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My Gate Valves or Non-Return Valves Won’t Shut Off. What are My Options for Repair?
This is part of a series of articles addressing questions we get from our customers about valves and valve products. Read the previous articles here: How often should you repair or replace pressure relief valves? Answers to three common questions … Continue reading
Posted in Actuators, Preventative Maintenance, The Valve Expert, Troubleshooting
Tagged Check Valves, Gate valves, non-return valves
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3 Key Steps to Make Your Next Plant Outage a Success
Plant outages are necessary to perform scheduled valve and actuator repairs. They also give you the chance to assess your valves for bad actors and determine if any additional repairs or replacements are needed. But every minute of downtime is … Continue reading
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Tagged Preventative Maintenance
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Answers to 3 Common Questions About Pressure Relief Valves
Your pressure relief valves are the best insurance you have against safety incidents in your plants and along your pipelines. We get a lot of questions from customers about how to select and operate pressure relief valves. Here are answers … Continue reading
Posted in The Valve Expert, Troubleshooting
Tagged Pressure Relief Valves, Valve Leakage
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What is a Green Tag Center?
This year, we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Consolidated Green Tag Center® (GTC) program. Dresser developed the GTC program in 1980 to provide better customer support and boost PRV safety through regular preventative maintenance. GE has continued the GTC … Continue reading
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Tagged Consolidated Green Tag Center, Consolidated safety relief valves, Preventative Maintenance
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How Often Should Pressure Relief Valves Be Replaced?
Your pressure relief valves are the most important pieces of safety equipment in your facility or along your pipeline system. There’s no margin for error. Your PRVs need to work — every time. So how do you know when you … Continue reading
Posted in Preventative Maintenance, The Valve Expert, Valve Leakage, Valve Standards
Tagged Preventative Maintenance, Valve Leakage, Valve Testing, ValveKeep
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Allied’s New Mobile Lab Valve Repair Trailer Hits the Streets
You asked, we responded! More of our customers have been asking us to test, maintain, and repair their valves on-site. To meet this demand, we’ve added a new Mobile Lab to our fleet. With on-site valve repair from Allied Valve, … Continue reading
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How to Survive “The Great Crew Change”
In the oil and gas industry, nearly 50% of the workforce will retire in the next five to seven years, and there aren’t enough younger workers coming in to fill their place. This is being called “The Great Crew Change.” … Continue reading
Posted in Allied Valve News and Trends in the Valve Industry
Tagged Industry Trends, Oil and Gas
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Kunkle Pressure Relief Valves: Types and Applications
Kunkle Valve is a premier manufacturer of pressure relief valves. In fact, Erastus B. Kunkle invented the safety valve, which he patented in 1875, to prevent overpressure in locomotive engines. For almost 150 years, Kunkle Valve has been known for … Continue reading
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Tagged Kunkle Valve, Valve Manufacturers
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What’s New in Actuator Design?
As the industry works to tap new sources of energy and valve technology improves, so does the design of the actuators that power those valves. One could say that valves and actuators are a bit like cars and trucks — … Continue reading
Posted in Actuators, Allied Valve News and Trends in the Valve Industry, The Valve Expert
Tagged Actuators
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5 Ways to Extend the Life of Your Valves
Depending on their service and application, and the local jurisdictional requirements, all valves need to be replaced sooner or later. However, if you find that “sooner” happens more often than “later,” you may not be getting as much life out … Continue reading
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Tagged Preventative Maintenance, Troubleshooting Actuators, Valve Maintenance, Valve Operation, Valve Testing
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