By Dan Thompson, igus Crumbling global infrastructure has reached a critical point. In 2019, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimated the nation needed to...

By John Calder, Dura Pump Mechanical seals prevent pumps from leaking by containing the pressure of the pumping process and withstanding the friction caused by...

By Marianne Hojby, Alfa Laval Drain valves comprise up to 20 percent of all valves in a typical processing plant. But cleaning them is costly,...

By Eric Nielson and Valerie Nielsen, Q.E.D. Environmental Systems When the temperatures at a landfill drop well below freezing levels, frozen condensation on wellheads and...

In one of the three previous parts this series of articles has dealt with the cost to reheat and/or evaporate flush injection from API...

For the past two decades, pump users have had remarkable success upgrading critically important process pumps with Vespel®, a composite material made with Teflon...

In today’s digital age, data centers are the backbone of our information society. They enable the operation of cloud services, the storage of large...

In the first of this four-part article, we pointed out the importance of keeping contaminants away from lube oil in pump bearing housings. We...

Proportional smart control valves play critical roles in process industries. Accurately assessing valve performance, however, can be a cumbersome routine that often involves substantial...

Operators looking to protect shaft seals in hydraulic systems now have another option in Zero-Max Overhung Load Adaptors, which provide an extra layer of...