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Tag Archives: Preventative Maintenance
How to Winterize Your Valves and Actuators
Winter is coming! For outdoor valves and actuators, winterization is a key component of proper maintenance and a crucial step to keep your valves working properly year-round. For example, buried valves have a gap between the torque tube and the … Continue reading
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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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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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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
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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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Why Use ValvKeep?
We are often asked if we can support OSHA 1910.119, which specifies process safety management for highly hazardous chemicals. This regulation requires that the preventative maintenance schedules for all pressure relief valves be tracked. The answer is yes! We use … Continue reading
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Is It Time for a Plant Survey?
Have you ever had a state or insurance inspector come to audit your facility, but you couldn’t find your valve records? Do you have valves that have never been operated and you aren’t sure when they were last tested? Are … Continue reading
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Top 5 Benefits of Valve Preventative Maintenance
We find that too often preventative valve maintenance is a topic that comes up only when there is a problem. Too many people assume that just because a valve was tested and stamped by the manufacturer, no further testing or … Continue reading
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Preventative Maintenance vs. Greasing Valves: Why It’s Needed
Question: I’ve been lubricating and injecting sealant into my pipeline valves, but they still won’t shut off or operate. What’s going on? Answer: This is not a lubrication problem. It could be any number of things. Rather than continuing to … Continue reading
What Can Trained Valve Technicians Do for You?
Whether you are installing a pressure relief valve on a boiler or actuators on a pipeline, having highly trained technicians is key to both your safety and your success. This article reviews the different levels of valve technician training and … Continue reading