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| British Valves Continually Improving: Welcome to the latest edition of Valve User magazine! It’s no coincidence that my Comment in this issue reflects the front cover photo, and the subsequent story on page 72. Indeed, there’s so much continu... |
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| Best Valve World Yet! In late November 2012, BVAA had without doubt its most successful Valve World Expo yet. We took the unprecedented step of taking a Group Stand, with s... |
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| Aberdeen Clients Visit As part of our Business Development Partnership with NOF Energy, BVAA members formed a key part of a small group who undertook visits to four major oi... |
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| KBR Desktop Exhibition On 21st November 2012, BVAA held another very successful Desktop Exhibition event at KBR, Leatherhead. Fifteen BVAA members exhibited, receiving over ... |
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| BVAA AGM Success As well as being an opportunity to officially endorse and organise the Association’s past, present and future business, the BVAA AGM meeting cluster a... |
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| Knowledge is potential power The untapped power within our young people must be addressed. Speak to almost any employer and they will voice their frustrations that our educational... |
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| Mad Hatters: ‘How far can you go wearing a BVAA Hat?’ BVAA hats continue to travel the world! This time however only to the north of England. Regular ‘Hatter’ and train fan Graham Lomax is photographed… w... |
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| More New Members! BVAA Membership continues to grow. Our latest recruits include…... |
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| Managing Commercial Risk: “Delegate feedback was exceptionally good” Commercial Risks are inherent in both day-to-day-business and formal contracts, and managing these risks effectively will reduce liabilities, and impr... |
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| Emerson Extends The Fieldvue™ Digital Valve Controller Line Emerson has extended the Fisher® FIELDVUE™ digital valve controller family with the addition of the FIELDVUE DVC6200p PROFIBUS PA digital positioner. ... |
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| ASCO Numatics introduces stainless steel pulse valve for dust collector systems ATEX certified series 353 pulse valve is ideally suited to challenging environments in the agricultural, grain, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, wood, ... |
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| SILs One Day Course: “Clearly conveyed, providing useful information on an often misunderstood subject.” - A previous delegate's feedback The BVAA one-day SILs course takes the attendee from the basis of IEC61508, through SIL determination (where do SILs come from and how are they establ... |
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| Hot Spot Revisions to FprEN 13547 and FprEN 1983 FprEN 13547 “Industrial valves - Copper alloy ball valves” FprEN 1983 “Industrial valves - Steel ball valves Following revisions to both Prelim... |
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| Crane Fluid Systems New DPCV Range Reduces Energy Consumption Leading valve manufacturer Crane Fluid Systems has launched a new range of modern and compact differential pressure control valves (DPCVs) with unique... |
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| ABB extends high pressure range with 1000 & 600 bar transmitters ABB has launched 1000 bar gauge (266HSH) and 600 bar differential (266DSH) pressure transmitters, as additions to its widely used 266 range of transmi... |
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| International recognition for CVS Control Valve Solutions (CVS) Ltd has proven its commitment to environmental responsibilities and accountability by certifying to the internationally ... |
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| EnerMech Invests In Second Norwegian Base Mechanical engineering company, EnerMech, is to open a second Norwegian base as part of a £3 million (NOK 27.7 million) investment to grow its Scandin... |
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| Hot Spot FprEN 1591- 4: 2012: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm FprEN 1591-4: 2012 “Flanges and their joints — Part 4: Qualification of personnel competency in the assembly of the bolted connections of critical ser... |
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| Working in the energy industry?: Talk to NOF Energy Last year BVAA formed a Business Development Partnership with NOF Energy. Joanne Leng MBE gives an overview of the organisation’s services and how to ... |
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| Hot Spot common approach to proof testing of pressure equipment: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm A draft technical report on a common approach to proof testing, prCEN/TR 764-8 “Pressure equipment and assemblies – Part 8: Proof test” has been prepa... |
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| Rotork declutch gearboxes deliver swift support for retrofit power plant upgrade Rotork Gears has supplied specialised declutch manual override gearboxes on swift delivery for a damper drive retrofit upgrade project at a large muni... |
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| AUMA UK’s SIPOS and Siemens Service Specialism AUMA UK, supplier of modular electric actuators, is raising the profile of its service capabilities for valve control devices. Comprehensive support i... |
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| New Inventory at Cameron Rapid Response Centre Cameron’s European Rapid Response Centre (located at International House, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom) has new Cameron inventory, immediately a... |
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| Sophisticated SIPOS actuation supports Moscow heating scheme With temperatures dropping as low as -40°C, thousands of multi-flat dwellings in Moscow need heating for a large part of the year. A modernisation pro... |
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| Easy Mounting IML Lock eases Maintenance of Valves and Actuators Smith Flow Control (SFC) has introduced its ISOpattern IML intermediate lock with universal mounting. The IML lock uses an operating key to lock the a... |
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| Steam training with Spirax Sarco Spirax Sarco has launched its 2013 training brochure, enabling organisations to acquire new skills to reduce energy costs and improve the safety and e... |
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| CVS smash £5m turnover in Q2 of Year 4 Control Valve Solutions (CVS) Ltd’s turnover has just exceeded £5million in the second quarter of year four. This has been made possible by the recent... |
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| Performance Enhancements For Mass Flow Controllers Digital Mass Flow Controllers (MFC’s), as typically used in the semiconductor, chemical processing, food and pharmaceutical industries, are designed t... |
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| Duxvalves opens Aberdeen office and welcomes Bruce Logan Duxvalves, leading original equipment manufacturer of severe application production choke and control valves, has appointed Bruce Logan to join the te... |
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| Hot Spot EN 1626 Cryogenic Vessels – Valves for cryogenic service: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm The 2013 systematic review has been launched on the following European standard of CEN/TC 268 “Cryogenic vessels”: EN 1626:2008 “Cryogenic vessels... |
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| New FieldQ Flameproof Valve Actuator & Control Module The ATEX 137 directive sets workplace requirements within the EU for the safety and health protection of workers in potentially explosive environments... |
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| Counterfeiting - The hidden threat to safety Behind each and every successful product lie thousands of hours and probably millions of pounds in research and development. Not surprising then that ... |
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| Hot Spot ISO/CD 4126-11: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm ISO 4126-11 “Safety devices for protection against excessive pressure - Part 11: Performance testing” ISO/TC 185 launched the CD enquiry on this d... |
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| Emerson Digital Valve Controller Helps Chinese Chemical Plant Save $40,000 After Emerson Process Management replaced existing valve positioners in the Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) with Fisher® FIELDVUE™ DVC6200f ... |
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| The Use of Brushless DCV Motors in Electronic Valve Actuators: Prepared by: Earnest Carey, Jr. and Scott Wilkerson Since 1929, electric valve actuators have been used for valve actuation, using both AC and DC volt motors. Motor technology remained virtually unchang... |
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| Time served!: Valves running continuously for 75 years! When Heap & Partners London office received a call for some spare diaphragms it seemed like a normal and fairly unremarkable sales call. However follo... |
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| Beware Of Substandard Counterfeit Thermoplastic Materials Following reports of a number of catastrophic failures in service it has come to our attention that sub-standard copies of James Walker Devlon® V-API ... |
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| ASCO Numatics - new solenoid valve manual operator removable under pressure ASCO Numatics introduces a solenoid valve manual operator that is removable under pressure, enabling faster, easier commissioning and start-up while p... |
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| CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions® Launches New DEPA® Diaphragm for Chemical Applications CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions®, a leading provider of highly engineered products for fluid handling applications worldwide, has announced the introd... |
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| Duxvalves – Company Profile BVAA new-member Duxvalves is an internationally renowned leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of sophisticated severe application production ... |
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| Improving Process Efficiency With Wireless Valve Automation: By Kurtis Jensen The economics and simplicity of wireless field instruments has allowed many industrial plants to expand the benefits of automation well beyond traditi... |
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| Edgen Murray Expands Valve and Actuation Offering with acquisition of HSP Group Acquisition complements Edgen Murray’s current service to global oil and gas customers by adding valve brands and actuation services with a focus on u... |
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| EDF Energy selects Hardide coating for nuclear plant valve application Advanced surface coating company Hardide Coatings has secured EDF Energy as a new customer and has been specified as a cost-effective, high-performanc... |
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| Valve Tech Acquisition Boosts EnerMech’s Australian Valves Division EnerMech has completed the first of five acquisitions it has planned for the next six months with the acquisition of Melbourne-based Valve Tech Engine... |
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| New ABB app highlights potential compressed air energy savings Users of pneumatic valve positioners can now assess the energy efficiency of their valve installations with ABB’s new compressed air calculator app fo... |
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| Hot Spot 2013 systematic review: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm CEN have announced the 2013 systematic review of the following CEN/TC69 standards. EN 558:2008+A1:2011 “Industrial valves - Faceto- face and centr... |
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| All-electric Rotork valve control package selected for offshore wind farm Rotork is supplying an all-electric valve actuation package encompassing isolating, regulating and modulating actuators with two-wire digital control ... |
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| New £2 million machining centre at KKI set to revolutionise valve manufacturing Koso Kent Introl (KKI), one of Yorkshire’s leading engineering firms, has officially opened its new, hitech machining centre at one of its Brighouse f... |
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| Rotork actuators on the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers Hundreds of Rotork electric actuators are being installed on the Royal Navy’s giant new aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales,... |
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| Growth Continues At 146 Year Old Business Heap & Partners are continuing with their ambitious growth plans. Managing Director David Millar commented that three quarters of the way through thei... |
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| Continuous Improvement at KKI: driving long-term benefits for customers and staff Choke and control valve manufacturer Koso Kent Introl has come a long way since it was first founded back in 1967 by Ed Singleton. Ed has long since r... |
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| Metso’s valves selected for several pulp and paper projects in Asia-Pacific region During recent months, Metso has received various orders for automated process valves from several customers in the Asia-Pacific region. The automated ... |
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| Hot Spot 2013 Systematic review of steam traps Standards: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm The 2013 systematic review has been launched on the following European standards of CEN/TC 69 “Industrial valves” EN 26553:1991 “Automatic steam t... |
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| Shipham launches new range of wafer check valves Shipham Valves, a subsidiary of Wärtsilä, has completed the development programme for a new range of composite single plate wafer check valves, which ... |
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| EasiDrive Provides Safe, Economical Valve Operation: Valve actuation ideal for use in oil, gas and chemical processing industries Smith Flow Control has ushered in an affordable way for companies to safely manage valve operations. The EasiDrive portable valve actuator securely an... |
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| Valveforce win the balloon race Valves from steam system and flow control specialists Valveforce are playing a key part in the success of a new balloon dipping plant supplied to Chin... |
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| Metso’s reliable valve and field instrument solutions to sustain performance of renewable gas production in GoBiGas, Sweden High efficiency of the production and operational reliability are the key performance indicators for an innovative plant that will be equipped with Me... |
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| SIPOS actuators’ pioneering approach to presentation The time delay between introducing a new product series and updating documentation has been addressed at SIPOS Aktorik. Parts inevitably have to be pr... |
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| Parker’s ‘Mill’ cylinders deliver high performance under harsh conditions Parker Hannifin’s 160 bar and 250 bar hydraulic ‘mill’ cylinders are an established global favourite in hostile environments and arduous applications.... |
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| Type K passes the speed test for power plant damper operation The swift performance capability of the Rotork Type K vane type damper drive has provided the successful retrofit solution to a critical application i... |
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| Tyco Valves & Controls Adopts New Pentair Name Tyco Valves & Controls, the leading global manufacturer of valves, actuators and controls announces that it is now called Pentair Valves & Controls. ... |
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| SMCI to Join Metaltek International MetalTek International, a manufacturer and integrator of quality high alloy components with operations in Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, T... |
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| New Recruits Support AUMA UK’s Service Remit AUMA growth in the UK has been supported with the recruitment of Kerry Harris to the new post of Manager for the Southern Region and Head of Internal ... |
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| Hot Spot ISO/FDIS 10631: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm ISO 10631 “Metallic butterfly valves for general purposes” This International Standard has been modified according to the accepted DIS comments an... |
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| Roel Van Doren Appointed President, Emerson Process Management, Europe Emerson Process Management announces the appointment of Roel Van Doren as President, Europe. In his new role, Van Doren will be responsible for leadin... |
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| Valves switch up to 4 times faster: Pneumatic volume booster for set point signal from positioner to actuator Pneumatic positioners match the particular current valve setting with the set point signal as a control value. The control air, as the input quantity,... |
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| Smart Valve Monitoring delivers networked solution for increased partial stroke test functionality The Rotork SVM (Smart Valve Monitoring) system has been selected to provide a networked solution for digital valve monitoring and partial stroke testi... |
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| TT Electronics - High Performance Technology for Valve Position Sensing Few would doubt that the global automotive industry is one of the most demanding markets for components. High standards of performance and reliability... |
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| Spirax Sarco helps Northumbrian Water halve its steam raising energy Spirax Sarco has helped Northumbrian Water to halve the energy it uses to raise steam at its Bran Sands anaerobic digestion plant. The work has been s... |
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| Pentair Valves & Controls launches new pilot-operated pressure relief valve for high temperature environments Pentair Valves & Controls has launched the new Anderson Greenwood 5200 pilot-operated pressure relief valve to offer overpressure protection for chall... |
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| Free tech advice from new Valvegeek Meet Valvegeek, created by steam system and flow control specialists Valveforce as a free, quick and easy-to-use question and answer email service on ... |
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