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What is it? This part of ISO 28921 specifies requirements for the type testing of isolating valves for low-temperature applications to verify the performance of valves at a low temperature from – 50 °C down to – 196 °C. Why is it ...
Following a formal tender process, Scottish Water has awarded the framework agreement for new valve actuators to Rotork UK. The agreement appoints Rotork as the sole supplier of new actuators to Scottish Water and its business partners, ...
DCMlink enhances plant productivity by unifying all electric actuators on a common platform while allowing plant operators to gain deep insights into asset status and performance. Emerson Process Management has introduced DCMlink™ ...
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that the introduction of the Valtek DiamondBack, the control valve industry's most technologically ...
The Alco Valves Group, a global leader in designing and manufacturing Instrumentation Manifolds, Double Block & Bleed valves and piping interface solutions expands global operations into the Middle East with a regional office located in ...
Curtiss-Wright’s Industrial Division today announced that its Farris Engineering business has entered into an agreement with Furmanite in the UK. Furmanite will represent the Farris line of spring loaded and pilot operated pressure ...
Cv (or Kv) flow factors are published by valve manufacturers to enable flow or pressure drop calculations to be performed without having to analyse the individual design from first principles. These figures are calculated from ...
Safety interlock and valve management systems expert Smith Flow Control has appointed Tracey Goldsmith as its new managing director. In her new role, Goldsmith is responsible for the company’s strategic development and the performance of ...
Following an exploratory meeting at the Allvalves BVAA sponsored stand at Valve World in 2014 and a year of behind the scenes discussions, a partnership has been reached between the global pneumatics giant SMC Pneumatics and Allvalves, ...
ISIS Fluid Control is well known for its experience in several different industries; Hydraulic, Process, Steam and Oil and Gas. In 2015 Isis Oil and Gas bucked the trend and saw excellent growth in valve supply to the Oil and Gas ...
Pneumatrol Limited, the Lancashire-based specialist manufacturer of pneumatic control products for use within both hazardous and safe area environments, is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new website. This new, greatly ...
A new Shell TAT approved product from James Walker is set to bring new standards of flange isolation to critical applications in the oil, gas and other processing industries. No compromise Isolation gaskets are by their very nature a ...
Leengate Valves, the UK’s leading valve wholesaler, are proud to bring to the market the brand new Valbia electric actuator with aluminium polyester powder coated housing. Designed & manufactured in Italy, these actuators offer: • ...
In 2015 IMI SSF (Stainless Steel Fasteners Ltd) celebrated a great accomplishment, reaching its 50 year anniversary. A huge milestone, this achievement shows what can be done when a business focuses on exceptional quality, customer service ...
Saunders®, part of Crane ChemPharma & Energy and an international leader in the design, development and manufacture of diaphragm valves, has embarked on a number of initiatives over the past year to update their brand image. Key ...
Flowstar Ltd, the Hull based stockist of safety, relief and reducing valves. Has increased its stock holding of Nabic Safety, Relief and Plant Room Valves. Flowstar have increased their stock holding of Nabic Safety, Relief and Plant ...
The JSC TANECO Oil Refining and Petrochemical complex located in Nizhnekamsk, Russia has purchased AUMA’s new actuation solution for lift plug valves. The established supplier of modular, electric actuation technology supplied ...
A USB interface for the new SIPOS SEVEN actuator offers a number of advantages for electric actuation processes. Benefits reported by SIPOS Aktorik include enhanced data collection and set-up flexibility. Offering simplified data ...
SMC has launched the PSE570 Series to meet increasing demand for a general fluid pressure sensor that is easy to connect and robust enough to withstand high proof pressure and withstand abrupt surges. SMC, the worldwide leading expert ...
A USA West Coast engineering firm has designing a fish ladder as part of a water supply project for a public utility district. A fish ladder, constructed beside a dam, allows migratory salmon to bypass the dam and safely reach their ...
Quad 204 is the £3bn redevelopment of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, located 175 km west of Shetland in Blocks 204 and 205 of the UK Continental Shelf, at water depths of 300m to 550m. The project is one of the most significant ...
New to the European market, the AVA electric valve actuator brings a wealth of features, including a 1 second working time, in a housing the size of a drinks can. The new AVA range of electric valve actuators, available from the ...
The acquisition of Roto Hammer adds a market leading and comprehensive range of valve chainwheels to the range of valve mounting kit and associated services provided by Rotork Valvekits. The well-established Roto Hammer range of ...
Saint-Gobain Seals reaches a highperformance mark by producing a cryogenic seal of exceptional size (more than six feet wide) for NASA’s “Space Launch System (SLS)” project, which is commissioned for deeper space exploration -- beyond low ...
Parker Bestobell Marine, a world leading supplier of cryogenic valves for ships, has launched a new compact version of its innovative Float Isolation Valve (FLIV). The compact FLIV, which is 150mm in diameter and just 600mm high, was ...
Johnson Valves have celebrated their 60th Anniversary by investing in a new in-house actuation department. This third generation family company has formed partnerships with a number of UK suppliers, introduced a new specialist actuator ...
The valve control market faces increasing pressure from commoditisation of its products. Here’s how to avoid a race to the bottom. In the second of four Masterclass articles we continue to look at how AUMA Actuators Ltd addresses the ...
Introduction The BVAA recently visited the headquarters of Rotork UK in Leeds. As a Rotork subsidiary, Rotork UK incorporates the UK sales and customer support operations for Rotork Controls, Rotork Fluid Systems and Rotork Gears. Leeds ...
BVAA AGM A lively and well-attended 2015 AGM at Crewe Hall saw a continuation of the miniconference theme, with four speakers on topics as diverse as Export Finance, Biogas, Nuclear and UKCS Efficiency – each in their own way very thought ...
Business Development It’s been a time of considerable change for the BVAA’s Marketing function - the last few months particularly. Our former Marketing & Comms Manager left and I took over a number of his Marketing related duties. ...
Here at BVAA we’ve been quite busy preparing for revisions of some of our most important standards. As ever we do this by meeting regularly in conjunction with the BSI PSE/18/5 group, which comprises essentially the same experts. ISO ...
Meetings The Valve Working Group has continued with its regular programme of two meetings per year. The March 2015 meeting involved a very informative visit to the Hardide coatings facility in Bicester, giving us an insight into their ...
The first was the introduction of our new ‘Advanced Valves’ course developed by Martin Greenhalgh – sold out and well received at the two deliveries to date. Spread over two days, this was the natural next step on from our ‘Introduction’ ...
BVAA Technical Service I was deeply honoured to be asked to take over as Technical Consultant at BVAA, an organisation with which my family have been continually associated since its formation in 1939. In order to provide a technical ...
Regular readers will know that a report of significant growth at BVAA – on several measures - has generally been the norm for the last decade. Indeed so it was in 2015, fiscally our best year ever… But with oil prices plummeting globally, ...
Our March 2015 year-end confirmed that the BVAA had had its best year ever again, with record turnover and activity levels. We have however been acutely conscious of the rapid decline in global oil and gas activity, the impact this has ...
Statoil’s Engineers were on site to review the recent NORSOK qualification by Aker Solutions. As a result, W H Tildesley is now included on Statoil’s in-house M-650 list for NORSOK M-650 Ed.4 QTRs. Sales & Marketing Manager Phil ...
The VXB Series is an angle seat valve for air, steam and heated water which has been created to meet market demand for valves that deliver an extended operating life, low levels of leakage and are compact in design. SMC, the worldwide ...
MARTINSVILLE, Va - Hardide Coatings, Inc., the United Kingdom-based provider of advanced surface coating technology, announced the opening of its new Virginia production facility. In January 2015 the company commenced an investment of ...
Flowstar Ltd, the Hull based stockist of safety, relief and reducing valves, has added a new Berluto product to its extensive range from the German manufacturer. Flowstar has been the exclusive agents for Berluto Pressure Reducing ...
On Tuesday 3rd November 2015 Score Group plc officially opened their new specialist training facility in Peterhead The facility will be the new headquarters of Score Training and seven dedicated training workshops are to be devoted to ...
The British Valve and Actuator Association (BVAA) have signed-up to exhibit at Fluid Power & Systems 2016, to be held at the NEC, Birmingham from 12th to14th April 2016. Association staff will be on-hand on BVAA’s 28 sq m stand (AF640) to ...
The DeZurik RCV Rotary Control Valve has been specially engineered for extremely precise throttling control in severe-service applications in the pulp and paper, chemical, power, petroleum and refining industries. The RCV is ideally ...
Didcot B Power Station Didcot B is one of a new generation of highly efficient, gas-burning power stations, which has been in commercial operation since 1997. The station is powered by natural gas and uses the latest generating ...
TÜV certification achieved by AUMA confirms that the company’s SQ .2 part-turn actuators, SA . 2 multi-turn actuators and AC .2 actuator controls in SIL version comply with the highest safety requirements. The actuators have achieved ...
International valve service supplier Denholm Valvecare continues to fight against falling energy prices and a tough trading climate, with high hopes for 2016. The Aberdeen-based firm, which also has operations in Great Yarmouth, ...
A new Rotork IQ3 intelligent electric actuator will improve flood protection in a vulnerable area of a coastal town in west Wales. The River Ritec flows towards Tenby, where it discharges via a 780 metre culvert/outfall system that ...
Zoedale Ltd is the sole UK distributor for Bernard Controls Electric Actuators who have recently launched their new ET range in response to customer demand. The ET range is primarily for use in the Water, Oil and Gas / Petrochemical ...
Now offering fully WRAS approved butterfly and gate valves for drinking water duty. In addition to our existing material approvals, we are pleased to announce that we now hold full WRAS product approval for our ranges of rubber lined ...
BHR Group, the experts in fluid engineering, have launched a commercially available, openaccess downhole test facility, based in Cranfield, UK. The onshore facility is the first of its kind in the UK, providing an easily-accessible, ...
Following a very successful initial 2 year period, Allvalves Online have secured a two year exclusivity extension with the global electric actuator manufacturer Sun Yeh. Having secured the initial 2 year exclusivity back in 2013, ...
Dramatic increases in instrument performance and reliability have been achieved where original PTFE gasket seals have been replaced with Kalrez® custom gaskets from the DuPont™ Performance Polymers range of products, available in the UK ...
Albion Valves (UK) Ltd, an increasingly popular UK valves supplier has announced the addition of Motorised Control Valves (MCV's) to its ever-expanding product range. With a choice of either rotary or ball valve construction, Albion's ...
Competition Here’s Bob Peters of Zoedale using his BVAA hat to keep the sun out of his eyes in this exotic location. Can you tell where Bob is? The first correct answer to rob@bvaa.org.uk wins a £50 charitable donation to the charity of ...
November 27th saw the Annual gather of members and their partners for the 76th BVAA Annual General Meeting incorporating - of course - the Annual Dinner & Ball. The venue for 2015 was the spectacular Crewe Hall – a new hotel to many of ...
This article, the fifth 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 marketing ...
Late October saw our first ‘cluster event’ in Brighouse, which proved far more popular than we ever hoped! Northern Regional Dinner On Tuesday 20th, we kicked off with a Northern Regional Dinner at the Brighouse Holiday Inn – right ...
Growing up on a farm, as I did, one became quickly attuned to the subtle signs and signals from Mother Nature that trouble was afoot. Our dairy herd huddling together for example was a sure sign of an impending storm. A As an ...
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