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Market for industrial valves to reach $56bn in 2012
Over the next five years, demand for industrial valves in China will approach that of the US according to the McIlvaine Company
Surging demand for valves and actuators
Rising demand from diverse process industries supports steady growth in global valves and actuators market
Sensor market is forecast to grow
Frost & Sullivan predicts the market for sensors will grow, largely due to the development of sensors with greater functionality
Adopting a holistic approach to safety
Didier Turcinovic, founder and President of the Safety Users Group, explains the importance of a holistic approach to safety management
A lifecycle approach to security management
Karl Williams outlines how a novel lifecycle approach to security management is setting a new process industry standard
Wireless plant and the process environment
Hartmut Wallraf, Chief Technology Officer with Invensys Process Systems Europe, Middle East and Africa, outlines where the technology is now and what the future holds for it
Paradise found

Engineers Paradise (www.engineersparadise.com) is a free, information website containing information on on materials and applications.

The Materials Configurator is the core element of the website – a database currently containing about 200 materials, including natural materials and polymers, metals and alloys, ceramics and composite materials.

The results indicate the materials corresponding closest to the selected properties (eg high rigidity and strength for use at 1200°C). If, for example, energy costs should be reduced by lowering weight, the density can be set as an additional parameter.

Schunk Dienstleistungsgesellschaft GmbH is based in Heuchelheim, Germany. www.schunk-group.com