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Valves Online has announced the appointment of Glynn Sanderson as the company’s new South West technical sales engineer.
Sanderson’s appointment is intended to strengthen Valves Online’s position as a national and local level supplier of valves, controls, tube and fittings. Specifically, he has been recruited with the goal of helping develop and support customers in the South…
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Emerson has published a new white paper on leveraging Industrial Internet of Things innovations to achieve operational efficiency in petrochemical plants.
The new white paper, available from Emerson’s website, is titled ‘4-Step Roadmap to Top Quartile Performance’. It claims that by moving from average to top quartile performance, petrochemical plants can recover significant…
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Those attending the Managing Aging Plants Conference and Expo in Dusseldorf, Germany, would have seen Metso going to great lengths to highlight ways to maximise valve performance.
Experts from the company presented a range of flow control performance solutions suited to the aging plants which constituted the focus of the conference.
"Valves are key elements in any plant's flow control and their…
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Brazilian company Petrobras is applying knowledge and experience from the aeronautic industry to boost safety standards in undersea oil and gas wells.
At the recent Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, Petrobras presented the gains made in improving submarine safety through its collaboration with Brazilian Aerospace company Embraer.
Among the innovations that have been developed is…
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Canadian company Velan has won contracts worth $55 million (€64 million) to supply safety related valves for third generation nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C in the UK.
Velan will provide NNB Generation, a subsidiary of French-British power utility EDF, and Areva NP, nuclear valves to equip the primary and safety auxiliary systems of the two new generation EPR reactors at the Hinkley C…
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Flow control equipment manufacturer IronWeaver is set to begin production in Nigeria, according to an article in The Nation.
Representatives from the company said that once they begin operations in Nigeria, they will be the sole local manufacturer of valves in the country as well as the only company providing services and equipment.
“Demand for our products is strong. Nigeria imports over…
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved Emerson Electric Company’s acquisition of the Switzerland based valves and controls arm of British industrial valve manufacturer Pentair. Conditions have been placed on the deal however, to avoid violations of federal antitrust laws.
Both Emerson and Pentair manufacture industrial valves and control products, including switchboxes, which…
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Finland based industrial manufacturing company Metso has supplied 3,000 valves and related devices for Metsä Fibre’s new bioproduct mill. It marks one of Metso’s biggest valve orders in Finland, and will also see the company provide a comprehensive maintenance and replacement parts service.
In 2015, Metso was selected as the main supplier of the bioproduct mill’s valve…
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IMI Precision Engineering has announced it’s upgrading the connectivity of its IMI Norgren VM and VS ranges of valve islands with PROFINET IRT and EtherNet/IP. The upgrades come in response to customer feedback about the valve islands.
The VM Series Valve Islands are available in both 10mm and 15mm valve body widths and provide flow rates of 430 l/m and 1000 l/m respectively. IMI Precision…
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Hayward Flow Control has announced the introduction of a new generation of thermoplastic floating ball valves: the TBH Series True Union Industrial Ball Valve.
According to a press release, the TBH Series’ new System2 Sealing Technology uses the upstream seat as a backup to the downstream seat, thereby enhancing the sealing of the downstream seat. This ensures longer life cycles and…
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What is believed to be the world’s largest water gate valve has been created in Texas, USA.
Blackhall Engineering, based in West Yorkshire, UK, designed the impressive valve. It is the first of six 40 ft valves weighing 100 tonnes, the same weight as 10 double decker buses.
The gate valve is part of a project to drastically increase the water supply in and around Dallas, Texas. A…
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Asahi/America, a producer of thermoplastic fluid flow technologies, has revealed the next generation Omni Type-27 ball valve with updated performance features and improved actuation capabilities.
A new smooth ergonomic handle with open/shut indication tops the Omni Type-27, while the rugged, injection-moulded one-piece body includes a single-threaded and sealed end carrier.
Double stem O-ring…
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Interventek Subsea Engineering has signed a two-year exclusive deal with Louisiana, US-based Professional Rental Tools (PRT) to supply its in‑riser Revolution valve for well intervention operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
Interventek’s Revolution shear and seal valve will be used to enhance PRT’s existing subsea systems offering.
“We are delighted that PRT…
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Chinese energy service solutions provider NF Energy Saving Corp. has recently signed a $340,000 (€322,779) sales contract to supply a project with butterfly valves.
According to the contract signed with Sinkiang Production and Construction Group, NF Energy will deliver the equipment in the third quarter of 2017.
This is the first contract signed in 2017 based…
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Midlands, UK-based valve supplier Ultravalve has increased its number of accredited reduced pressure zone (RPZ) test engineers in the wake of increased demand for the service.
The company, which was acquired last year by process valve and actuator specialist Bonomi UK, has recently recruited a further engineer, bringing its dedicated RPZ test team to three.
RPZ valves are commonly used to prevent…
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Pipe fitting technology developer Viega has introduced its line of Viega ProPress Zero Lead ball valve press x hose thread for copper fittings.
The bronze ball valves are full port and designed for potable water applications, available in ½" and ¾" press sizes and ¾" hose sizes.
Other features include a lockable metal handle, stainless steel ball, and EPDM sealing…
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Process valve and actuator supplier Bonomi (UK) Ltd is helping its customers achieve more accurate and faster system design solutions through the provision of 3D drawings.
The company’s ability to offer 3D images of valve and actuators assemblies means that its customers can preview systems and assess the compatibility of components, before committing to a final design brief.
The service…
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Arca Regler has developed two new pneumatically activated actuators, the company’s smallest and largest products so far.
On the small end of the scale, the PP-1.3 features a diaphragm surface of only 8.68sqin, while the PP-130 offers a 434sqin diaphragm surface.
The PP-1.3 is fully welded, made from stainless steel and especially designed for smaller nominal widths DN25-50 with a valve…
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