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Celebrating 65 years of flow control experience
Did you know Neles’ roots date back to March 2, 1956, when the Finnish Antti Nelimarkka and Eino Santasalo registered their company, Neles Oy, specializing in industrial valves in the Finnish Trade Register? This year we are not only celebrating our first independent year after a partial demerger, but also our 65th anniversary.
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.
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Butterfly valve installed, problem solved - Reducing Dow’s operational costs under extreme process conditions
The Dow Chemical Company has been operating in Stade, Germany for more than 40 years. Nearly three million tons of basic and specialty chemicals are manufactured per year in this ultramodern integrated plant complex, placing high availability and safety demands on all components. That’s why Dow has installed a custom-designed butterfly valve, developed by Neles, to reliably shut off the DME reactor in Stade.
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Interview with resident engineer Pertti Puurunen
Meet Pertti Puurunen, Valmet’s resident engineer in Kemi, Finland. Learn about his career journey, daily responsibilities, and how his expertise enhances flow control services for customers.
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3 steps to ensure ESD valve reliability beyond certification
Final elements, such as ESD valves, are a critical part in the safety lifecycle. When they are not working properly, the safety of the entire plant is in jeopardy. To ensure overall plant safety, correct ESD valve selection plays a vital role. A lot of uncertainty prevails around the relatively new standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 and how they should be interpreted for safety valves. This blog post looks closer at this issue and sheds some light on what is an essential but confusing subject.
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How the right wear protection materials can extend valve lifetimes
Valve World magazine 'Top of mind' story | “If the wear protection materials are properly specified, valves can successfully contribute major improvements in process availability.”
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Material solutions for maximum safety of hydrogen valves
Q&A: Does hydrogen present any special issues relative service hardware compared to other gasses?
Insights ● Blog postSafe offshore production – part 2: converting data into valuable information
The journey through offshore continues. This time we will discuss how to convert hard data into valuable information by utilizing intelligent devices and diagnostic information. How does this improve safety for offshore production?
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Reliable flow control for carbon capture
Carbon capture and storage will be essential to lowering emissions and to help tackle climate change. Did you know reliable flow control and high quality valves play an important role also in carbon capture technologies?
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SIL 3 – am I safe now?
An emergency shutdown (ESD) valve is part of a safety instrumented system (SIS). It is a vital part of the safety system and often described as the final element. Normally, the term ESD valve refers to all types of safety system valves, such as shutdown, emergency shutdown, emergency ventilation or blowdown valves.
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