Reliable valve sizing in large-scale projects

If you need to handle a large number of valves in one project, the challenges for everyone involved are enormous. Time pressure, media gaps whenever information is exchanged, operating data that undergoes regular changes and poor communication between the project stakeholders all add up to a not inconsiderable risk that mistakes will be made when selecting the valves; in the worst case, the upshot can be delays at the project commissioning stage or unscheduled downtime that disrupts production. The follow-up costs for incorrectly sized valves can easily run into six or seven figures. This article describes how many potential problems can be detected and eliminated upfront at a fraction of this amount by carrying out continuous and comprehensive controls using suitable tools.