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Long term collaboration pays off in many ways
There have been many fruits of the collaboration of Saica Paper and Valmet over the past seventeen years. Today, Saica Paper takes pride in its world-class maintenance operations in Spain.
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Virtual reality, the new industrial standard?
VR, AR, MR, XR… Has the virtual world felt difficult or even pointless to enter? If yes, now the time is ripe. With the key technological challenges solved, virtual tools are making a breakthrough in the industrial environment bringing possibilities never seen before.
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Making your performance our first priority
To get the most from any equipment, you need to know how it is performing. Some original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have begun to offer services which manage asset performance in real-time.
Insights ● Blog postWhen a valve is tight enough?
The tightness discussion has been going around in the automation industry since the first valves were introduced.
Insights ● Blog postRepeatable reliability on-time!
What happened to the valves when the German olefin producer had a major shut-down at their ethylene cracker?
Insights ● Blog postAt the heart of the GTL process
GTL technology involves conversion of methane to high molecular weight hydrocarbons from LPG to waxy paraffins. The process itself consists of mainly 3 steps, syngas production through steam reforming or partial oxidation, liquid production through Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reactions with cobalt or iron-based catalyst followed by product updgrading through mild hydrocracking to convert high molecular weight waxes to LPG, naphta and diesel.
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Determining the control valve pressure drop for control valve sizing purposes
Our guest writer Jon F. Monsen discusses the correct method for determining the control valve sizing pressure drop when the system already exists or has been designed.
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2 proven options to secure process availability
The safety valve is the final element in the safety loop. It operates in the most challenging environmental conditions and is constantly in contact with process media in the pipelines.
Insights ● Blog postBoosting performance with real-time data and diagnostics
Why would you base process- and business-critical maintenance decisions on guesses and estimates when you could have accurate real-time data? Neles solutions such as Valve online signature and Expertune PlantTriage let you monitor the performance of your entire plant as well as individual control valves under real process conditions, and in real time.
Insights ● Blog postImprove efficiency by using your existing data streams
The more you know about control loops, the faster you can find and resolve issues, exploiting hidden potential – and raising production efficiency.
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