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Discover the intricacies of condition monitoring in our latest blog. Learn how to select the right sensors and equipment tailored to your process needs and budget.

Preventative maintenance and condition monitoring are not only independent concepts, but they are also ones that should not be treated with a one-size-fits-all approach. Learn more in the blog below.

As part of Valin's 50th anniversary, we asked our employees to share their experience working at Valin over the years. Here is what some of them had to say.

With the Industrial Internet of Things and digitization, opportunities to improve business performance are almost endless. Yet the process of adopting new technology requires smart investments.

Valin offers a comprehensive and highly differentiated portfolio of fluid control & pneumatics, machine control, and software solutions for discrete and hybrid manufacturing.

Emerson has developed a groundbreaking solution for addressing challenges in upstream oil and gas applications related to pneumatic valve emissions.

Microelectronics are an inescapable and critical part of nearly every person's life.

Without highly efficient filtration at sub-micron particle sizes, these microelectronics technologies would be difficult if not impossible. Specific gas filters protect critical processes that require a particle free environment to manufacture devices with nearly nanoscale features.

Selecting a proper conveyor is a critical piece of specifying an automation process.  It is not a one size fits all approach as some may assume.

The basic application for a VFD is one where an AC motor must be run with some aspect of control over the speed, accel/decel or torque. Cranes, fans, pumps, mixers, conveyors, and similar applications are all candidates for using a VFD.

Investing in oil reclamation technology can help reduce the costs associated with oil usage. Learn more in the blog below.

Whether it's raw water, feed water, condenser water, or even cooling tower water, operators and technicians need top-tier flow data. There are plenty of challenges that power generation professionals face when trying to obtain operational efficiency and regulatory compliance. Choosing the right flow meter for your flow application shouldn't be one of those challenges!

As any plant manager, engineer, or shutdown turnaround coordinator is aware, flow data is only as good as the flow meter that provides it. When accuracy and repeatability are critical, McCrometer's flow meters deliver top-tier data.

With a competitive, evolving global marketplace, changes in outsourcing and scarce availability of engineering talent, the decision to make or buy conveyors is one that many companies face every day.

GOT provides an easily accessible interface for startup, commissioning, and control/monitoring VFD with pre-designed sample projects. Anyone can set it up in minutes by following the Quick Start Guide.

Macnaught manufactures highly accurate, robust industrial-grade flow meters for clean process fluid applications.

Parker Electronic Motion and Controls division recently announced 4-week lead times on select product series and option sets.

Proven Automation Solution for the winery Industry and local expertise to help you overcome your toughest challenges.

WIKA's family of robust products with IO-Link pressure, temperature, and flow sensors enable the remote monitoring and process control of intelligent machines in smart factories.

So, you need a process controller... now what?  How do you go about making a selection that you will be confident in that is optimized for your specific application?  There is no shortage of options available as you make your way through the process, and it's difficult to know what features to prioritize, especially when faced with a tight budget.

Don't wait until it's too late, Kyntronics' actuators can help prevent disasters and improve your bottom line.

"Remote I/O," that term does not have quite the same meaning as it once did.  For the longest time, remote I/O only referred to a system where the I/O node was located somewhere other than in the main control cabinet that housed the PLC.

Despite the barriers that stand between the United States and a mature hydrogen economy, the path is slowly becoming clearer. This 17-question test will reveal where your company is on this journey.

Permeation and embrittlement are issues that stand in the way of realizing a viable and mature hydrogen infrastructure. For pressure and temperature sensors, using materials that protect against these conditions is key to safety and profitability in the chemical industry.