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Hunt Valve, a fluid power engineering company specialising in severe-duty valves and components, has released a new proportional poppet valve for descaling applications. By eliminating the effects of water hammer and system shock, this innovative poppet valve technology promotes safety in the plant and cuts operating costs in half while lasting three to five times longer than…
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Andritz Hydro, part of international technology group Andritz, has received an order from Eidsiva Vannkraft to supply electromechanical equipment for a new Norwegian hydropower plant. Andritz’ contract comprises design, manufacturing, and delivery of the complete electromechanical equipment for the new Nedre Otta plant. The supply deal includes two vertical Kaplan turbines with a total…
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Hayward Flow Control has expanded its chemical feed product lines with the addition of the IV series injection valves and IQ series injection quills. The IV and IQ series products are offered in a range of thermoplastic body materials, featuring chemically resistant, spring-loaded check valves and MNPT-threaded end connections to match any process requirement. The valves and quills, available in…
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Asco has introduced the capability to integrate multiple safety zones within a single Numatics 503 series valve manifold. This new zoned safety approach helps the design engineer satisfy the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and comply with ISO 13849-1 while eliminating the components and complexity found in discrete safety circuits. "With this functionality, the original equipment manufacturer…
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Asco has added to its 362 and 562 Series of brass and stainless steel spool valves by introducing ⅜” and ½ pipe sizes that feature high flow rates and low power consumption. These new sizes provide design engineers with additional solutions for control valve automation, especially in the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas markets, the company says. "The ⅜” and…
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The recently revised Standard Practice SP-135-2016 for high pressure knife gate valves, published by the Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS), has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard (ANS). The first edition of MSS SP-135 was published in 2005 and today it is widely used in multiple valve and piping industries. The standard is…
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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is introducing the new Furon 2" HGV/HGVM valve and Furon Q-Valve improvements at the Semicon show in California. At the premier semiconductor industry show, held in the Moscone Center, San Francisco, from 12-14 July, Saint-Gobain will demonstrate the highest Cv valve in the industry based on its full-injection molded Furon 2" HGV/HGVM valve. The valve is…
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PJ Valves (PJV), a specialist manufacturer and supplier of valves to the global energy industry, has been awarded more than £1 million (€1.2m) worth of contracts to supply valves to Maersk Oil’s Culzean field in the UK North Sea.  PJV will manufacture over 1,000 forged cast gate globe and check valves in super duplex and super alloys for the wellhead, living, and central…
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US-based Hansen Technologies Corp. (Hantech) has launched a new motorised control valve (MCV) targeting the industrial refrigeration market. The new valve, compatible with all refrigerant types, can be used to control operating temperature and pressure of ammonia refrigeration systems. The MCV is a direct motor actuated valve designed for operation in DX, liquid makeup, temperature, pressure, and…
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UK-based engineering company Avingtrans has been awarded a £3.5 million (€4.1m) contract to supply gas-cooling valves to seven nuclear power stations across the UK. Avingtran's Maloney Metalcraft company will supply the valves for each of French energy giant EDF’s reactors at Dungeness B, Hinkley Point B, Hunterson B, Hartlepool, Heysham 1, Heysham 2 and Torness, according…
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T-T Flow, a UK-based liquid handling equipment manufacturer, has supplied three DN150 metal seat gate valves to a hydroelectric development scheme in Scotland. Nestled amongst the hills of Kinlochleven, a large new development is underway to build a 5MW project to make use of the water stored by the Loch Eilde Mor Dam, built in 1916. The bespoke valves are BS5163 rated to PN40, meaning they can…
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The Cavagna Group, a compressed gas equipment manufacturer, has purchased the assets of South Africa-based African Oxygen’s (Afrox’s) gas equipment factory. Under the acquisition, the financial details of which were not disclosed, Cavagna has extended its line of industrial gas equipment and has now encompassed high-tech pressure reducing valves. The assets of Afrox were…
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Automation manufacturer Turck has released two extensions to its line of inductive angle sensors for rotary actuators for harsh environments. One of the new RI360-DSU sensing solutions includes a stainless steel Minifast connector and the other, using a terminal chamber, comes with ATEX and IECEx approvals.  The sensors utilise the inductive resonant circuit measuring principle and introduce…
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