Valves 101: Types of Ball Valves
Ball valves are a type of piping equipment that shuts off or controls the flow in a pipeline by using a hollow sphere and round seats held in a valve body. There are two basic technologies for the design of ball valves,…
That foods might provide therapeutic benefits is clearly not a new concept. The tenet, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” was embraced 2500 years ago by Hippocrates, the father of medicine. However, this “food as medicine” philosophy fell…
Metals can be recycled repeatedly without altering their properties. According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), steel is the most recycled material on the planet. The other highly recycled metals include aluminum, copper, silver,…
History of steam turbine technology
Early precursors
The first device that can be classified as a reaction steam turbine is the aeolipile proposed by Hero of Alexandria, during the 1st century CE. In this device, steam was supplied through a hollow…
Pressure control equipment
is a set of tools and device that are generally used to
maintain the optimal pressure levels inside a wellbore during
well intervention or workover operations. The pressure control
equipment can withstand arduous…
HOW A TURBOCHARGER WORKS
A significant difference between a turbocharged diesel engine and a traditional naturally aspirated gasoline engine is the air entering a diesel engine is compressed before the fuel is injected. This is where the turbo…
Machinery makers are being challenged to address the
increasing demands of cast stretch film — getting film thinner
and thinner while improving strength and flexibility. New
technologies introduced at K 2013 have improved even more.
In…
Titanium rods – the medical metal of choice
A metal that can resist corrosion and be joined with human bone – is it any wonder titanium is the metal of choice in the medical industry!?
The characteristics of titanium make it crucial to the medical…
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