Filters
Valves in delayed coking units – why they matter
Refineries need to improve profitability to stay competitive in today’s market. Delayed coking for heavy and sour oil refineries is potentially one of the most profitable operations available to refiners. Since 1994, almost all residue upgrading in the US has been done with delayed coking. And although coking technology may seem mature, innovations continue to bring improvements.
Insights ● Blog post
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.
Insights ● Blog post
LNG processing and intelligent valves for a demanding service
The demand for natural gas is increasing globally due to its clean-burning characteristics, which is especially true for producing electricity and many industries are looking into LNG as an alternative, cleaner source of energy. For LNG producers the difference between running safe, profitable plants often comes down to choosing flow control partners with the experience and knowledge to get the job done right.
Insights ● Article
Outstanding performance and zero maintenance with reliable Flowrox pinch valves
Reliable Flowrox™ high performance PVE pinch valves proved to be a perfect solution for a power generation water treatment plant located in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Six years after the installation of PVE pinch valves in power generation plant no maintenance has been required.
Insights ● Customer story
Assembling valves: Summer as a Service Technician
This summer I have been working at Valmet Flow Control, as a Service Technician. My job is to service old valves and actuators and assemble and test new ones.
Insights ● Career storyIs right valve for the process the next big innovation?
Is excellence in valve selection from huge market offering the next major innovation that process industry is calling for?
Insights ● Blog post
New generation of modular butterfly valves on the market
“We want to offer our customers the broadest possible product selection. Our new series of modular butterfly valves brings together two valve platforms: Neldisc metal-seated triple eccentric and Wafer-Sphere soft-seated double eccentric butterfly valves,” says Petri Ilonen, Product Manager for butterfly valves at Valmet.
Insights ● Article
Improving process safety and cutting costs with process ball valves
Ball valves are used in various process industry applications. The most typical solutions are in on-off and ESD applications, but high-performance ball valves are also widely used in control applications. In this article, the author explains by means of a hydrocracker example how challenging correct valve sizing and valve selection in control applications can be.
Insights ● ArticleCommercial-grade valves in nuclear facilities – a viable way to cut costs and improve safety?
At a time when cutting investment and operational costs is a major target of the nuclear energy sector, engineers and researchers from all parts of the world are on a quest to find the most viable solutions. We, too, decided to look into this problem – to approach it from the perspective of valves. Can these critical components help nuclear power plants save costs?
Insights ● Blog post
Common hydraulic valves - the proportional pressure valve
Proportional valves are commonly used to control pressure to a cylinder or hydraulic motor.
Insights ● Article
