Flow Control and Fluid Transfer Reference Materials
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B?rkert Delivers Savings and Efficiency for New Life Science Facility
Description: Creating a new hygienic production facility that includes ATEX zone 1 areas is a complex task, especially when the facility will need over 1,400 control valves. Hygienic process systems specialist ...
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Oxidation Units for Aerating Raw Water Routes
Description: Drinking water is aerated in the waterworks so that via oxidation reactions iron ions separate as iron hydroxide (Fe(OH)3) – i.e. form particles that can be filtered out. For this purpose, air ...
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Decentralized Automation of Valves in the Hygienic Area
Description: While companies may be attracted by the innovative nature of any new offer available to their market, it is sometimes the tried-and-tested solutions that are preferred, thanks to the guarantees they ...
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An Overview of Thermoplastic Valves and Their Performance
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Thermoplastic valves offer a dependable and economical way to handle corrosive chemicals in some of the harshest environments. When comparing nonmetallic valves to metal valves there are many criteria ...
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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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Choosing an Actuator: Factors and Considerations
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: While typically the most common and thoroughly discussed component of any process system is the valve, one component that is equally critical, yet often misunderstood, and sometimes even overlooked is ...
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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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Pressure Regulators - Design Selection is Key
Description: Choosing the best pressure regulator for an application can become a daunting task. ...
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Top 20 Tubing and Hose Buying Tips 01-10
From: NewAge IndustriesDescription: 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 ...
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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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Case Study: Fertilizer Manufacturer Case Study
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: A fertilizer company in Florida was experiencing corrosion of their compressed air piping system caused by this type of chemical coating created during production. They had tried replacing the pipe ...
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Case Study: Odor Control
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Before wastewater can be safely returned to the environment, organic and chemical contaminants need to be removed to protect the integrity of our natural resources. During the treatment process, ...
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Case Study: Wastewater Treatment
From: Asahi/America, Inc.Description: Water and wastewater treatment plants using PVC pipe for their chemical systems often experience leaks at the joints. This is because the harsh chemicals in the system attack the solvent cement used ...
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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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Minimizing Plug Loss - Q&A with CFS
Description: Incorrect plug size selection issues are surprisingly common, especially when manufacturers only convey hole or thread sizes to the purchasing department. In immersion or heat cycles, building ...
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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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Keep It Simple: How Leak Detection and Automatic Water Shut Off Solutions Can Protect Homes and Buildings
From: DynaQuip ControlsDescription: Discover the benefits of "keeping it simple" with WaterCop proven resources and technology that don't just detect water leaks, they can help to prevent water damage. ...
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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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Rotork Provide Flow Control to Russian Oil Transhipment Terminal
From: Rotork plcDescription: Over 100 IQ part-turn intelligent electric actuators have been installed on an oil terminal on the Black Sea coast, at Novorossiysk, in southern Russia. ...
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Texas Water Treatment Plant Boosted by Rotork's K-TORK Actuators for Ultrafiltration Processes
From: Rotork plcDescription: San Felipe Springs Water Treatment Plant is based in the City of Del Rio, Texas. It is supplied by water from the nearby East and West San Felipe Springs and uses an ultrafiltration system to process ...
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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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Diaphragm Valves for an Automated Production Line at Unither
Description: Unither is a world leader in the manufacture of formulations for the pharmaceutical industry. Its plant at Gannat, in the Department of Allier, is a specialised production site for manufacture of ...
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Good Beer is Not a Coincidence
Description: The pilot brewery of Weihenstephan’s research centre for brewery and food quality has been modernised. Automated flowmeters, process control valves, solenoid valves, pneumatic actuators and ...
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Valve Clusters for a Wide Range of Fluidic Tasks in Pharmaceutical Grinding Plants
Description: As a manufacturer of pharmaceutical grinding systems, shredding systems and their infrastructure, hygiene is your top priority. Complex designs and a lack of fluidic control automation can often make ...
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A Comparison of Fittings For Plastic Tubing
From: NewAge IndustriesDescription: 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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High-Quality Liquid Flow Control Valve for Systematic Flow of Liquids
From: Proteus Industries Inc.Description: When a manufacturer supplies a control valve, it must then be attached to an actuator which utilizes this control signal for activating the ultimate control component. ...
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PVC vs Polyurethane - A Tubing Comparison
From: NewAge IndustriesDescription: 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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Making Fluid Energy Work for You
Description: There is no standard definition of efficiency for energy recovery devices (ERDs). Each supplier is free to create their own definition that (nor surprisingly) often favor their particular technology. ...
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Motorized Turbochargers - More Than Energy Recovery
Description: Energy Recovery Devices (ERDs) are widely used in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) systems with turbochargers and rotary ceramic isobaric chambers or CICs dominating the market. The White Paper ERD ...
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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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Rotork Provides Electric Actuators at Johan Sverdrup, Ground-breaking Norway Oil Field
From: Rotork plcDescription: About Us COVID-19 Statement Our Purpose, Vision & Values Our Communities Our Markets Our Brands Our History Rotork plc Board Rotork Management Board Company Certificates Terms and Conditions Privacy ...
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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 ...
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Proper Check Valve Selection Will Reduce Maintenance and Roping in Wastewater Pumping Systems
From: Flomatic ValvesDescription: Choosing the appropriate check valve for wastewater applications isn't as simple as it used to be, as the amount and type of modern trash going through wastewater pipelines is steadily increasing and ...
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How to Choose a Zero Cold Water DC Circulating Pump? TOPSFLO Engineers Tell You Three Core Elements.
Description: How to choose a zero cold water DC circulating pump? TOPSFLO engineers tell you three core elements. In 2020, traditional major appliances will decline ,but the categories of health and comfort will ...
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An Engineer's Guide to Selecting a Pressure Relief Valve
From: Lee Co. (The)Description: A pressure relief valve is a mechanical device which allows a gas or liquid to escape from a section of a fluidic system when the pressure exceeds a predetermined limit. ...
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High Efficiency with Our Leading Technology
From: Busch Vacuum SolutionsDescription: Our R5 rotary vane vacuum pump and a conventional oil-sealed screw vacuum pump have been tested by TÜV SÜD in terms of pumping speed, power consumption and evacuation time. The result documents in the ...
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Benefits of Thermostatic Balancing in the Return
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: In this article, we will discuss how thermostatically balancing the return line to the water heater ensures that there is no significant temperature creep either higher or lower than the mixing valve ...
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Case Study: Inspira Health Simplifies Their New Construction Balancing Process with CircuitSolver
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: In this case study, you will learn about the opportunity, installation, and result of implementing CircuitSolver thermostatic balancing valves into the Inspira Health Healthcare facility in Mullica ...
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Effects of Extreme Cold on the GURU Plug
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: An environmental exposure test using a Tenney Environmental Chamber was conducted to determine if extremely cold air temperatures could cause the GURU® Plug to nuisance dump when engine coolant ...
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Effects of Hard Water on CircuitSolver Balancing Valves
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: Since 2013, ThermOmegaTech has been testing the possible effects of hard water on CircuitSolver. With roughly 145,000 modulations, CircuitSolver cycles normally with no visible signs of mineral ...
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Our Story, Our Technology
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: For over 35 years, thermostatic technology has been implemented in the aerospace & defense, railroad, industrial, and commercial plumbing industries for freeze protection, scald protection, steam ...
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The Basics of Freezing
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: Discover how and why freezing occurs - a study on the less well-known facts on freezing and how to prevent freeze damage with thermostatic solutions in various applications. ...
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Thermostatic Balancing Cost Survey
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: The CircuitSolver thermostatic balancing valve proves to significantly reduce costs by eliminating manual balancing labor when compared to traditional manual balancing valves - see the actual cost ...
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Fixed vs. Adjustable Balancing Valves
From: ThermOmegaTech®Description: An introduction of adjustable balancing valves for domestic hot water systems has recently entered the plumbing market, however, with 9+ years of experience and thousands of successful installations, ...
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Innovacera Developed Ceramic Fluid Metering Pumps for Filling Machine
Description: Innovacera is a professional supplier of technical ceramic components, has long-term cooperation in the research of ceramic materials with professors or researchers from universities and institutes in ...
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Profibus-enabled Actuators Support Advanced Water Treatment Plant in Brazil
From: Rotork plcDescription: About Us COVID-19 Statement Our Purpose, Vision & Values Our Communities Our Markets Our Brands Our History Rotork plc Board Rotork Management Board Company Certificates Terms and Conditions Privacy ...