If you suddenly have the need for a two-way, flow control valve — from a valve-selection standpoint — what kind of questions do you ask yourself? Many, perhaps, don’t ask any questions and may make ...

Proper valve sizing and selection saves facilities money by improving plant uptime and decreasing maintenance costs. One way to improve the selection of valves for a particular application is to take ...

A worksheet that calculates control valve installed gain can be part of any control valve selection process. For many years, the author has used, and promoted the use of, control valve installed flow ...

MEDFORD, MA--(Marketwire -10/18/11)- Conant Controls, Inc. is announcing the availability of custom manufactured stack valves that can incorporate unique flow paths and can be designed to fit into a ...

Sartell, Minn. – DeZURIK Inc., a leading manufacturer of valves for the global mining industry, has released its newly revised Valve Selection Guide for the Mining Industry. The guide is designed to ...

Like so many of the core technologies integral to automated industrial operations—such as motors, drives, and I/O—valves don’t always receive the attention they deserve in the automation arena.

By combining advanced seat and seal concepts with durable materials and quality manufacturing, subsea valves can maintain leak-tight isolation, operational safety and system reliability throughout ...

3D printing techniques enable quieter, higher performing designs for final control elements. Control valve noise is a problem in many plant environments. The sound is created by very high pressure ...

On/off valves are basically on/off switches for hydraulic systems. They are typically installed in applications where precise position or speed control is not required. Proportional valves adjust flow ...