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Introduction to Oil & Gas Offshore Drilling
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: In the search for oil and natural gas under the ocean, three general types of drilling rigs are used. A “jackup” drilling rig is a floating barge with drilling equipment on its deck and ...
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Asset management in the water industry: A valve actuator's perspective
From: Rotork plcDescription: The water and effluent treatment industries have not been slow to recognise the benefits of effective asset management resulting from the gathering and analysis of accurate data from out in the ...
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Intelligent electric valve actuation on China's West-East Pipeline
From: Rotork plcDescription: The West-East Pipeline (WEPP) network is described as the largest and most significant gas industry project ever planned in China. Intended for the development of the western regions in China, the ...
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Rotork electric valve control contributes to Coca-Cola Enterprises' environmental improvements
From: Rotork plcDescription: Rotork CVA electric control valve actuation technology is helping Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) to increase efficiency and reduce energy costs at its Wakefield production plant. ...
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Rotork is 'one-stop actuation shop' for storage tank expansion project
From: Rotork plcDescription: Rotork has demonstrated its ability to be a one-stop shop for valve actuation products and services for an oil storage tank expansion project in Holland. Rotork's activities have encompassed the ...
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The Retrofit route to large-scale refinery automation
From: Rotork plcDescription: A major petrochemical modernisation programme in Turkey includes a retrofit project that will deliver automated actuation and control for over 900 valves at a refinery's tank farms. Tupras is Turkey's ...
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Valve actuation and control in the modern refinery
From: Rotork plcDescription: The Reliance refinery at Jamnagar in India is one of the largest single refinery sites in the world and virtually all of its valves are motorised with Rotork actuators. Almost 3000 Rotork IQ ...
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Valve actuation at the world's largest flow metering calibration facility
From: Rotork plcDescription: Situated by the New Meuse River in Rotterdam, EuroLoop will be the world's largest research and test site for the calibration, verification and type testing of industrial flow meters in the oil and ...
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Wireless valve control - a
From: Rotork plcDescription: Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (MMLP) is a publicly traded limited partnership with primary business lines focused on terminalling, storage, processing and packaging services for petroleum products ...
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Pipelines: Safest Option for Oil & Gas Transportation in the US
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: There are more than 180,000 miles of liquid petroleum pipelines across the United States. They connect extracting areas to refineries and petrochemical plants as well as delivering the refined product ...
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How Electric Rotary Valve Actuators Can Optimize Ethanol/Gasoline Blending at Truck Terminals
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: The ethanol blending process is a critical part of a gasoline terminal operation and has a significant impact on product quality, meeting environmental regulations and profitability. Optimizing the ...
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Fail-safe Actuators: When Failure Is Not an Option
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Actuators are a small part relative to the overall systems they live in. Many of these devices weigh in at only ten or twenty pounds. But they are a small component that plays a crucial role: When ...
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Supercritical CO2 Back Pressure Regulator Maintains Stability
From: Equilibar, LLC.Description: The phase change with supercritical fluids that occurs across valves and pressure regulators coupled with the strong Joules Thompson cooling effects often causes pressure spikes and excursions. ...
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Valve Actuators and Positioners Go Digital
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Fieldbus is the name of a family of industrial computer network protocols used for real-time distributed control, standardized as IEC 61158. Advanced digital fieldbus technology has been successfully ...
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When are Manual Actuators a Good Fit?
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Actuators can have many different sizes, shapes and functions, but all of them require some sort of input power to move the valve or the damper they are mounted on. On this blog, we have talked about ...
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Could Electric Actuators have prevented the Great Flood of Paris?
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Since the middle of the 20th century, to regulate the level and the flow of water of a river, many cities use sluice, knife or slide gates. They can be essential in protecting against flooding in ...
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3 Passive Fire Protections for Actuators
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: There are many dangers when extracting, transporting and refining oil & gas or any other dangerous materials. Two of the major ones are fires and explosions... ...
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Case Study:Thread Sealant Compatibility Issues with Plastic Piping at Semiconductor Fab
Description: A leading international semiconductor manufacturer recently cut out and sent a section of pipe to Plast-O-Matic complaining of a leaking check valve, pointing to cracks on both the inlet and outlet. ...
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2 Applications for Compact Electric Actuators
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: The common idea of an automated valve is a large valve with a heavy-duty actuator, typically powered by a three-phase electrical supply. Nevertheless, many industrial processes require smaller valves, ...
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How to Evaluate Industrial Valve Actuator Repair Companies
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Entire actuator or automation package replacement can be expensive and time-consuming. In-field repair and modification can allow to resume operations in the shortest time and at the lowest expense. ...
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Industrial Valves: Innovative and Practical Products of Technological Advancements
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Continued advancements in technology have undoubtedly touched almost every aspect of human lives, giving us more convenience, variety and function than ever before. Recently, even pumps and industrial ...
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The Basics of Quick Disconnects
Description: Quick disconnect fittings (abbreviated as "QDCs" or "QDs") are used to provide fast and easy connection and disconnection of fluid lines. These fittings are also known as quick connects or quick ...
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Is Your Automation Process Lean?
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Lean manufacturing is based on finding efficiencies and removing wasteful steps that don't add value to the product. No need to reduce quality, the cuts are a result of finding better, more efficient ...
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Understanding Hazardous Area Classification for Successful Equipment Selection
From: SVF Flow Controls, Inc.Description: The term hazardous location once meant a place within a petrochemical or some other equally volatile plant. Today, hazardous manufacturing processes include coatings, adhesives, and flammable liquids ...
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5 Good Reasons to Be in Favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Here are 5 arguments showing why, despite more than 5 years of debating and controversy and the project still not being approved, Keystone XL remains in the best interest of the U.S. ...
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Pump poultry without product damage
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Progressive-cavity pump made to exact dimensions needed, maintains product integrity. ...
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SEEPEX Inc's New Industry Standard
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Convincing a major player in the pulp and paper industry to break ranks and install a different kind of MC stock pump wasn't easy, but after nearly a decade of trying, seepex, Inc. accomplished what ...
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Valveless flow control: The paradigm shift from centrifugals and control valves to progressive cavity pumps
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: WATER UTILITIES COULD SAVE TIME AND MONEY IF THEY EMBRACED THE USE OF PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMPS FOR CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS. ...
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Spirax Sarco controls improve production efficiency at Piramal Healthcare
From: Spirax-SarcoDescription: "We haven't had any problems with the coils since the Spirax Sarco pump traps were installed. I'd say the reduction in maintenance has been the biggest benefit for me,." ...
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History of Threaded Screws: Small but Vital Component of an Actuator
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: There are more than 4,300 years between the invention of a threaded screw and the modern industrial threaded screw as it is known nowadays. That's a long period of time since the threaded screw is ...
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Valve Actuator Opportunities with Shale Gas in the U.S. in 2014
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Domestic Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) production is projected to increase by more than 45% by 2040. What are the resulting opportunities for valve actuator manufacturers? ...
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Introduction to Valves: Industry Standards
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: This article presents and explains specifications used in the valve industry in the USA and around the world, with a list of the main organizations responsible for establishing such standards for ...
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Introduction to Valves: Overview
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: This article serves as an introduction to the industrial valve industry and is designed to inform about basics such as valve types, design and history. ...
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4 Myths about Electric Actuators Exposed
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Are you still using hydraulic and pneumatic actuators? You may want to read on and reconsider your decision. Electric actuators are continually gaining popularity over their hydraulic and pneumatic ...
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21 Steps to Adjust a Modulating Electric Actuator AC & DC Controls
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Here is a guide on how to fine-tune a Modulating Electric Actuator AC & DC Controls. The following instructions are a step by step manual for an easy and smooth field calibration. ...
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How Does an Electric Actuator Work?
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: An electric actuator is a mechanical device used to convert electricity into kinetic energy in either a single linear or rotary motion. It automates damper or valve in order to increase process ...
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How to Select the Right Valve (inc. Pros & Cons)
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: The suitability of a valve for a specific application is defined by the materials used in relation to the transported fluid as well as its mechanical design. Here is Indelac Valve Selection Guide. ...
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Debottlenecking of existing polyester plants
Description: The enormous need for polymers worldwide emerged a typical problem to polymer plant owners. Although their plants have been designed for a certain capacity, a higher throughput is always requested. ...
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Mixing and Dosing Gear Pump
Description: Gear pumps for the chemical industry are primarily used in pressurizing and dosing applications. The special designed mixing gear pump marks one of WITTE´s latest developments and opens a great ...
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Precise and pulsation free feeding
Description: In order to achieve optimal results when extruding biaxially stretched Polyester films, the polymer melt must be fed into the tool very precisely, and, above all, without pulsation. Pumping and ...
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NEMA 6P Submersible Electric Actuator
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Here at Indelac Controls, we strive to innovate and always offer new reliable products. In this effort, we have come up with our own NEMA 6P Electric Actuator. Here is how the testing happened and the ...
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Electric Spring Return Actuators Meet Fire Standards for Tunnels
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: In an emergency situation such a fire inside a tunnel, electric motor operated dampers in the ventilation system can act to clear smoke from the structure as well as to suppress spreading of the fire. ...
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The port size of a valve can make a costly difference to any given application.
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Article gives a history of ball valve design and development and explains how porting effects flow and performance. Full, standard and reduced port valves are explained in great detail. ...
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Optimux Control Valves for Aerospace Testing Systems
From: TrimTeckDescription: The aerospace industry is encountering heightened competition, as well as increasingly stringent regulatory and security requirements both domestically and in emerging markets. In order to remain ...
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3 Easy Steps to Prevent Condensation in Electric Actuators
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Unwanted condensation in/on electrical goods can have severe consequences, especially inside electric actuators. How to prevent it? Find it here... ...
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31 Helpful Valve Actuation Terms
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: The following list of valve actuator terms may assisted when explaining your automation needs, to help us better serve you. ...
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3 Ways to Define Actuator Torque in Words You Understand
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Lack of knowledge about torque can often mislead buyers to inaccurate choices when choosing an actuator for their automation package. Here is a clear definition of what actuator torque is. ...
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Selecting Pneumatic and Electrical Actuators: Part 2
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: To ensure automated valve performance in today's sophisticated process control systems it is essential to develop a complete specification for each of the elements in the control package. Though the ...
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How to Guide: 4-20mA Positioner Field Installation - Indelac Actuator
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Here is a guide on how to install a 4-20mA Positioner on any Indelac Actuator. The following instructions are a step by step manual for an easy and smooth field installation. ...
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How to select an Actuator (part. 1): Pneumatic vs. Electric
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: As the process industry continues to achieve more efficient and productive plant design, plant engineers and technicians are faced, almost daily, with new equipment designs and applications. One ...
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Go Cook a Pizza: Gauging the Health of Your Pumps
From: Magnatex Pumps, Inc.Description: Did you know that the instrumentation technician is a better friend to the Pump Reliability Engineer than the vibration analyzer or the Computerized Maintenance Management program? I believe this to ...
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Permeation - Its Effects on Teflon® Fluoropolymer Coatings
From: Magnatex Pumps, Inc.Description: Fluoropolymers are virtually inert substances that can withstand high temperatures. These two properties make them ideal for use as coatings to protect metals from corrosive attack. It is important to ...
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PROTECT PUMPS AND THE BOTTOM LINE
From: Magnatex Pumps, Inc.Description: SETTING AN APPROPRIATE MINIMUM FLOW AVOIDS DAMAGE AND EXCESSIVE OPERATING COSTS. ...
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Pump Rebuild Tips
From: Magnatex Pumps, Inc.Description: Avoid common mistakes to get the longest life from a rebuilt pump. ...
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Brewery's pump needs no valves
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Combined with a flow meter, the positive-displacement pump accurately meters yeast flow and can reverse directions as well. ...
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Failure is not an option
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Seepex and 3M collaborate on innovative pump lining for demanding applications. ...
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Progressive Cavity Pumps Help Customize Chemicals
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: These pumps do not shear, and they provide consistent flow of fluids of different viscosities. ...
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Tight little package
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Water treatment plant saves time and money with the right metering pump. ...
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24 Steps to Size Up an Electric Actuator for a Gate Valve Application
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Picking the right Electric Actuator for a valve is not that easy. Industry buyers ask yourselves these 24 questions before choosing your valve automation solution. ...
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Thermal Actuator: Clean & Renewable Energy
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Actuators are simply devices used to transform energy into motion. A thermal actuator is a type of non-electric motor made of components such as a piston and a thermal sensitive material capable of ...
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Actuator Duty Cycle is like Cycling
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: A good analogy for initially understanding duty cycle can start with the idea of riding a bicycle.You peddle (period of energy exertion) and then coast (period of rest) using your momentum to carry ...
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Wireless Actuator
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: A wireless actuator is an actuator geographically distributed and interconnected by wireless networks. Nowadays, wireless actuators are simple to use, easy to implement, easy to commission. They ...
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High Speed Piezoelectric Jet Valves Offer New Modular Dispensing Solutions
From: Nordson EFDDescription: High Speed Piezoelectric Jet Valves Offer New Modular Dispensing Solutions ...
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Fail-Safe Actuators: Many Choices to Make
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: The simple short phrase "fail-safe actuator" conjures a vision of a wide range of different actuators. In fact, when you Google "fail-safe actuator," you get 1,910,000 results. It's clear that those ...
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Knowing Nema
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: When looking at valve automation solutions it always important to know what type of environment the application calls for purchasing an actuator without this knowledge is like driving with your ...
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Pneumatic Diverter Valve for Automotive Plastic Pellets
From: VortexDescription: Replace a cumbersome hose system and automate the process of conveying multiple materials to a common destination ...
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Slide Gate for Aqua Feed
From: VortexDescription: Purchase a slide gate that is abrasive resistant and seals material ...
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Electric Actuators and Condensation Don't Mix
From: Indelac Controls, Inc.Description: Condensation + Electric Actuators = Issues I probably would not get any arguments if I said it had been a hot dry summer here in the US last year (2012). However, if I told you I had a friend call me ...
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Traditional solenoid valves are simple to install but may not be the right solution for long term reliability or high flow applications
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Replacing a solenoid valve with a DynaMatic electric ball valve...Why and how? Solenoid valves are typically easy to install and are used in applications utilizing pressure, flow, temperature and ...
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Advanced Automation Lowers Labor Cost and Improves Performance
From: Festo CorporationDescription: To maximize your viewing experience of this digital publication created with FlippingBook Publisher 2.4.16, we recommend installing Adobe Flash Player Plugin. This installation will only take a few ...
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Raising The Bar on Hygienic Pump Standards for Food Processing
From: Pump Solutions GroupDescription: Successful food production requires adherence to a number of regulatory standards, such as EC 1935/2004, and eccentric disc pumps help processors satisfy their strict demands ...
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Eccentric Disc Technology Evolves to Improve Efficiency, Reliability & Durability
From: Pump Solutions GroupDescription: Low sheering and self-priming make this technology ideal for chemical, oil and food applications. ...
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Presentation on TX series Hydrogen Pump
From: Ogura Industrial Corp.Description: Ogura Presentation on TX series Hydrogen Blower at the Orlando Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition- November, 2011. ...
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Diverter Valve Handling Zinc Oxide
From: VortexDescription: Valve between produce receiver and rotary valve ...
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Titan Slide Gate in Rock Quarry
From: VortexDescription: Shut off product beneath truck loading silos ...
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Progressive Cavity Pump Reduces Discharge Times and Maintenance for Chemical Plant
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: A damping coat improves the cabin environment. It is applied to the floors in automobiles to reduce vibration and road noise. Previous methods of manually attaching an asphalt sheet as a sound barrier ...
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Watts Altitude Control Valves Secure Desert Water Supply
From: WattsDescription: Prevented overtopping of tanks and the wasting of water, as well as prevent un-checked flow from the high tank to lower tanks in the even of a major water break ...
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Check your Regulator Vent in Cold Weather
From: Eclipse, Inc.Description: It's cold outside, the heat is on but is your combustion system "breathing" ok? ...
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Orifice Slide Gate Handling Powders
From: VortexDescription: Application: Utilize slide gates to batch weigh different materials. Challenge: The slide gates need to address material differences and customer requirements. ...
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Soaring to New Heights
From: Pump Solutions GroupDescription: Wash systems manufacturer Whiting Systems needed a metering pump to meet the demands of the mining and oil markets, and found its solution in Neptune's 7000 Series Mechanical Diaphragm Metering Pump. ...
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How to Select an Actuator for Valve Automation
From: SVF Flow Controls, Inc.Description: In order to make the best technical and economical choice, an engineer must know the factors that are most important for the selection of actuators for plant-wide valve automation. ...
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How to Select Automation Accessories for Valves
From: SVF Flow Controls, Inc.Description: Today's process controls range from complete computer systems to the staff-monitored electromechanical type (push buttons, heavy-duty relays, etc.). ...
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Material Selection Guide for Corrosion Resistance of SVF Valve Construction
From: SVF Flow Controls, Inc.Description: No one material can be expected to resist the corrosive action of the wide variety of media found in the complex industries of today. ...
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Case Study - Thermal Management
From: Staubli CorporationDescription: Customer needed a simple non-spill robust connection that resists the effects of the refrigerant 134, harsh environment and, possible vibration. The customer manufactures an auxiliary air conditioning ...
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Maximizing Speed to Market for Oil & Pumps
From: Pump Solutions GroupDescription: It can be ironic that a natural resource that took thousands of years of languishing many miles beneath the Earth's surface to transform into a useable energy commodity is now being extracted from the ...
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Benefits of Using Micro Pumps and Miniature Valves in Sidestream Capnography
Description: This paper provides readers with an overview of the design challenges involved with Capnography Equipment. These challenges include the increased need to make portable devices that deliver instant ...
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The Basics of Pressure Regulators
Description: Pressure regulators are found in many common home and industrial applications. For example, pressure regulators are used in gas grills to regulate propane pressure, in home furnaces to regulate ...
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Unloader vs. Regulator
From: Pumptec Inc.Description: PumpScout and Pumptec Inc are pleased to announce a new partnership that will introduce more pump buyers to Pumptec's high-quality duplex stainless steel plunger pumps. The pump manufacturer is now a ...
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When to Choose Buna or Viton Elastomer
From: Pumptec Inc.Description: The choice of elastomers, rubber parts, in a pump can be very critical to the long-term success of the pump system. Pumptec provides 2 standard choices for their pumps, Buna or Viton. Buna (NBR, ...
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Progressive Cavity Pumps Move Clarifier Underflow
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Gas production using hydraulic fracturing is growing across the U.S. production fields including the Marcellus, Utica and Huron basins in the east, the Haynesville in the south and the Bakken in the ...
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Progressive Cavity Pumps Solve Magnesium Hydroxide Problems
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: At a power plant site in the U.S., Fuel Tech was cost-effectively and safely reducing slag buildup in multiple coalfired power plant boilers through the use of a proprietary chemical injection ...
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Pumping trash for digestion
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: The unsung heroes in anaerobic digesters are progressive cavity pumps. They move tons of solid waste, allowing the digester to process biosolids en route to generating electricity and other forms of ...
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Taking the Cake Cavity Pumps Simplify Drying System Feed
From: SEEPEX Inc.Description: Dewatored sludge Is conveyed Into a seepex ilve bottom hopper buffer bin that holds 24 hours of product to ensure a consistent supply Is sent to the dryer. The sludge cake is pushed through 80 feet of ...
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EXTENDING THE LIFE OF MOLECULAR SIEVE DEHYDRATION SWITCHING VALVES
Description: The molecular sieve dehydration unit is an important process in any plant that uses natural gas as a feed stock. These units are critical in drying natural gas and the processes that follow such as ...
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Pump FAQs
From: Pumptec Inc.Description: Frequently Asked Questions for pumps. ...
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Pump Basics
From: Savino Barbera SrlDescription: The most important characteristic of a centrifugal pump is that of converting energy from a source of motion (the motor) first into speed (or kinetic energy) and then into pressure energy. A pump's ...
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Sealless Resin Pumps
From: Pump Solutions GroupDescription: The design of sealless internal gear pumps makes them an engineered solution for environmentally conscious fluid-handling that lowers maintenance costs and eliminates environmental costs-all of which ...
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Single-Use Pumps Take Center Stage
From: Pump Solutions GroupDescription: Single-use quaternary diaphragm pump technology from Quattroflow™ meets the speed-to-market challenges of biologic-based drug manufacturing ...
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Case Histories: Horizontal Pumps
From: Savino Barbera SrlDescription: The need arose in chemical plants for an emergency pump to drain and transfer different solutions of liquids (predominantly a solution of HCl at ambient temperature) and in any case in continuously ...
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Case History: Plastic Corrosion-Resistant Pumps
From: Savino Barbera SrlDescription: Figure 1 shows a case information regarding the nature of the liquid not communicated correctly. In particular, information regarding the concentration and temperature of the acid to be handled was ...