A consultant hired by U.S. Steel to investigate an August 11 explosion at the company’s Clairton Coke Works found water pumped into a valve during a scheduled maintenance exceeded the valve’s pressure ...

Ball valves are integral components in many industries, including oil and gas, chemical processing, agriculture, food and beverage equipment, mechanical engineering and automotive manufacturing. These ...

Updated: October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM EDT This story has been corrected to show that maintenance was being performed on a gas isolation valve. The federal board investigating the fatal August explosion ...

Valves are used extensively in different industries for flow control. These devices are also essential for enhancing the safety of fluid processes — they protect people, equipment, and the environment ...

Ed Fulcher, 90, a lifelong resident of Morehead City, works every day in his home shop building model boats for sale. About a year ago, Fulcher noticed he couldn’t work in his shop more than 15 ...

At DuPont’s Fayetteville Works Tedlar plants in Fayetteville, NC, the company produces a polymer used in the manufacturing of solar panels. With just 35 employees operating the two plants at this site ...

The two computers installed for the Valve Monitoring App and PDM Maintenance Station are both 24V, DIN rail-mounted computers connected to the plant’s process control network. Source: DuPont. At ...