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3 steps to ensure ESD valve reliability beyond certification

Final elements, such as ESD valves, are a critical part in the safety lifecycle. When they are not working properly, the safety of the entire plant is in jeopardy. To ensure overall plant safety, correct ESD valve selection plays a vital role. A lot of uncertainty prevails around the relatively new standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 and how they should be interpreted for safety valves. This blog post looks closer at this issue and sheds some light on what is an essential but confusing subject.

Gaining deeper insight to solve valve cavitation

Since cavitation is one of the most significant causes of wear, it is important to control the impact of the fluid flow. Using advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model cavitation helps you reach quicker, more efficient results and deeper insight for your designs, avoiding any premature failure of your control valves.

Reactive, preventive or predictive?

When it comes to maintenance, which is the right solution for a plant?

Valves enhance fluidized-bed polymerization: Part 2 – Product discharge system

In this post we continue discussing the polyolefin processing by looking at the product discharge system, piping and valves controlling the flows.

Know your installed base like the back of your hand

Honestly, if you don’t know which field devices you have, where they are located and the job they are doing, then how can you expect to improve your equipment and plant reliability?

Precise control with high vibration

A corn processing plant in the US was experiencing difficulties with a critical valve used for controlling fiber-laden corn syrup in its ethanol manufacturing process. Two factors in particular were making it tough to achieve consistent control.

Continuous improvement is about making minor enhancements every day

How to make quality happen? Most often, the secret of quality lies not in major activities but in minor changes made in daily operations.

Flow control blogs

Mineral concentrators & mineral processing

How does one decide when a valve or pump is not ideal and hindering operations? The decision to change is often hard and costly to make. However, the decision to not make a change may be more costly due to high operating expenses. In every pipeline, there are many options. 

Neles versatile butterfly valves – A favorite among customers and channel partners

To us, versatility means suitability for a wide range of applications and operating environments. It also means ease, flexibility and reliability. Our range of versatile Neldisc™ and Wafer-Sphere™ butterfly valves are all these things.