Flow Control and Fluid Transfer Reference Materials
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In The Know: DynaQuip Q&A
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: With over 80 years of design innovations and manufacturing excellence, we've learned a lot from creating solutions for our valued customers seeking durable flow control and fluid connector products ...
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You Ask, We Answer
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: What can you do to protect your home or building space? Here are answers to some commonly asked questions we receive at WaterCop. ...
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4 Ways DynaQuip Offers You More: How DynaQuip is Offering the Best Resources and Value You Deserve
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Now more than ever, companies are looking to make their budgets go further and enhance their return on investment. Every day, we are proud to work with outstanding organizations who utilize the ...
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End of Summer Tips for Maintaining a Second Home
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: While homeownership has traditionally been part of the "American Dream," nearly 8 million people in the U.S. also own a second property - and that number is continuing to grow. As summer vacation ...
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Future-Proofing Your Business: How DynaQuip is Helping Companies Prepare for Long-Term Success
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: While it's imperative to tackle the tasks at hand in the present, leading companies always have an eye on strategies for continuing to succeed and thrive in the future, no matter what the challenges ...
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More Than Just Food: How DynaQuip Provides Resources for a Wide Variety of Agricultural Applications
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Agricultural crops are used for many other applications beyond food. While DynaQuip is proud to supply durable flow control and fluid connector products that play a small role in helping to feed the ...
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Navigating Higher Costs of Living
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: From higher gas prices to more expensive groceries, it's no secret that the cost of living has risen in recent months. If you are like many families, you may be feeling the effects of these increases. ...
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Ready for the Future: How WaterCop technology is impacting the homes of today and tomorrow.
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Walk through a family neighborhood 30 years from now and you'll discover houses with high-tech nerve centers. Home-based technologies will promote automated decision making for everything from the ...
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Unexpected Uses For Petroleum: How DynaQuip Provides Resources for a Wide Variety of Customers and Applications
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Did you know there is much more to the petroleum story than vehicle fuel, and heating and electricity generation? Just as DynaQuip has continued to evolve our durable flow control and fluid connector ...
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WaterCop Means Business: How we can help to protect your building and bottom line.
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Here are easy steps you can take to avoid the effects of water damage, and it all centers around proven technology that can help to stop water leaks before they result in catastrophic damage. ...
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Tubing Product and Cabability Guide
Description: New England Tubing Technologies specializes in custom extrusions featuring small diameter, thin-wall, tight tolerance tubing. ...
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Effects of Excessive Backpressure on Shielded Core Type Solenoid Valves
Description: This article discusses the effects of backpressure (downstream pressure) on normally closed, 2-way solenoid operated valves (SOV's) of the shielded core type. These are direct acting, poppet type ...
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How to Avoid these 5 Common Mistakes when Specifying Valves
Description: 5 Most Common Mistakes When Specifying Valves ...
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Valve Accuracy and Flow Capacity
Description: Engineering a system for maximum life and minimal down time will always include valves to optimize the system and give the clear benefits of reducing pump maintenance and/or replacement and maximizing ...
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Water Hammer & Pulsation
Description: The Effects of Water Hammer And Pulsations ...
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The Effects of Water Hammer
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Water hammer, also known as hydraulic shock or hydraulic surge, is a result of uneven or steady flow of water through pipes. It is best characterized as the clunking, thumping and banging sounds of a ...
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Thermosiphons vs Heat Pipes
From: BoydDescription: In our previous blogs, we've gone over What Are Thermosiphons? and the various Thermosiphon Configurations and Applications. Here we'll be answering one of the most commonly asked questions regarding ...
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Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) Best Practices Guide
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Sulfuric acid, known as oil of vitriol or hydrogen sulfate, is used in a wide range of applications from fertilizers to explosives. In wastewater treatment, it is common to use 93% to 98.3% to ...
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Application Bulletin: Chlorine Dioxide Generator Uses Normally-Closed Solenoid Valves
Description: Chlorine dioxide generation usually relies on consumable hardware items, such as catalysts or resin cartridges. By using thermoplastic solenoid valves to control chlorate, acid, and the reducing ...
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Catalyst for Continuous Improvement: New Cleanroom Expansion
Description: Cleanrooms can be a critical requirement for any industry that is highly sensitive to environmental contamination, especially medical manufacturing assembly. ...
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Multi-Lumen Tubing
Description: What is a “lumen”? In simple terms, a lumen is the inside space of a tubular structure. In tubing, lumen are often used for air or fluid evacuation or delivery, or to provide separate ...
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Preventive Measures For Valve Maintenance
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Any type of fluid or air system needs correctly placed valves to regulate flow. Without control, systems are either not functioning to their peak performance or not performing at all. To keep control, ...
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Application Bulletin IIB-6
Description: Diaphragm Valves deliver precise amounts of sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid. ...
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Application Note IIC-2 Printing Ink
Description: Diaphragm valves, flow controls and ball valves assure a corrosion-resistant ink distribution system. ...
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Applicaton Note IIB-13 Battery Manufacturing
Description: Solenoid regulates fill process in highly corrosive environment. ...
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Master Sanitation Schedules - How to Specify and How to Reduce Risks
From: LJ StarDescription: A recent article in Food Processing highlighted the importance of a master sanitation schedule. Essentially this schedule serves as a “back-up” to your daily maintenance procedures but ...
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Constant Flow Control Valves
Description: Purpose of a flow control valve - imagine having an employee who would throttle a valve to maintain a constant rate of flow, regardless of changing pressure. ...
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Continuous Degassing Valves
Description: Purpose of a degassing valve - imagine having an employee who continuously opens a valve to release air or gas whenever it builds up in a piping system. ...
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Diaphragm Check Valves
Description: Purpose of a check valve - imagine having an employee who constantly closes a valve whenever he sees unwanted reverse flow in a piping system. ...
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How Pressure Regulators work
Description: Pressure is one of the most important aspects of ANY piping system. If pressure is too low, for example, the system is powerless. And if it is too high... ...
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Purpose of A VPA Filling & Metering Pump
Description: Purpose of a VPA Filling & Metering Pump - Imagine having an employee who constantly measures out a precise dose of liquid whenever it's needed. ...
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Advantages of Engineered True Blue Ball Valves
Description: Engineered Ball Valves that provide performance, longevity, and value that is superior to all other brands. ...
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Air Release Valves
Description: Entrained Air represents 2% of the average municipal water supply. ...
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Pressure Regulators - Design Selection is Key - Beswick Engineering
Description: Choosing the best pressure regulator for an application can become a daunting task. ...
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Case Study: Thermoplastic Valve Replace Metallic Valves at Aquaculture Farm
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: One aquaculture farm solved corrosion problems in their feed lines by replacing their existing metallic valves with Asahi/America's Type-57LIS butterfly valves. ...
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Classifications, Certifications, Standards and Codes: Marine and Oil and Gas Applications
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Marine environments, whether military or cruise ships, have classification standards that identify the requirements a product must meet in order to be installed. Asahi/America's products meet ...
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Control Valve Technologies in Thermoplastics
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: How does an engineer decide which type of valve to select? What are the differences among all the options? What impact does this selection make on project cost and lifetime cost? How will it affect ...
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Top 20 Tubing and Hose Buying Tips 01-10
Description: The Top 20 Tubing & Hose Buying Tips were developed by NewAge Industries to help avoid the downtime, costs, and frustration involved with ordering the wrong tubing or hose. The tips highlight details ...
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Making Every Investment Count: How DynaQuip is Helping Companies Adapt to Higher Business Costs
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: In today's economy where the cost of doing business is continually rising, we are helping to minimize the effects of this challenge by taking a high-value and long-range approach to making fluid ...
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Introduction to Fittings: Connection Types
From: MISUMI USADescription: What fitting do you need? There are a variety of standards available to select from. We worked with our partner and fitting expert Brennan Industries to share an introduction to the different types. ...
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All About Ball Valves: How DynaQuip manufactures and delivers ball valve solutions.
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: This article details a popular fluid control solution that many of our clients rely on: ball valves - what they are, how they operate, where they are used, and valve options - and learn more about why ...
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Always Up to the Challenge: How DynaQuip answers the needs of the industrial, commercial, and residential markets.
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: By manufacturing and supplying automated ball and butterfly valves, electric and pneumatic actuators and accessories, plus lead-free valve solutions, DynaQuip is dedicated to creating durable flow ...
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Deep Trouble: The Multi-Faceted Challenges of Home Water Damage
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Let's take a closer look at some of the ramifications that unchecked water can have on your house so that you're more aware than ever about the need to protect one of your largest investments - and ...
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Prevention Over Restoration: How an Oregon Company Uses WaterCop to Stop Home and Building Water Damage
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: A new condo. An undetected water leak. A large amount of water damage. And, fortunately, a happy ending. In our latest blog, you'll discover how Greg Neurohr, Senior Director of Operations at NW ...
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Protecting Older Homes: How to Maintain a Treasured Investment
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Household water damage causes nearly $20 billion in damages annually and if your house is 50 years or older, it may be particularly susceptible to this costly and worrisome challenge. But take heart: ...
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The DynaQuip Difference: 5 Reasons You Should Be Doing Business With Us
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: For over eight decades, DynaQuip has been dedicated to continually improving our service offerings and delivering the best possible solutions. Here are a few insights into core elements of our work ...
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Understanding Actuators: How to Determine Which Type of Actuator is Right for Your Industrial Applications
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Typically there are two main actuator types: electric and pneumatic. If you are in the market for an actuator system, how can you determine which one is right for you and your operations? Here are ...
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Why WaterCop? Discover Benefits That Go Beyond Leak Detection
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: A growing number of homeowners (and second home owners) are installing leak detection device systems to help protect their properties from water damage. However, it is important to keep in mind that ...
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Constant Pressure Pump Control Valves
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Adequate and dependable water pressure is one of the simplest yet greatest luxuries of the modern-day household. Whether you're washing dishes, running a sprinkler system, getting the kids ready for ...
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4 Considerations for Valve Automation
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Aside from the control system itself, the most comprehensively discussed component of any process system is the valve. ...
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Intelligent Electric Actuators Provide Flow Control at South Korean Chemical Plant
From: Rotork plcDescription: Over a 100 multi-turn and part-turn intelligent electric actuators have been installed at a new petrochemical site in Daesan, South Korea. The IQ actuators will provide flow control at the plant which ...
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Metals and Plastics Necessary for Compressed Air Piping Systems
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Metal pipes have been used and installed in fluid and gas applications since the mid-19th century. ...
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CODE WARS: Press-Connect Fittings VS. Brazing for Refrigeration
From: RLS LLCDescription: There has been a “code war” raging over eliminating the use of listed press-connect fittings for refrigeration currently allowed by the Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC). ACCA’s Codes ...
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Enormous Savings in Water Consumption Thanks to Modern Vacuum Technology
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: Sustainability and environmental protection are not just words to Rheinfelsquellen H. Hövelmann GmbH & Co. KG but, as one of Germany's largest private wells, a genuine concern. This is ...
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A Pressure Regulator is a Flow Control Valve
Description: As pointed out in many engineering texts, a pressure regulator is actually a control valve. The CE article discusses the ordinary regulator, whether spring-loaded or pilot-operated, as an economical ...
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Balanced Air-Operated Shutoff Valves Save Space & Enhance Efficiency
Description: Why BSR is Better than an Air Actuated Ball Valve: ...
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Introduction to Check Valves
Description: The patented diaphragm in the Plast-O-Matic True Blue Check Valve is designed to re-seat with a bubble tight seal regardless of mounting position or reverse flow. Ball style check valves require two ...
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Introduction to Gauge Guards
Description: Gauge Guards are an economical way to protect instruments from corrosion and clogging ...
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Valve Selection for the Safe Operation & Protection of the Pump Station
From: DeZURIK, Inc.Description: Proper valve selection that helps ensure safe operation and protection of the pump station can present a challenge to the engineer and owner. This white paper describes important criteria for ...
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Tubing Extrusion Materials
Description: We utilize a wide variety of compounds designed to meet your specific requirements such as biocompatibility needs, radiopaque loadings, and preferred sterilization methods. ...
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Flomatic's Water Well Maintenance Quick Guide
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Preventative maintenance is key to groundwater and well water protection. Groundwater Awareness Week, celebrated annually March 6th - March 12th, serves as a yearly reminder to tend, test, and treat ...
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Valve Selection Guide: Buna, EPDM, Or Viton
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Buna, EPDM, Viton® are all similar seal materials but what stands each of these apart? Choosing the right elastomer or polymer material is important for a number of reasons. While it may not seem ...
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Nail Down The Facts About Water Hammer
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: The clunking, thumping and banging sounds of water hammer in a pipeline system are not only annoying, but can very often be a sound that indicates costly repairs in the near future. When the flow of a ...
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Ultra-Pure Water Systems
Description: For many years, the need for and consumption of ultrapure water has been increasing at a dramatic rate. Its use is essential in many industries such as pharmaceutical, laboratory research, food ...
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Everything You Need to Know about Creating a Secure Hose Barb Connection
From: Qosina Corp.Description: Mechanical hose barb connections, which consist of the hose barb, tubing and retention device, are ubiquitous in single-use systems (SuS). They look deceptively simple, but the process of bringing all ...
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Cast Iron, Ductile Iron, Bronze and Stainless Steel Valves: What's The Difference?
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Not all valves are built the same and there's good reason for that. Knowing a few basic facts about the different materials will ultimately have long-term effects on your application's capabilities. ...
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Why You Should Care About NSF/ANSI 61
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Water is life. It's as simple as that. Water is a key factor on a shortlist of necessary resources required to sustain life on this planet. As important as it is that we intake water, the quality we ...
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Avoid The Deep Freeze: How to Keep Old Man Winter Away from Your Home Appliances
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: The coldest part of winter weather is almost here, but it's not too late to take precautions to protect one of your largest home investments you might not think of this time of year - your home ...
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Drip, Drip, Drip: How a Water Leak Can Damage Your Home and Peace of Mind
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: What begins as a small drip can quickly escalate into catastrophic water damage that can also harm a homeowner's wellbeing, bank account and peace of mind. ...
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Protecting Your Home's Value: The High Cost of Home Water Damage - And How You Can Prevent It
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Protecting the value of your house begins by having a plan for home leak protection. This article shows you how. ...
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Safeguarding Vacation Homes: How Vacation Property Owners Can Protect Their Investments From Costly Water Damage
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Discover how multiple homeowners can help to protect their investments from water damage with intuitive WaterCop technology that is designed to uncover slow leaks (that often go unnoticed) before they ...
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The Water Issue: How We're Focused On Keeping Water In Its Proper Place
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: As a socially conscious brand, we believe clean water should be available to everyone and we're spotlighting a few charities that are doing their part to achieve this worthy goal. ...
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A Day in the Life of an Oil Rig Worker
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Spend a typical workday with an oil rig foreman, experience through his eyes the challenges he faces, discover why there's little room for error when it comes to equipment and resources, and find out ...
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A History of Proven Solutions: How DynaQuip Evolved From a Three-Person Shop to an International Supplier of Valve Technology
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: A brief history of DynaQuip, from its beginning in 1939 to the present day. ...
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All About Butterfly Valves: How DynaQuip Manufactures and Delivers This Proven Valve Solution
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: What exactly is an automated butterfly valve, how does it work, and what is it used for? Here are a few details about one of DynaQuip's proven products and how it is used within various industries. ...
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Always Up to the Challenge: How DynaQuip Answers the Needs of the Industrial, Commercial and Residential Markets
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: By manufacturing and supplying automated ball and butterfly valves, electric and pneumatic actuators and accessories, plus lead-free valve solutions, DynaQuip is dedicated to creating durable flow ...
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Built for the Long Haul: DynaQuip Valve Technology is Reliably Designed and Developed to Work Where You Do
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: From the right valves to meet exact specifications to the required technical support, wherever our end users, OEMs and distributors work, DynaQuip works just as hard to meet their exact needs. ...
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Solutions at Work: Finding the Right Valve
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Whether you are a valve distributor, OEM or working in the field, you need valve solutions that work as hard as you. Here are a few things to look for when choosing a valve supplier that can help you ...
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An Engineer's Guide to Selecting a Flow Restrictor
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: A flow restrictor is any device that restricts or limits the flow of a fluid—generally a liquid or a gas. Such devices may also be referred to as flow limiters. Calibrated orifices are one ...
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Rotork Electro-Hydraulic Actuators Provide Critical Safety Function in Malaysian Rail Network Infrastructure Enhancement
From: Rotork plcDescription: The Klang Valley Integrated Transit System serves the areas of Klang Valley and Greater Kuala Lumpur. There are two commuter rail lines within the metropolitan area, five subway lines, one busway line ...
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Why We Choose SiC Ceramic Parts Instead of Metal Parts in Slurry Pumps?
Description: SiC Ceramic Slurry Pump is applied for mining, metallurgy, coal power plant, chemical industry etc. It can stand large solids, for slurry with high weight concentration- 60% for mineral slurry and 45% ...
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How to Select an Actuator
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: One product, a valve actuator, may be described by some as simply a black box, having an input (power supply or signal), an output (torque), and a mechanism or circuitry to operate a valve. Those who ...
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Secure Clamping of Small Panels with Vacuum
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: When producing tabletops and facing, or working with material to construct merchandise fixtures, chutes, drawers and shelving, ASSTEC normally uses high-pressure laminate (HPL) panels processed on a ...
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How to Disassembling and Cleaning the Ceramic Valveless Piston Pump?
Description: Disassembling and Cleaning the Ceramic Valveless Piston Pump ...
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A Comparison of Fittings For Plastic Tubing
Description: There are many styles of fittings, from simple barbed varieties to multi-component compression types to heavy duty cam couplings. This paper will examine each style, what materials are offered, what ...
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PVC vs Polyurethane - A Tubing Comparison
Description: PVC and polyurethane are thermoplastic materials that can be formed into a variety of shapes, including tubing and reinforced hose. Both materials are useful in numerous applications. But depending on ...
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A Comparison of Hard Seat and Soft Seat Regulator Valve Design
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: When considering regulator "seats" what we are referencing is the supply or exhaust valve seat that interfaces with the pintle (valve plug) when opening and closing the valve during the process of ...
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What to Consider When Regulating Gasses Other Than Compressed Air
From: ControlAir LLCDescription: All gasses are able to be regulated as long as you are using the proper regulator with the proper materials in the proper situation. Hopefully, this guide will serve as the primer to determining which ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-1 Deionized Water System
Description: Pressure regulator provides constant feed pressure to booster pump. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-3 Semiconductor Fabrication
Description: Flow Control Valve and 3-Way Electrically Actuated Ball Valve provide proper flow to rinsing system. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-4 Printed Circuit Board Fabrication
Description: Relief Valve provide synchronous recirculation in washing system with deionized water. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-5 Electronics Industry
Description: Check Valve provides positive seal on a vertical line in a reverse osmosis system. ...
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Application Bulletin: IA-6 Hospital/Lab
Description: Pressure regulators protect lab sinks from overpressure in 16 story building ...
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Difference Between Tube and Pipe
Description: Is It a Pipe or a Tube? ...
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Welded vs Seamless Stainless Steel Tubing
Description: Eagle Stainless Tubing & Fabrication utilizes the latest technology to create unparalleled, state-of-the-art solutions for our customers. You'll be amazed at what we can create together! Stainless ...
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Key Considerations for Selecting a Medical Pump
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: Newcomers to medical device design may think that pressure and flow rate are sufficient parameters to consider when it comes to selecting a pump. While this may be the case in some industrial ...
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Seven Critical Requirements for Selecting Valves for Fuel System Shutdown
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: Unlike the driver of a car equipped with an internal combustion engine, an airline pilot cannot restart a commercial aircraft's engine immediately after landing. It is critical to have fuel in the ...
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An Engineer's Guide to Selecting a Check Valve
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: A check valve, also known as a non-return or one-way valve, is a mechanical device that allows a gas or liquid to flow freely in one direction while preventing reverse flow in the opposite direction. ...
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How to Choose Smart Toilet Booster Pump (Micro DC Brushless Water Pump)
Description: With the sales of smart toilets increasing year by year, Market prospects are getting better and better, more and more enterprises have laid out the intelligent toilet industry, market participants ...
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How to Choose the Right Size Air Release Valve
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: One size-fits-all is not a good way of thinking when it comes to selecting air and vacuum valves and air release valves. In fact, choosing the wrong size valve can negate the purpose of a release ...