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What is a Triple Offset Valve (TOV)?
As the name implies, there are three separate offsets designed into the triple offset valve. Two of the offsets apply to the location of the shaft with respect to the center line of the bore and the center line of the disc/seat sealing surfaces. The third offset in...
Emerson/Kunkle Pressure Relief Valves: Operating and Safety Instructions
Before installation of the Emerson/Kunkle Pressure Relief Valves, these instructions must be fully read and understood. Pre-Installation Handling of Pressure Relief Valves This pressure relief valve is designed to protect equipment from overpressure. The valve should...
What is an Industrial Gate Valve?
Industrial valves are used for flow control in industrial processes at specific locations in a piping system. Valves start, stop, throttle, or divert the process fluid flow. Valve application characteristics are diverse, resulting in a broad array of possible valve...
What is a Cooling Tower?
An evaporative cooling tower is heat removal device that uses ordinary water to transfer process waste heat from building and equipment into the atmosphere. All cooling towers operate on the principle of removing heat from water by evaporating a small portion of water...
Industrial Control Valve Basics
Understanding industrial control valve design and operation is very important if you work as a process engineer, a plant maintenance person, or if you design process control loops. Control valves are used extensively in power plants, pulp and paper mills, chemical...
Hazardous Area Adjustable Pressure Switch with Turck® Connector Eliminates Need for Junction Box
Custom Control Sensors (CCS) is a manufacturer of pressure, temperature and liquid flow switches and sensors for the aerospace, defense, industrial and energy markets. They have a new pressure switch design with an integrated Turck® electrical connection that provides...
Lined and Sleeved Valves Used in Mining Operations
Mining applications can be hard on the equipment. Abrasive, corrosive, erosive — all those conditions apply in varying proportions. FluoroSeal® Non-Lubricated Plug Valves, both Sleeved and Lined, can handle even the hardest of condition combinations, in a variety of...
Steam – Desuperheating and Attemperation
Industrial operations of many types utilize steam as a heat or power source, plus there is electric power generation. Steam is an important sort of "back office" component of the lives of many dwellers in modern economies. What is steam? Sorry, but we need to get...
Regenerative Turbine Chemical Pumps
A regenerative turbine pump is significantly different from a centrifugal pump in the way in which liquid moves through the impeller section, making the turbine pump a better performer in a number of industrial applications. A centrifugal impeller basically traps some...
Guide to Industrial Diaphragm Valves
What is an Industrial Diaphragm Valve? Diaphragm valves are named for the means employed in their design to restrict the path of fluid flow through the valve. Most valve designs employ a rigid solid shape which is repositioned in the fluid path to regulate flow....