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Valves
Pentair Valves & Controls has commissioned a new pressure relief valve testing facility to help meet Asia's growing need for pressure relief systems in critical applications for the power generation, oil and gas, process, and petrochemical industries.
The new steam test facility expands Pentair's current China-based manufacturing, assembly, sales, start-up, maintenance, and repair…
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Pumps
Alfa Laval, a company specialising in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Framo water pumping systems to an oil drilling platform that will be located in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canadian coast. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Pumping Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 120 million (€13.1 million) and delivery is…
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Victaulic, a manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, has introduced the Style DLY Delta-Y assembly, a combination of pre-assembled Victaulic cast grooved fittings, rigid couplings and butterfly valves. The Delta-Y assembly is designed specifically for bulk cement/barite systems on offshore oil platforms and is also ideal for drilling mud and other associated systems.
The Victaulic…
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GP:50 Corporation, an ISO9001 certified global manufacturer of static pressure sensing instrumentation, has introduced a new miniature flush diaphragm pressure transducer series.
The flush diaphragm design of the GP:50 Model 188/288/388 makes it possible to make pressure measurements of high-viscosity fluids, even within high shock and vibration environments, without port plugging and clogging.…
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Flowmeters
Titan Enterprises has developed and is supplying a high pressure version of its 900 Series turbine flowmeter for measuring refrigerant flow.
Adapted with steel reinforced polymer components, to give a pressure rating of 40 Bar, the low inertia turbines of the 900 Series flowmeter are designed for measuring the low viscosities (0.3 to 0.4 centipoises) encountered with volatile refrigerant fluids…
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Pumps
Cat Pumps has introduced an energy-saving high pressure pump package for centralised hygiene and sanitation cleaning systems.Called 'Wash-Saver', the package utilises a variable frequency drive (VFD) and returns typically 85% mechanical energy efficiency irrespective of operating speed.
The Wash-Saver concept uses a feedback signal to the VFD to control the pump speed. The pump, drive motor,…
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In daily operation, high-performance heavy-duty gears have to continuously withstand huge loads. In case of a machine breakdown caused by overload, the owners are confronted with high costs due to expensive spare parts and costly downtimes.
With the GWS series, Ringfeder Power Transmission has introduced a new range of safety couplings from the GERWAH product segment, custom-built for heavy-duty…
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A special standard damper has been developed by Gardner Denver Thomas to offer a solution for portable and stationary devices for medical, analytical and other applications that require an extremely low sound and low vibration level of all functional parts.
In the past individual adaptions have been created by customers in cooperation with the component manufacturers.
The zero vibration damper…
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Valves
Pump and valve producer KSB Group has supplied an order of valves worth millions of Euros to a new steam power plant currently being built in Barh, in the Indian State of Bihar.
The complete order comprised 6,580 gate valves, globe valves and check valves as well as other types of valves. About one third of these valves are manufactured at the German KSB site of Pegnitz. A large part of the scope…
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Four of the top terminal operators in Germany: Vopak, Simon Storage, Oiltanking and Tanquid will all be coming together on the 19-20 November in Hamburg to discuss the country's bulk liquid storage market.
Germany has the third largest storage capacity in Europe, but with the storage market in backwardation, refineries closing and strong competition, terminals need to work hard to stay profitable…
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Valves
Graco, a manufacturer of fluid handling equipment, has acquired the stock of Alco Valves Group (Alco), a UK-based manufacturer of high pressure valves used in oil and natural gas and other industrial processes.
Established in 1977, Alco offers a portfolio of brands, including Alco Hi-Tek, Alco Valves, Alco Sub-Tek, and Alco Process. It operates manufacturing facilities in both Manchester and…
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Valves
Eliminating traps and crevices in process systems used for aseptic applications is an important requirement in helping to minimise the risks of bacteria growth, for example in control valves.
Control valve specialist Samson Controls offers a range of aseptic valves which incorporate the important features of smooth, crevice-free surfaces and are manufactured to quality assurance systems certified…
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Level Monitors
MTS Systems, a supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors, has announced that the chief controller of explosives (CCoE) with the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) has issued updated safety approvals for its Level Plus M-Series level transmitters Models MR and MG in India.
Electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive applications must be compliant…
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Emerson Process Management has introduced a new injection control application designed for the FloBoss 107 flow computer and ROC800-Series remote operations controller to accurately measure and control water or steam delivered to injection wells.
The injection controller application replaces PLC programming with a simple, configurable interface, helping to reduce commissioning effort and…
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Pumps
Blackmer has extended its XLW Series of sliding vane pumps, introduced in 1978, with a new 4" model.
The XLW4A model, like all XLW Series pumps, has been designed to perform in the handling and transfer of a variety of abrasive liquids, including oxide primers, inks and paints, where wear-resistance is critical to pump operation. XLW Series pumps have also shown to be successful in applications…
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Altra Industrial Motion has released a new range of stainless steel mounted bearings and shaft couplings from Boston Gear for industrial washdown applications.
Manufactured by Boston Gear, a US-based supplier of power transmission products, the new line of stainless steel mounted bearings and shaft couplings are designed for high pressure washdown applications in food processing and packaging…
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Valves
UK-based company Evolution Valves, a bespoke manufacturer of industrial valves, has reported a record sales month in August of £1.6 million (€2 million). This follows the company's January 2014 record sales month of £1.0 million.
Sales director Peter Cone stated that the achievement was entirely based on export sales with key orders emanating from North America, the Caribbean and…
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Pumps
CECO Environmental, a global environmental technology company focused on critical solutions in the air pollution control (APC), energy, fluid handling and filtration industries, has announced that its Met-Pro Global Pump Solutions subsidiary (MPGPS) recently introduced the patent-pending Fybroc Series 8500 All-FRP vertical turbine pump.
This new technology features four fluid handling sizes…
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