Featured Story

Our Featured articles are long reads that require more reading time than our news articles. In this section, you can find our cover stories, compelling content featuring prominent manufacturers, end-user interview with valve experts around the world, in-depth technical articles and interesting project reports from various industries, ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to power generation, pharmaceuticals and food and beverage industries.

Featured Story – Offshore fields of the future present actuation opportunities

The rise of automation and smart technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in many industries and is expected to grow rapidly on offshore oil and gas platforms over the next decade.

Featured Story – 3D printing adds real value

Has 3D printing past the innovation phase? Absolutely, according to Jukka Borgman (Director, Technology Development) who says it is already being used to good effect in Metso’s valves.

Featured Story – New superalloys still need careful purging during welding

If you need to weld valves and other piping components made of superalloys, do be aware that careful purging can be required to prevent deterioration of desirable properties such as corrosion resistance.

Featured Story – Better supply chain, less headaches with valves

Oil price volatility is a major issue in our industry, affecting future demand and price focus. But for EPCs in the sector, it matters less than you might think on a short-to-medium term basis.

Featured Story – Check valve highlighted in SpaceX anomaly investigation

Research shows that a check valve failure may have led to the destruction of a Crew Dragon spacecraft during testing. However, the root cause could have been a nitrogen tetroxide leak.

Large size/high pressure axial flow valves for pressure protection

Axial flow valves are often used in High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS) and present peculiar design features to suit HIPPS requirements: short stroke, pressure balanced disc and low internal mass to allow the use of compact actuators with fast response times.

Safe transportation of LNG with cryogenic valves

When choosing a valve, two critical things to consider are quality and safety. In a technical paper that was recently issued by family-run company AS-Schneider, the limelight is put on cryogenic valves and how these can be utilized for safe transport and storage. Standard valves contract and expand when exposed to extreme temperatures, cryogenic valves however –providing the right materials are chosen – can withstand pressure at cryogenic temperatures.

Chevron’s ultramodern LNG fleet

Chevron’s six newest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers feature stainless steel containment tanks specially designed to reduce boiloff during transport. As global exports of natural gas continue to rise at a recordsetting pace, the enhanced efficiency of Chevron’s new vessels will help the company remain competitive in an increasingly crowded market.

SAFed and sound with Albion Valves

The Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed) represents the UK’s independent engineering inspection and certification industry, which plays a key role in maintaining high standards of safety within the workplace. New guidelines published by SAFed have been introduced surrounding safety valves and pressure relief valves.

Challenges for butterfly valves in solar systems

The four offset butterfly valve from the manufacturer Quadax is used worldwide in solar thermal systems and offers important advantages in terms of reliability and cost efficiency.