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Schroeder Valves is offering a new type of valve for pressures from 140 to 250 bar - the Schroeder Intermediate Pressure Valve (SIP).
This series is ideal in systems with frequent operation in the minimum flow range.
It will especially be in use with boiler feed water circuits in gas and steam combined cycle power plants (CCPP) for the protection of centrifugal pumps. In fact, initial…
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New York City fireboats have been equipped with Rotork’s electric actuators.
The boats, Firefighter 2 and Firefighter 343, from the Marine Division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) are using its IQ range of part-turn devices which will help keep the city safe.
The actuators have the important duty of controlling the flow of water to the fire nozzles on deck, meaning that they…
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A valve manufacturer has sealed an order which is out of this world!
Oliver Valves, based in Parkgate Industrial Estate, in Knutsford, Cheshire, has received an order with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NASA has ordered the company’s gauge bleed instrument valves.
A company spokesman said: “This is a fantastic order in Oliver Valves history as it is a huge…
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The fifth Valve World Americas Expo & Conference, organised by KCI Publishing and Messe Düsseldorf North America, took place from 19-20 June 2019 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, US.
A total of 4,361 attended the event, including over 700 conference delegates, setting a new record.
The two-day event was attended by flow control professionals from around the…
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CIRCOR has recently confirmed that Crane has put forward a revised tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of CIRCOR common stock for $48 (€42.7) per share in cash.
Crane’s initial unsolicited offer of $45 per share in cash, made in May, was rejected by CIRCOR.
CIRCOR’s board of directors will now review and evaluate the revised offer from Crane, in consultation with…
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CIRCOR International brand Leslie Controls will now offer replacement Kylie-Mueller valves through CIRCOR’s channel partner network, the company has announced.
Operators in the oil and gas and hydroelectric industries will now be able to replace Kylie-Mueller’s GTB and GTW control valves with substitutes manufactured by OEMs.
Kylie-Mueller’s offering of GTB 3-way and GTW 2-way…
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Zahroof Valves (ZVI) has partnered with Burckhardt Compression Services to enable the provision of ZVI’s valves to nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The new agreement will allow Burckhardt to offer ZVI products within the GCC, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.
Under the terms of the partnership, Burckhardt will offer ZVI valves…
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Dutch tank storage company Vopak has partnered with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company TWTG to install valve sensors at Vopak’s terminals in the Port of Rotterdam.
This is the first pilot of TWTG valve sensors, which will be installed across Vopak’s 68 terminals with over 250,000 valves in different variations.
The IIoT sensors aim to improve employee safety, with all…
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Rotork has announced that its intelligent electric actuators are being used to control penstock gates at a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Australia.
The company’s IQ3 multi-turn electric actuators are installed on eight penstock gate valves, controlling the flow of wastewater entering the plant in Murrumba Downs in Queensland, Australia.
The end user, Unitywater, operates 15 STP sites…
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Metso has announced its decision to develop the businesses of Minerals and Flow Control segments separately, in addition to the appointment of Olli Isotalo as president of the Valves business area.
The announcement was made after the board of directors ‘defined its view on the company’s portfolio strategy’, deciding to develop the two businesses as separate divisions.
”All…
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Flow control product manufacturer CIRCOR has signed an investment agreement to build a new facility in the Weihai Economic & Technological Development Zone (ETDZ).
The agreement supports CIRCOR’s strategy to support customers in China and Asia Pacific.
“CIRCOR has a long relationship with Weihai ETDZ and we are excited to work together in expanding our China footprint to support…
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Actuated valves manufacturer Valworx has announced the introduction a new line of PVC butterfly valves, which feature lightweight PVC body construction with a polypropylene (PP) disc.
The valves are NSF 61 certified for potable drinking water. Other features include expanded size range, with valve diameters from 2–12 inches; actuator-ready with 316 stainless steel; ANSI 150 wafer style…
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US-based API valves manufacturer CORTEC has been audited and approved as an API 6D licensed manufacturer, the company has announced.
The API specification defines requirements for the design, manufacturing, assembly, testing and documentation of ball, check, gate and plug valves for pipeline and piping systems for petroleum and natural gas industries.
The licence will allow CORTEC to offers its…
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Global manufacturing and industrial equipment supplier SPX Flow has announced the availability of a range of flow control solutions for liquid terminals and tank storage applications.
The company offers mixers and valves, which contribute to efficient, economical and safe distribution of liquid commodities in facilities around the world.
The storage of crude oil results in the settlement of…
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Oil and gas engineering services provider Plexus Holdings has announced the formation of the Plexus Pressure Control (PPC) joint venture (JV), which will exclusively supply surface production xmas trees and wellhead annulus outlet valves.
Following the sale of the company’s jack-up exploration wellhead rental division to TechnipFMC last year, the formation of the JV is in line with…
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Valve specialist GEMÜ has announced the launch of electrical position indicators for manually and pneumatically operated quarter turn valves.
In order to automate process plants, GEMÜ’s limit switch box detects the valve position of quarter turn valves, signalled by an optical indication and transmitted to the plant control system.
The position indicator can be attached to all…
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Weir Valves & Controls USA (WVC USA) has successfully completed the audit process and has been recommended for continued certification to ISO 9001:2015 standards, the company announced.
The Quality Policy Manual and related procedures have been reviewed for compliance and all employees have been trained on the updated manual. The scope of the company's management system is…
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Rotork has announced that its intelligent full-turn electric actuators have been supplied to a customer’s upstream shale gas production wells in the US.
The company’s IQTF actuators provide reliable flow control for oil and gas operations, with accuracy to 0.3% and resolution to 0.1%.
The US customer has ordered the actuators to carry out modulating duties on wellhead rotary…
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