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Neles™ Q-Disc™ flow balancing trim for butterfly valves

Q-disc flow balancing trim for butterfly valves | Valmet

Hydrogen is hard on valves

Under pressure, the hydrogen molecule H2 cracks metal and can even penetrate steel. Hydrogen fracture weakens the tensile strength and ductility of steel, which reduces its resistance to fracture and causes cracking.

Maintainability of pumps increases reliability of the process at Terrafame

Terrafame Ltd. is a Finnish multi-metal company specializing in nickel and zinc production by bioheapleaching at its mining site located in Sotkamo, North of Finland. Flowrox™ pumps have been a reliable part of the filtration process for over 10 years.

Installed- and inherent flow characteristic | Valmet

What is the difference between the installed flow characteristic and the inherent flow characteristic for a control valve? | Valmet

Delivering reliability down the line

Oil and natural gas pipelines crisscross North America; in the US alone, approximately 150 000 km of gathering and trunklines span the ...

The world of Finance – Summer at the Finance department

This summer I work as a finance trainee in Valmet’s Finance department. Finance department consists of several teams - for example, one team is responsible for business analyzes and reporting to management and another team is responsible for group reporting and accounting legislation implementation.

Control valve authority - Ask the flow control expert

When the term authority is used in connection with control valves, you might well think that it is some kind of organization or body that classifies or confirms a particular characteristic of a control valve. However, this is not the case since authority refers to the differential pressure across a valve.

3 steps to assure your plant is safe with ESD valves

An emergency shutdown (ESD) valve is part of a safety instrumented system (SIS) and normally refers to all types of safety system valves. Much confusion still exists when it comes to what should be considered with these valves to make a plant safe.

Control valves for feedstock, dilution steam and fuel to furnaces

This is Part 2 of our series of three posts on valve selection for ethylene cracking. An ethylene steam cracker can accept a variety of feedstock.

Digital business ecosystems to boost pulp and papermaking projects and processes

Digitalization is a hot topic in the pulp and paper industry as well as among the suppliers to this industry. What does digitalization mean in practice? What kind of opportunities does it provide?