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Choosing the best flowmeter for measuring the flow of a gas or liquid through an industrial process often presents a series of technical challenges, but it is often also a decision that can impact business. Les Slocombe, for ABB UK ...
Adding to its already extensive range of approvals, Pneumatrol has recently gained NEPSI approvals for its hazardous area solenoids - Intrinsically Safe (EExia) and Flameproof (EExd). NEPSI is short for National Supervision and ...
Draft BS EN 16722 Industrial valves - End-to-end and centre-to-end dimensions for valves with screwed ends has been issued for Public Comment. This draft standard is based on European discussions in which the UK has taken an active ...
At the heart of a Schubert & Salzer Control Systems’ sliding gate valve lie two slotted discs sliding against each other, and forming a seal. One sealing disc is permanently fixed in the valve body and the other is movable. The selection ...
Spirax Sarco has delivered a project to provide the steam for heating, hot water, humidification and laundry services at a brand new, €340 million, acute hospital for the Enniskillen Trust in Northern Ireland. Spirax Sarco also provided ...
A new AUMA Support App enables rapid download of actuator documentation. Designed to make life easier for on-site engineers, a Data Matrix code on each actuator can be scanned using a smartphone to obtain support materials. Adopted in ...
There are many good reasons for introducing a level of automation to manually operated river sluice gates. Sluice gates are vitally important for defending against flooding during periods of persistent rainfall, when swift and reliable ...
Many suppliers of electric valve actuators receive calls from stressed site operators or engineers faced with an electric actuator that is not responding to the control signals being sent to it, they need phone support to try to help them ...
The two firms worked collaboratively to overcome technical challenges, such as ensuring the valves opened in less than one second following receipt of signal. Customization of Metso’s Neles ND9000® positioners enhanced reliability and ...
Emerson’s FIELDVUE™ DVC6200 Series digital valve controller has racked up more than 1 billion hours of on-line use within the process and energy industries since its introduction in 2010. Steve Hagen, FIELDVUE Product Manager, credited ...
Beyond the conventional general purpose valve market where we’ve operated for years at Red Dragon, we regularly succeed in providing valves tailored to meet the demands of difficult applications. These specifications vary enormously and by ...
When walking around processing facilities like oil refineries, one striking element is the loud noise generated within the processes and piping by the flow of fluids. The capability to avoid excessive noise is a common requirement in many ...
To improve the safety of workers in nuclear facilities, Smith Flow Control now offers the FlexiDrive II remote valve operating system. This device can easily be attached to any handwheel operated valve, including lever operated valves ...
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE), a leading provider of high-performance O-rings, T-seals, technical moldings and sealing solutions, has developed EnDura E90SR, a new EPDM elastomer material that provides outstanding high temperature ...
Hardide Coatings, provider of advanced surface coating technology, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Strategic Supply Agreement with the General Electric Company Inc. (GE). Hardide will supply coating to a component ...
Spirax Sarco has launched its Target Fixed Area (TFA) steam flow meter for smaller, point-of-use applications to help operators accurately assess energy use, reduce consumption and optimise plant performance. As a stand-alone unit, the ...
Rotork Valvekits, the Rotork flow control group’s specialist valve mounting kit company, has completed its off-the-shelf offering Soldo switchboxes for quarter-turn actuators and valves by adding the safe area SP range to the hazardous ...
Russia was entered to WTO as well as the Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. This has opened up opportunities for companies to do business in Russia. The economical potential provided by these markets notwithstanding, ...
Nearly 200 Schischek InMax actuators have been supplied to the automation specialist company Pecol SRL for installation on an offshore oil industry supply vessel under construction in an Italian shipyard. The InMax actuators were ...
Following the successful installation of SIPOS 5 actuators as part of a modernisation programme at unit 4 of the Khoms Power Station in Libya in 2007, the company has received an order for an additional 284 valve control devices. The ...
Engineering company, Koso Kent Introl (KKI) has welcomed seven new recruits to join its growing teams across the company’s three sites in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. James Palmer joins as area sales manager, John Abrahams as design ...
The following European Standards are currently under revision within CEN/TC 69/WG 6: EN 12334:2001, Industrial valves — Cast iron check valves; EN 14341:2006, Industrial valves — Steel check valves. As the content of both ...
Emerson Process Management has released the T200 Series small-size tank blanketing regulators. This new series of regulators consists of three models: the T205 pressure reducing tank blanketing regulator – non-balanced trim; the T205B ...
Valvestock, Pipe Center’s specialist valve and actuator business, has supplied high specification components for installation in a new 140-person accommodation module being built by Sembmarine SLP for a major oil company. The module, ...
The process unit under construction at Neste Oil’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland, transforms gasoline fractions into more valuable and higher-quality gasoline components. Automation’s role is to ensure accurate control and safety in the ...
Smith Flow Control’s EasiDrive portable valve actuator is an affordable tool that takes all the hard work out of operating valves in power plants. One user can easily operate multiple hightorque or high-turn valves with a single EasiDrive ...
As companies focus on cutting expenses and reward purchase savings, an unfortunate reality is that it has created a situation ripe for exploitation by unscrupulous and greedy individuals who deal in counterfeit equipment. Counterfeiting is ...
Health and safety has always been an integral part of Kent Introl’s philosophy, and the company’s robust approach has recently been independently recognised, via the attainment of both OHSAS 18001 and the RoSPA silver award. KKI ...
Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has introduced a new model to its highlydynamic, compact SMB Series brushless servo motor range. The SMB170 not only extends the torque capability of the series to ...
Allvalves Online, the Worcester based distributor of valves, actuators and associated products, has been growing its reputation through providing a complete service to the valve purchaser. The fast-growing company has added assembly and ...
In a modern ‘just in time’ world, it is a common demand on suppliers to hold stock of every item with every option available. In the electric valve actuator sector, this is normally unrealistic as there are many possible external power ...
European Parliament approve the text of the new NLF-aligned ATEX Directive 2014/…/EU The European Parliament approved the text of the revised Directive on 5 February 2014 and formal agreement by the Council is expected at the next ...
YPS Valves Ltd, one of Europe’s leading designers and manufacturers of valves for the hydrocarbon processing, chemical, nuclear and off shore industries worldwide, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2014. The privately owned company ...
F31K2 valve position sensor enhances process reliability Salt is everywhere at Frisia Zout. ‘Zout’ is Dutch for salt and since that is precisely what Frisia produces, it is hardly surprising that the company’s tanks and pipes are filled ...
A revision to ISO 17292 – “Metal ball valves for petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries” is being submitted for DIS enquiry. The enquiry opens on 8 May 2014, and closes on 8 October 2014. A copy of the standard showing the ...
Energy efficiency is high on the green agenda, and with the UK’s leading energy companies’ recent price rises, there is now more of an incentive than ever to be energy efficient and identify where savings can be made. In the building ...
Graham Jones MP has taken the opportunity to visit Pneumatrol Limited, the Lancashire-based specialist manufacturer of pneumatic control products for use within both hazardous and safe area environments. He was ‘very impressed’ with its ...
Bedfordshire based Zoedale Plc has been involved in a number of Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas projects and supplied ATEX approved Electric Actuators, Pneumatic Actuators, Ball Valves, Butterfly Valves and Solenoid Valves from stock. The ...
Bedfordshire based Zoedale Plc has been involved in a number of Anaerobic Digestion projects and supplied ATEX approved Electric Actuators, Pneumatic Actuators, Ball Valves, Butterfly Valves and Solenoid Valves from stock. This is how the ...
ASCO Numatics has launched a new whitepaper that describes how OEM’s and end users can tackle their resource and skills shortages in the process automation area: ‘Outsource to thrive: how strategic project management in 2014 can assist on ...
Water hammer is a very real problem for pump stations. As a result, pressure surge control is of prime importance for the valve control industry. In this report from actuator manufacturer SIPOS Aktorik and one of its specialist partners, ...
Information regarding the enquiry draft prEN 19, “Industrial valves — Marking of metallic valves” Following some unavoidable delays the above mentioned enquiry draft needs to be submitted to CENCENELEC Management Centre (CCMC) to start ...
Flowserve, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that its UK ball valve manufacturing operation has been awarded ASME III ‘N’ stamp approval. The certification ...
Allvalves Online, the sole UK distributor for Sun Yeh, has successfully fulfilled first orders of the highly rated Actuators. Sun Yeh, which was founded in 1986, has a long history of providing reliable, certified electric actuators to a ...
Producing and maintaining dry compressed air is a complex task and dependent on many variables. The practical upshot of wet air or entrained slugs of water is early failure of components through corrosion and/or hydraulic damage. Filter ...
After 23 years at BiS Valves, David Kelly, MD and majority shareholder, has decided it is the right time to hand over the day to day leadership of the business. Nick Frost, previously Technical Director, has been gradually taking over ...
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, recentley announced the launch of the Flowserve Limitorque Master Station III, a digital network solution that provides ...
Thorite has launched a new range of economy stainless steel, pneumatically actuated ball valves from leading Italian manufacturer Bonomi, each designed to offer rugged performance in a wide number of general-use industrial process ...
Biffi Italia, part of Pentair Actuation & Controls platform, has successfully shipped four EGR 50K electric actuators for installation on the Ichthys gas project, the largest oil and gas development in Australia’s Northern ...
When maintenance engineers encounter leaking process equipment, the simple gasket or seal all too often takes the blame. In the majority of cases however, traditional installation practices produce errors which lessen the reliability of ...
Market leading actuator manufacturer and flow control company Rotork plc has expanded its range of instrumentation products with the acquisition of Young Tech Co. Ltd. (YTC). YTC is a Korean-based, ISO9001 certified manufacturer of ...
Albion Valves, supplier of specialist products for the process, water and HVAC industries, is one of the first companies to introduce a range of stainless steel fittings which conform to current ISO 4144 Standard, which specifies the ...
SIPOS Aktorik has won a contract to supply around 1,000 electric actuators to the Kozienice 11 coalfired power plant which will extend Poland’s power generation capability and provide a dependable electricity supply for the country’s ...
SMC, the world’s leading provider of pneumatics, has unveiled its 2014 Innovations Catalogue listing the very latest in cutting-edge automation solutions. Recognised for the last three years by leading business magazine Forbes as one of ...
Bray Controls (UK) Ltd, manufacturer of valves for the global flow control market, welcomed HRH The Princess Royal in February to officially open the recently completed £2.2 million expansion at its European headquarters in Inchinnan, ...
Advanced Actuators was heralded as an example of the national recovery in manufacturing following a visit by the Chancellor George Osborne in February. Visiting the Yorkshire-based hydraulic actuator engineering firm which designs and ...
The electric actuator manufacturer, AUMA, celebrates its 50th anniversary year in 2014. Founded by Werner Riester and Rudolf Dinse in 1964 in Ostfildern, near Stuttgart, Germany, the company has grown from two to 2,300 employees with ...
West Special Fasteners, the Derbyshire based manufacturers of stainless steel and nickel alloy special fasteners, has joined the British Valve and Actuator Association (BVAA). The company, which was established in 1999, has grown into one ...
Alco Valves Group, the West Yorkshire based valve manufacturer, is proud to announce it has been awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise. The Group has received the award in the International Trade category for 2014 which recognises ...
Heads up advance information regarding the proposed possible inclusion of offshore oil and gas production equipment in the ATEX, Pressure Equipment and Machinery Directives In the latest ATEX Stakeholder Report issued by BIS Department ...
Valve engineering specialist Severn Glocon Group has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, International Trade for the second time in four years. The award recognises the British manufacturer’s three year trajectory of ...
BVAA led delegations of valve and actuator companies from its membership in ‘valve and actuator desktop exhibitions’ at Amec, Bechtel and BP in April. The exhibitions, which give engineers, purchasers and others a chance to keep up to date ...
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced in February the award of a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study for the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project on a natural gas power plant in Aberdeenshire, ...
This article, the first of our ‘View from the other side’ feature columns from our colleagues in the USA, is provided by Chris Warnett. Chris, a UK expatriate, is the President of CPLloyd Consulting Inc. Rochester NY, providing ...
In this issue we are delighted to announce not one, but TWO Queen’s Awards winners among the BVAA Membership! Recognition, if it were needed, of the tremendous contribution made to Enterprise and International Trade by British valve ...
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