-exit check valve. This 0.093 inch diameter check valve is based on the same technology as the 0.187 inch diameter side exit Lee Chek.

Metso’s Valve Services Prominent in Planned Shutdowns

Future Neles, Metso’s valve business, recently announced that its valves were used in approximately 250 major planned shutdowns globally in 2019, to secure plant availability, reliability, safety and environmental compliance.

Q.E.D. Quick-Change Orifice Plate Wellhead Design

Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental products and subsidiary of Graco Inc., recently highlighted its redesigned Quick-Change™ Orifice Plate Wellhead for two-inch LFG wells.

US PHMSA Proposes New Pipeline Valve Regulations

The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed revised federal pipeline safety regulations that will require the installation of remotely controlled or automatic shutoff valves on certain pipelines.The published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is for certain newly constructed or entirely replaced natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines.