Tag: valves

It is human nature that what does not trouble one, should not worry one. But, it is critical to think about how many times during field operations we evaluate or examine functionality of valves. Precautions can be made for field maintenance of valves in special cases.

Any engineer or maintenance manager must consider a litany of valve choices for placement in their various processes. For example, critical service valves are not limited to high pressure and high temperature environments.

Water is used by homeowners, agriculture, and industry. The quantity used in residences is just a small percent of the total amount consumed. Power plants alone use ten times as much water as residential and commercial establishments.

In any modern power production facility, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of various isolation valves. In traditional thermal power production, many of these are in high pressure / high temperature service and draw the highest level of attention. These critical valves are often in thermally cyclic service and have a special set of demands associated with their applications.

Midland Industries (“Midland”), a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. (“Wynnchurch”), announced the acquisition of Century Brass Products (“Century Brass” or the “Company”).

AutomationDirect has added Norgren Excelon Plus air prep components to its existing lineup of pneumatic air prep products.

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Concerns over greenhouse gases and their impact on climate change have prompted the world to move away from fossil fuels.

Developed in 1912 by Flexitallic in response to the increasing temperature and pressure demands of the refining operations of the day, the spiral wound gasket has now been a staple in the fluid sealing industry for over 100 years.

MRC Global Inc. announced that George Damiris and Ronald Jadin have both joined MRC Global’s board of directors.Rhys Best, MRC Global’s chairman of the board of directors, commented, “The board is very pleased to welcome George and Ron as new independent directors.