Solenoid valves range from the simple diaphragm and piston valves to more complex valve types with electromagnetic or hydraulic actuation. In this article, you’ll learn what all the different types are and how they tick. A solenoid is a coil of wire wrapped around a core, such as iron or steel.
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Worried over the huge financial losses to cyber crimes and hackers, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has expressed its commitment to standardise the nation’s Information Technology (IT) sector. According to reports, Nigeria loses over N200 billion on an annual basis to cyber crimes, a figure described as ‘unacceptable’ by the
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Nigeria topped African exporters in Liquefied Natural Gas, (LNG), in 2021 with 17.9 million metric tons MMt, says a report published by leading information provider IHS Markit. Algeria, followed closely with 12.3 MMt and Egypt with 6.9 MMt. In 2021, the U.S. added 25 million metric tons of LNG capacity owing to
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As President Muhammadu Buhari and stakeholders in the nation’s power sector deliberate on what becomes of electricity with the current administration winding down, attacks on gas pipelines are becoming a new normal leading to shutdown of power plants. Although the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Mele
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Aviation stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation industry say Nigeria is not ready for the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO’s) audit. Director-general of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Capt Musa Nuhu had said that the nation is prepared for ICAO’s universal safety oversight audit programme continuous monitoring approach slated for the first
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The chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has said Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) will provide business opportunities that will enable NNPC earn more revenue for the country. Kyari disclosed this while addressing staff of the organisation in a townhall meeting held at
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At first, when registering a domain name, we calculate the price it will be worth in the coming decade. And working on a website for ten years is strenuous, but the value of the domain name on this website can change a mindset and make a brother sell their loyalty
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YOU MIGHT now know this, but your Android device has several helpful features you can access via secret codes. Some codes are specific to certain models, but other, more generic codes can be accessed on nearly any Android device. These codes usually begin with “*#” and have long been used on mobile
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Worldwide, the number of attacks experienced per business each week is 870 on average – alarmingly, in Nigeria, this weekly figure is 2 308 across all industry sectors collectively. The more-granular per-industry analysis reveals this figure is higher still for businesses in the finance and banking sector. Finance and banking under
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A British academic wants Facebook to pay more than $3 billion in damages to the social network’s 44 million users in the United Kingdom for alleged breach of the country’s competition laws. Dr. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, an expert in competition law, filed a class-action lawsuit against the US tech behemoth. In her
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