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Oct 3, 2016
Valves
Gemü, a German valve specialist based in Ingelfingen, has developed the world's first controllable single-use diaphragm valve, the Gemü Sumondo. The product range now comprises a manually operated version alongside a pneumatically operated solution. The trend towards simplified upstream and downstream plant designs and the effective prevention of cross-contamination risks means that…
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Oct 3, 2016
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US-based industrial machinery manufacturer Flowserve has designed the API 6D Valbart through conduit slab gate valve (TCSGV) for a variety of pipeline services. The full-bore diameter of the valve is well-suited for pigging requirements, while the floating slab gate utilises fluid pressure to assist in sealing process. The Valbart valve features an optimised structural design that delivers an…
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Oct 5, 2016
Valves
Arca Valves has extended its Ecotrol 8C control valve range to valves with PN 63 as well as ANSI Class 600 pressure ratings with flanges or butt-welded ends. The company has also designed a version of the valve full to ASTM and ASME standards especially for the US market. With the associated actuator type 812 with its innovative multi-spring field reversible diaphragm, the tubeless attachment of…
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Oct 6, 2016
Valves
Bernard Controls Benelux has installed and commissioned 16 quarter-turn actuators at the Horns Rev C high voltage substation, an offshore AC transformer platform off the western coast of Denmark. Bernard delivered two FQ12, eight SQ60, and six SQ100 actuators to the platform that collects the electrical energy produced by the 400MW Horns Rev III wind farm, transforms it to a higher voltage level,…
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Oct 7, 2016
Valves
Asco has introduced brass valves that comply with the US Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements for lead-free components. The lead-free brass constructions are available on the company’s lines of general service solenoid valves. The SDWA’s section 1417 prohibits the use of leaded components in valves handling water intended for human consumption. Asco’s lead-free…
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Oct 11, 2016
Valves
The global instrumentation valves and fittings market is expected to grow from $3.86 billion (€3.47bn) in 2015 to reach $5.63 billion by 2022 with a compound annual growth rate of 5.5%. Huge requirement for valves and fittings in industrial automation in fumes, fluid, and gas control applications is the major factor driving the market growth, according to recent study by Wise Guy…
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Sep 7, 2016
Valves
L&T Valves has supplied India’s first indigenously-developed high integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) to Dirok gas field development project in Assam, India. The project is promoted by a consortium of Hindustan Oil Exploration Co., Oil India, and Indian Oil Corp. HIPPS is a safety instrumented system (SIS) designed to protect oil and gas production, refining, and pipeline…
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Sep 12, 2016
Valves
Griffco Valve, based in Amherst, New York, has introduced a new line of high-pressure chemical injection valves (injection quills). Used as the transitional point for the chemical before it is injected into process piping, Griffco’s model IVQ injection valves feature dual-threaded NPT connections in ½” (DN 15), ¾" (DN 20) and 1” (DN 25) sizes with standard quill…
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Sep 13, 2016
Valves
Parker Bestobell has secured full type approval from the Korean Register of Shipping (KR) for its range of cryogenic globe and check valves for use on board ships. The company’s valves are widely used on LNG carriers, floating storage regasification units (FSRUs), and LNG fuel gas systems. The type approval has come on the back of a number of projects that the company is involved in for…
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Sep 15, 2016
Valves
Flow control solutions developer Rotork has released the RI Wireless concept for wireless valve monitoring and diagnostics in the process industry. The field-proven solution transmits real-time position indication to the control room and enables predictive maintenance for actuated valves, delivering capital and operating expenditure reduction, increased safety, and increased…
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Sep 16, 2016
Valves
GF Piping Systems has introduced the new, completely digital electric actuator series Type EA25-250 with all solid state electronics and powerful functionality. The actuators feature limit switches, optical position indicator with LED status monitoring, and middle position as part of the standard package. "With functions like limit switches and LED indication included as standard, and all of them…
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Aug 23, 2016
Valves
As an enhancement to its VCI Model 1088 sanitary blanketing valve, industrial product manufacturer Cashco has introduced a new Model 1100 sanitary vent. The new sanitary vent is well-suited for applications in the pharmaceutical industry in the production of health care products for both human and animal consumption, as well as the production of processed foods, cosmetics, and specialty…
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Aug 24, 2016
Valves
German industrial equipment manufacturer KSB has extended its Ecoline GT 40 range of cast steel gate valves with a version with butt weld ends. The new butt weld end variant can be supplied in nominal diameters from DN 50 to DN 600 and in pressure classes up to PN 40. The gate valves come with connection branch extensions made of high-quality forged steel as standard. The valve range has been…
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Sep 5, 2016
Valves
Magnatrol Valve Corp., a manufacturer of full port, internal pilot operated, and direct acting solenoid valves, has launched its Type A, L, and K valves for use in a wide range of petrochemical/oil, pharmaceutical, and water/wastewater processing applications. Available for pipe sizes ½”-3”, Type A and L (bronze) and Type K (stainless steel) valves feature globe pattern valve…
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Aug 18, 2016
Valves
Flomatic Corp. has introduced the new Model 54-4MJ Flo-E-Centric plug valves with mechanical joint (MJ) connections suitable for water and wastewater service. The Flo-E-Centric plug valves are round-port eccentric plug valves designed in compliance with ANSI/AWWA C517-09 available from 6”-24” with standard gear box with a 2” operating nut for buried service. The valve body,…
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Apr 16, 2015
Valves
The Badger Meter Company, represented in the UK by Pump Engineering, was recently challenged to manufacture 1" valves which could handle ethylene glycol at flows up to 2 lit/min at 700 bar. These valves were successfully deployed in deep water oilfields in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico where pressures are relatively high and temperatures relatively low and therefore the risk of hydrates forming is…
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Apr 16, 2015
Valves
Metso will supply altogether about one thousand valves for Stora Enso's consumer board machine project in Guangxi, China. To guarantee effective services for the new mill, Metso will also strengthen its service presence in the Guangxi area. The consumer board machine is part of Stora Enso's integrated mill project being implemented in two phases in China. The value of the order has not been…
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Aug 9, 2016
Valves
Bonomi North America has introduced unique new low-torque three-way, four-seated brass ball valves with spring return handles that provide “deadman” mixing or diversion operations in either L-port or T-port configurations. The Bonomi 355NSRL (T-Port) and 365NSRL (L-Port) valves change flow paths with a quarter turn of the spring-loaded handle and return to the original flow path…
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Aug 15, 2016
Valves
German protective pump fittings specialist Schroeder Valves has expanded its valve portfolio with a serial version of its automatic recirculation valve. The range, named SmartLine, is available in five bypass flow-rate steps (five Cv-value stages) for each frame size, all of which are low pressure valves. The range is initially being offered in nominal sizes from 2” to 6” with class…
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