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TeraValve has developed a patented water savings valve that could save 'thousands of dollars' in water and sewage bills for commercial water users. The company also offers a performance guarantee after conducting a comprehensive audit by their water conservation specialists. Besides installing the system, TeraValve also offers to monitor, control and report progress 24×7.
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Rotork EH electro-hydraulic actuators have been selected as a solution for failsafe valve control on a new oil pipeline under construction in Colombia.
The Colombian Bicentennial Pipeline will improve the country's crude oil transportation infrastructure and keep pace with burgeoning production. The three-stage project will run for nearly 1000km from the Llanos region of the country to the port…
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Metso will supply several thousand valves with accessories and spare parts for PT OKI Pulp & Paper Mills, located in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia. The order is Metso's largest ever flow control products delivery for a pulp and paper industry customer. When commissioned during 2016, the new plant will be the biggest single pulp plant in the world.
The extensive delivery consists of valves for…
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Pumps
A single progressing cavity pump form NOV Mono has been used to replace a number of centrifugal pumps and improve pumping performance on an agricultural effluent duty in New Zealand. The Mono pump is now transferring animal effluent over considerable distances at Castle Glen Farms in Foxton, on New Zealand's North Island.
The farms had previously been using a number of different centrifugal pumps…
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Valves
Chemical feed equipment manufacturer Griffco Valve has introduced its new leak-free Unibody valve for use in chemical-feed, metering, and dosing pump systems.
Available as a back pressure valve and 2-port pressure relief valve, Unibody features single-piece construction with union connections machined together with the valve body to form a solid piece of material. It is engineered to virtually…
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Flowrox, a specialist in heavy-duty industrial valve manufacturing and services, is launching a new slurry knife gate product designed to enhance current pipeline equipment and processes using enhanced technology for fluid control.
The Slurry Knife Wafer (SKW) valve was developed for use in the oil and gas, mining, minerals and metallurgy, power and wastewater industries, where abrasive or…
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Numerex, a provider of interactive and on-demand machine-to-machine (M2M) enterprise solutions, has launched a portfolio of monitoring solutions preconfigured for oil and gas well sites.
AVIDwireless allows users to monitor and control pump site machinery remotely utilising M2M technology. This offering fits any size remote well site, from small marginal wells to large multi-location fields.
The…
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Hoses
SKF recently introduced the SKF Hose connection control (HCC) for monitoring lubrication lines on construction machines.
Designed to check for ruptures in lubricant hoses, this unit alerts the machine operator immediately if there is a fault in the main line from the pump or in the feed lines to the lubrication point.
Economically priced and easy to operate, the HCC can help to prevent costly…
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Sun Hydraulics, a designer and manufacturer of high performance screw-in hydraulic cartridge valves and manifolds, and process controls specialist Sturman Industries have entered into a Technology License Agreement related to the use of Sturman's digital valve technology.
Under the agreement, Sun will manufacture and sell valves which incorporate Sturman digital valve actuation technology into…
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A new range of hygienic internal gear pumps which provide the all-important features and benefits for pumping in food, brewing, pharmaceutical, fine chemicals and other 'sensitive' hygienic applications has been introduced by gear pump specialists Viking Pump.
Available in the UK through Michael Smith Engineers, the positive displacement Viking Hygienic Series represents a breakthrough in…
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Pipelines
Technip has announced an investment over four years to modernise its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France.
Further strengthening Technip's industrial capabilities at the site will reinforce its position in the production of flexible pipes for the development of offshore oil and gas fields.
The modernisation plan focuses on the installation of new-generation…
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Sealing specialist Garlock has announced the availability of Style 5882 valve stem packing material through the company's global network of distributors.
Recently released only in North America, Style 5882 is now available worldwide. It provides low-friction performance for air-operated valves built to handle water, air and steam.
Style 5882 products are manufactured using a high-quality braided…
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Dymax Corporation has released a micro-spray valve designed to be more precise and flexible in order to allow for a range of spray-pattern adjustment.
The Model 455 Micro-Spray Valve features an inert, 100% disposable fluid path which carries materials from the material reservoir to the spray nozzle in a sealed path. This prevents materials from coming in contact with the valve's inner components…
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Qosina, global components supplier to the medical and pharmaceutical industries, offers an extensive line of check valves available in a variety of styles, in stock and ready for immediate delivery.
High-flow valves feature low flow resistance, low opening pressure, and positive seal against backflow. In-line valves feature low cracking pressure, which determines when the component starts to…
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GF Piping Systems has announced availability of a new Pressure Regulating Valve (PRV) family with an elastomer-free design to stop particle shedding.
The new valves eliminate elastomers, exterior metal parts and re-torqueing, and can be used in a range of markets including water treatment, chemical processing, microelectronics, pharmaceutical, life sciences, and solar.
Key to the new design is a…
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In response to the large demand for power plant valves in countries using ANSI/ASME standards, the KSB Group has further developed its range of gate valves, globe valves and check valves.
Under the type series names SICCA and ZTS, KSB valves now cover all pressure classes up to ANSI Class 4500. Their nominal diameters range from ½ to 32". Operating temperatures, depending on the material,…
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Three TR Munchers and three Compact C range pumps from NOV Mono have been chosen for a demanding sewage handling operation in the Caspian Sea. They will be used to macerate and pump black water on a deep-water semi-submersible drilling rig which is located there.
The Mono equipment has been selected by Wärtsilä Water Systems, which provides products and solutions for offshore facilities…
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Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals Oman, Saudi Aramco, ADCO, Fujairah Oil Terminal, Gulf Petrochem and the Port of Sohar are just some of the key speakers lined up to present at this year's Tank Storage Middle East.
Created in conjunction with Tank Storage magazine, the two day conference is being held at Abu Dhabi's National Exhibition Centre on 26-27 January 2015.
The Middle East is a critical growth…
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