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L&T Valves – Celebrating 60 years, focusing on the future

L&T Valves celebrates its diamond jubilee this year. It is marking the milestone with investments in people, products, processes and plants

Digital supply chain poised to change the energy industry

Angeline Goh, Shell's Global 3D Printing Technology Manager, talks about how 3D Printing can transform the way material inventory is managed.

Selecting the right hydrogen valves for the transportation sector

If the proper components are selected, hydrogen may well be the fuel that drives transportation in the future.

The petrochemical market is expanding rapidly – but at what cost to the environment?

There is a growing demand for chemical and petrochemical products, from agriculture and aerospace to automobiles.

OMAL launches revolutionary pneumatic actuator: Rackon-X

a revolutionary fully wireless pneumatic actuator equipped with a data tracking unit for monitoring and storing key operating data.

Flange isolation kit

Francesca Torriani of General Packing Italy descibes several methods to prevent flange corrosion, including by isolating these.

Control ball valves secure underground gas storage

TEC artec GmbH has been supplying control ball valves for four operated caverns in Etzel (Friedeburg).

Compressor interlocks rely on SIL-capable actuators

Gas network operator GASCADE uses SIL-capable AUMA actuators in its Fuchswinkel biogas feed-in plant in order to avoid dangerous shunts

LNG – a dynamic sector stimulated by a world shortage

Covid, the war in Ukraine and an energy shortfall in Europe, are all factors driving up the price of natural gas and stimulating demand for LNG.

Correct operation of attemperators

Attemperators have been a key component of combined cycle power plants for many years. Back when the units were base loaded, spray water control was a non-issue.