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Flowserve Corporation has announced the release of Flowserve Limitorque MX/QX dashboard software, a program that allows customers to communicate with Flowserve Limitorque MX and QX actuators via Bluetooth® for quick and easy remote ...
Hardide Coatings has made a significant technological breakthrough by successfully developing a new Hardide coating process specifically for titanium. The tungsten carbide-based coatings company has successfully coated its first titanium ...
A new publication is proving an essential time-saving tool for engineers working on rotary sealing issues. The new guide, from fluid sealing specialist James Walker, has been published in two parts and focuses on the company’s ...
Flowserve Receives Additional Valve Orders for Two Westinghouse AP1000™ Nuclear Power Plants in China Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has confirmed ...
Please complete the form and return to Sarah Edginton. All training courses are one day duration. The fees are: Members, £195.00 + VAT per person per course, non-members, £295.00 + VAT per person per course. The fees for SILS ...
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Two day despatch now available on a range of standard Rosemount transmitters to meet urgent requirements Emerson Process Management has announced the introduction of the ‘QUICK SHIP’ service for a range of standard Rosemount® pressure ...
Rotork’s position as the leading supplier of electric valve actuation products to the UK’s water industry has been further strengthened by the award of a framework agreement by South East Water. The framework will run for three years, ...
The new Rotork ROMpak range of electric actuators has been introduced to offer the marine industry a lightweight, economical and compact solution for the operation of quarter-turn valves and dampers, with a comprehensive choice of control, ...
Econosto UK exhibited alongside their sister company ERIKS UK at this year’s Process Engineering Live in Manchester. Despite this being the first ever Process Engineering Live event, it proved to be a very successful two days for ...
Rotork Fluid Systems announces the appointment of Pegler & Louden as exclusive UK stockist and distributor for the Remote Control product range of pneumatic valve actuators and accessories. Remote Control is a well established ...
ASCO Numatics introduces an extensive range of high quality, high performance aseptic diaphragm valves. The new valves have many applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and life science markets and their enhanced CDSA ...
Staff at Adanac Valve Specialities recently raised a total of £200 for Comic Relief... by spending all day ‘dressing up’ in some form or another! Adanac’s Craig Richardson reports that staff members all had a great time, and shared ...
H.S.Pipequipment Exclusive stockist in the UK for Maxseal Solenoid Valves H.S.Pipequipment (HSP), the market leading valve stockist and distributor to the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical sector, has for 5 years been the exclusive stockist in ...
Flowserve Corporation has released a new valve cavitation teaching and selection guide. Customers can now better understand cavitation prediction and control capabilities, and thereby minimize the increases in operating costs that result ...
Hi-Flow Valves Limited is pleased to announce the launch of the new Saxon range of API 594 Dual-Plate Wafer Check Valves. Hi-Flow are stocking Low Temperature Carbon Steel (LCC) and 316 Stainless Steel (CF8M) valves, all with 316 ...
With over 80 years experience, Apollo valves have a well earned reputation within the Global valve industry for innovation and quality. Apollo valves have state of the art foundries and manufacturing plants, employing over 1000 people ...
In one of the most significant developments in the industrial valve market for decades, Tyco Flow Control has launched the Keystone CompoSeal® range of butterfly valves which feature a composite body and disc-shaft assembly. The valves ...
H.S.Pipequipment (HSP) is a market leading valve distributor to the Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Power Generation sector. The company offers the fastest response to enquires and can supply valves within ultra quick lead times. HSP can ...
Graham Rayner has been appointed Divisional Director for Actuation, Projects and Service at Exeeco, the UK’s leading specialist valve actuation company serving the power generation industry. Graham will now lead a dedicated team of ...
On March 2nd, 2009, Tyco Flow Control announced that it had completed the acquisition of Kings Control Services, in a step to further expand its global service operations. Privately-held Kings Control Services is a valve service and repair ...
Koso Kent Introl (KKI) has unveiled a new corporate identity through the re-launch of its website, reflecting the company’s desire to stay at the leading edge of the market. KKI is a core brand within the Koso Group of companies, and ...
Emerson Wins Major Order for Fisher® Digital Valves for Saudi Olefin Project including the largest ever DN 1050 (42-inch) Antisurge Valve Fisher Optimised Antisurge Valves selected for best-in-class reliability, fine control, fast ...
BVAA will be exhibiting at Achema, May 11th to 15th 2009, Hall 9.0, stand D6 to D10 (co-exhibiting with Weir Power & Industrial) and we would be delighted to meet readers of Valve User and of course BVAA members attending the show. Many ...
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) is a specialist elastomer seals manufacturer with over 30 years experience in the design and manufacture of valve seals. Based in Blackburn, Lancashire, and with offices in Aberdeen, United States, ...
Valley Spring Ltd is one of the leading manufacturers of medium and large springs in the UK. As a result of considerable investment, Valley Spring offers a comprehensive range of compression, extension, and torsion springs. Our 11,000 ...
BEL Valves has appointed Michael Ridley as its new Sales & Marketing Director. Michael’s remit it is to develop new global markets for BEL Valves, with an initial focus on BEL Valves’ activities in the Eastern Hemisphere and the ...
David Martin, co-director/owner of Valve Solutions Limited and BVAA’s Control Valves training course lecturer, became a ‘Fellow’ member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers on Friday 27th March 2009. This celebration, attended by the ...
The BVAA held another one of its highly successful ‘desktop exhibitions’ recently in the Atrium at MW Kellogg in Greenford, London. Twenty-four BVAA member companies exhibited and received over 120 visitors from the various Kellogg ...
The valve and actuator repair industry is probably one of the hottest topics in the BVAA at the moment, and the association has formed a new dedicated working group to help develop a new repair Code of Practice. The group held its third ...
On the 25th February, BVAA hosted the inaugural meeting of our new Seals working group. Representatives from the seal manufacturer and seal user communities came together with BSI, BHR and other interested parties to discuss a ...
To prevent accidental product spillage while tankers are loading, Smith Flow Control supplied and installed a valve interlocking system for the Malaysia LNG installation at Bintulu in Sarawak, East Malaysia. One of the largest LNG ...
Mechanical key interlocks work by controlling the sequence of events in which valve process activities are conducted. Key interlocks are dual-keyed mechanical locking devices designed as integral-fit attachments to the host equipment ...
The membership of the BVAA continues to grow at an impressive rate... this month’s new recruits include:- It is essential that Processing industries take a disciplined approach to design and operating practice. Valve operating ...
In this issue, the BVAA Hat has made a trip north, but can you identify where? There’s £50 to the charity of your choice if you can identify this Scandinavian location. Answers - or requests for free caps - to rob@bvaa.org.uk Our ...
Hello and welcome to this our tenth issue of Valve User magazine! Despite the continuing doom and gloom in the financial sector, and the knock on effects this has elsewhere, I am delighted to report that the British Valve and Actuator ...
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