Valmet composite cover for wire, felt and paper lead rolls
Valmet Lead Roll Cover GC composite cover for wire, felt and paper lead rolls features long service life due to good wear and chemical resistance.
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Validated processes and competency enable long-term, safe operation of oxygen service valves
Oxygen service valves operate in one of the process industry’s most hazardous environments. Oxygen is not flammable but supports and accelerates combustion. This means that oxygen service valves need to be designed, manufactured, tested and maintained to prevent this by mitigating the ignition source and contact with fuel. This article focuses mainly on cleaning, inspection methods and guidance on packaging, storage, installation, operation, and maintenance.
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Careful, data-driven planning combined with OEM expertise is the key to a successful plant turnaround
Process plants make a living by keeping their production lines up and running near-uninterruptedly, but in order to do that safely and efficiently they have to plan maintenance shutdowns, turnarounds and outages (STOs) at critical intervals. The purpose of an STO may range from performing repairs and cleaning the process to implementing major modifications and performing inspections mandated by operating license requirements.
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Digital solutions bring reliability and predictability to aging plants
The current trend toward digitalization is not limited to new, greenfield plants. In fact, older plants may actually be in better ...
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Versatility and sustainability through modularity
What does future-proof technology mean? And how to achieve versatility and sustainability through modularity? Learn more from the article by Taija Hämäläinen, Director, Butterfly Valves Product Line at Valmet.
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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.
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Reinventing reliability through material science
Reinventing reliability - our company motto - is a critical mission that impacts technology and product development. Jussi Hellman, Manager of Materials Engineering at Neles (now Valmet Flow Control business line), reliability is very much the domain of material science. “More times than often, material wear is the root cause of failures, which leads to unplanned downtimes and production loss.”
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How the right wear protection materials can extend valve lifetimes
Valve World magazine 'Top of mind' story | “If the wear protection materials are properly specified, valves can successfully contribute major improvements in process availability.”
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Improved customer services with attractive business models
Today, virtually all industrial equipment manufacturers around the world are exploring how they can better serve their customers with ...
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SCA starts world’s largest softwood pulp line
The world’s biggest production line for bleached softwood kraft pulp is now up and running in Sweden. SCA’s massive Helios project, which involved a complete rebuild of the existing Östrand pulp mill, is a textbook example of how a successful project should be executed.
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