Valve has said playtesting is the most vital part of its development process - so much so, that it hooks testers up to machines to measure their responses. There are so many Portal jokes to be made ...

Who Was There: Valve writers Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw discussed the company's approach to writing for games, with Microsoft Game Studios' Tom Abernathy moderating the panel. Valve's storytelling ...

studying control valve user requirements for dynamic performance of control valves defining of terms, performance categories, test methods and instrumentation, performance parameters, specification ...

The HIM HART Loop Monitor has the ability to confirm that the Fisher Fieldvuer DVC6000 Series Digital Valve Controller is performing a partial valve stroke test to validate proper Emergency Shutdown ...

It is easy to take valves for granted. They have been used since the days of the Roman Empire and designs are pretty routine, so people tend to assume that a standard valve will do the job. But that ...

SOLON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Swagelok Company announced today that additional testing has demonstrated an increase in cycle life for its Swagelok® ALD series valve, up to 100 million cycles. The ...

A vital element in process safety is assurance that safety-related devices, including automated valves, remain capable of performing intended safety functions at all times during plant operations.

Neles has delivered its first valve with a 3D printed valve body for field testing. Except for the body, the valve is a standard T5-series ball valve made of stainless steel. It will be tested at ...

The art of creating great cylinder heads includes many different things, but a large portion of it comes from lots of time spent with a grinder in hand and in front of a flow bench, determining just ...

Identify components to test: casing head, tubing head, tree body, master/swab/wing valves, chokes, flanged connections, annulus outlets, VR plug threads. Define barriers: primary (tree + tubing hanger ...