Tag: actuators
Featured Story – KROMBACH TUFSEAT Performance Series Ball Valves
The newest innovation from Crane ChemPharma and Energy stacks a host of critical safety features alongside advanced performance improvements for the highest reliability in demanding service applications in chemical and refining markets.
Featured Story – Valves for the Power Generation Market: A Slow...
Concerns over greenhouse gases and their impact on climate change have prompted the world to move away from fossil fuels. However, decarbonizing the industry is not an easy task, given the technological and social challenges that need to be overcome.
Featured Story – Fitness for Service and Valves
Badak LNG is one of the largest natural gas liquefaction plants in the world, located in Bontang, Indonesia. There are 8 process trains - capable of producing 22.5 Million Metric Tons Per Annum of LNG - and they use steam turbines for driving power generation and refrigeration compressors. On January 27, 2011, a routine inspection detected several cracks on a 24” #600 gate valve located on a steam line.
Featured Story – Energy Transition – A Glance at Valves for...
As many companies and producers of energy are looking toward establishing a cleaner future, a great amount of consideration is being put into the environmental impact of various fuels. While oil and gas will continue to be used in many industries for the foreseeable future, Hydrogen has earned a reputation as the next new form of reliable energy.
Featured Story – Recognizing the Importance of Reliability
With 23-years of maintenance and reliability management experience in the chemical industry, Alex Chen has a unique opinion on reliability. Comparing the reliability of equipment to the lifespan of humans, Alex vividly illustrates the history of equipment reliability engineering, and explores how ‘full-life-cycle reliability’ is key to success in this latest interview.
Featured Story – LNG in a Nutshell – Technology and Market
It might be difficult to believe, but there used to be a joke about a geologist reporting back over a field trip and saying: ‘I have good and bad news; the bad news is that we did not find any oil; the good news is that we did not find any gas either.’
NSF – Developing Standards in Manufacturing and Process Procedures
Water is a vital resource and component to human life. From the municipal water system in your city to the bottled water you purchase from your local grocery store, the potable water you consume must conform to a strict set of standards that govern the safety and cleanliness of the final product that is offered and available to customers.
Paladon Systems’ Large Actuators Ready for Shipment
Paladon Systems will soon release two pneumatic linear spring to open actuators (model PNL-420-20106-SRO3XFR (1000) & PNL-360-11309-SRO2XFQ (915)).
Ultra-Compact Smart Electric Actuators: AVA Series
The innovative AVA series of smart electric actuators from DynaQuip Controls is a unique add to the market. They are ultra-compact, multi-voltage sensing, and can be mounted in any direction.
Dual Training Grant Awarded to DeZURIK
Global valve and actuation manufacturer DeZURIK has received a Dual Training Pipeline grant of USD $36,000 to provide tuition support for their machinists.