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Emerson is introducing its newly redesigned ASCO™ Series 353 Pulse Valve, designed to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and end-users achieve a more effective, efficient and convenient bag cleaning every time. With a higher peak ...
Pepperl+Fuchs presents an IoT sensor with integrated ultrasonic measurement for determining fill levels. The data is recorded at regular intervals and uploaded to the internet along with the current geolocation. The autonomous wireless ...
Active on the technical and standards scene for many years, Peter has recently been appointed as an additional BVAA Technical Consultant. This is in response to a growing technical workload and ultimately part of the Association’s ...
Acquisition increases Emerson’s capabilities and grows Emerson’s presence as complete automation solutions provider for process, hybrid and discrete end markets Emerson (NYSE: EMR) announced it has completed the purchase of Intelligent ...
As you know, Powder Coating can be applied to any shape or size of material that will conduct a static charge. It is fairly common knowledge that the process itself gives a hard wearing easy to clean finish, impervious to most chemical or ...
Weatherproof and intrinsically safe range Soldo SP Series The Soldo SP series limit switch box provides a compact design and the most economical solution for both visual and remote electrical indication of rotary valve/actuator ...
What is it?: This document specifies the general requirements for metallic check valves, which are forged, cast or fabricated in straight, angle or oblique pattern (see EN 736-2) with end connections flanged or wafer, butt welding, socket ...
WSG Provalve are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Woodward as their new Head of Sales. Andy brings with him over 25 years of Control Valve and Industry knowledge to the business, which will support the companies ambitions to ...
What is it?: This document specifies the requirements for a heavy-duty series of bolted bonnet steel gate valves for petroleum refinery and related applications where corrosion, erosion and other service conditions would indicate a need ...
T-T Flow are proud to announce that they have been awarded renewal of accreditation from the Water Regulations Advisory Scheme Ltd (WRAS) for their range of Swing Check Valves (DN350-DN600). The fully WRAS approved range of Swing Check ...
Following on from last year’s opening of a workshop in Humberside, Score (Europe) Limited have recently announced the opening of a new support facility for customers in the south of England. Score’s Southampton facility, located in ...
The industrial box thin clients from Pepperl+Fuchs are a reliable and rugged generation of computers for visualizing process information. They have been specially developed for use in harsh conditions and 24/7 operation in industrial ...
What is it?: This document specifies the requirements for a series of compact steel gate, globe, and check valves for petroleum and natural gas industry applications. It is applicable to valves of nominal sizes DN 8 to DN100, pressure ...
Hydravalve have recently introduced a new economy range of brass ball valves to its already extensive product range. The new female/female brass ball valves are available WRAS approved or EN331 gas approved.The WRAS approved brass ball ...
'Having these management systems in place and holding the relevant accreditations shows Albion’s commitment to quality, health and safety and the environment.' Albion Valves (UK) Ltd, a leading UK valve supplier to the building services ...
In many plants around the world, valves are installed, commissioned and expected to perform throughout their lifetime without any maintenance. Unfortunately this is typical of some installations and subsequently many valves will fail ...
AVS UK Ltd is an established supplier of valves to the UK power generation industry. Our expertise extends beyond that, to include process studies for the life time of your plant. AVS UK Ltd can offer you on site solution maintenance and ...
Bonomi’s Valpres API 608 Floating Ball Valve range has achieved the high standard demanded by NORSOK; the Norwegian petroleum industry’s benchmark endorsement for superior safety and performance. Developed to offer outstanding ...
Innovation from the very beginning Seetru was founded in 1949 by Otto Varga and Leonard Taylor. The aim of their early collaboration was to solve a common problem within the oil industry; typically oil was stored in tanks or drums and the ...
A typical offshore oil and gas platform has some 20,000 valves, with each valve being anything from four inches to forty-four inches in diameter and worth $20,000 to $500,000. That’s 20,000 opportunities to drive offshore efficiency and ...
Variable Speed actuation, for many applications, offers a number of significant advantages. Water hammer can be mitigated or supressed, and the low inrush current as the actuator starts means that in many cases a UPS can protect the system ...
ARI-Armaturen is delighted to present for the first time a doubleoffset, metallic sealing high performance valve – ZEDOX®. A durable, energy efficient valve with perfect handling, it represents the economic alternative along with reliable ...
Webtec reports that a growing number of design engineers are taking advantage of its custom products service. Over the past 12 months, the company has assisted dozens of customers in manufacturing a better hydraulic measurement or control ...
AJT were contracted to carry out the complete engineering design to install two Rotork Actuators on 2no 6ft Dia Butterfly Valves. These Butterfly Valves are used as the main point of isolation for the power station. These butterfly valves ...
Design Recently AVS started working with the main contractor for the build of this brand-new Waste From Energy plant supplying a major European city. Included in the scope of supply were all the control and isolation valves for the ...
Through 15 years of growth and development, the QK Group has taken its lead from our customers – customers that most definitely know what they want. What we were determined to do was not bombard with new invention, but complement and ...
Two new recruits are bringing a winning combination of youth and experience to the expanding team at leading valve and actuator supplier Bonomi (UK) Ltd. James Derrick has been appointed to the role of Digital Marketing Assistant to ...
The requirements for hydraulically actuated well heads, ESD valves or HIPPS systems are such that valves can remain in a fixed position for months or even years at a time. This scenario introduces particular demands on the hydraulic ...
Broder Metals Group Ltd is a steel and copper alloy distributor carrying a wide range of cobalt alloy, nickel alloy, aluminium bronze and copper alloys, and stainless steels for the value and pump industry. One of our in-demand alloys is ...
Following its launch in 2012, Allvalves have never stood still, taking more and more opportunities both home and overseas. 2019 was no different with a new growth and expansion strategy being set which will see them move into mainland ...
What is it?: This document provides basic requirements for electric valve actuators, used for on-off and control valves. It includes guidelines for classification, design, enclosure and corrosion protection, and methods for conformity ...
'The Business Growth award recognises an organisation that has achieved significant and sustained growth.' CRM Ltd are delighted to announce that they were the successful winners in the Business Growth category of the Barnsley and ...
Rob Bartlett - Director & CEO Rob has a life-long career in engineering/fluid controls and over 26 years in senior positions in trade associations - 17 as CEO of the Association in its ‘BVAA’ era. He leads all aspects of the Association ...
Business Development The business development group has been devised to help steer BVAA’s development and marketing endeavours to not only strengthen the association but to also generate innovative new ideas to best serve our members. As ...
Here at the BVAA we believe networking is imperative to business success. The BVAA delivers services designed to put the Association’s members at the forefront, to meet their bespoke needs with a focus on the provision of large ...
Following three successful Future Leaders Programmes the fourth cohort has now been selected. A significant change in the programme means it is now professionally recognised and endorsed by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). ...
We have always needed a certain amount of agility and flexibility in the delivery of our Training courses, and last year was no exception. There was a significant shift from our scheduled courses, based here at BVAA HQ, to the ...
Industrial valves give life to every industrial process in our modern society. They are items of pressure equipment and the industry’s collective goal must be to ensure that they are safe, as well as providing reliable and cost-effective ...
Our first meeting of the year was held at Goodwin International, Stoke-on-Trent on March 7th 2019 and followed on from the now well-established social event the evening before. These contribute greatly to making our ever-expanding group a ...
The BVAA Actuator WG meets concurrently with BSI’s PSE/18/5 panel (Actuators) but has not met in 2019. Members have however been busy preparing/attending CEN, ISO and API standards meetings. A new work item (NWI) on a Functional Safety ...
I have mentioned here previously that not-for-profit trade association CEOs face some unique challenges, and inevitably our fiscal-status is always in our minds. There’s therefore very little benefit in spending too much time looking back, ...
Last year I focussed on the services we provide and the core messages that BVAA needed to have fully understood by both its members and those with whom we interact. We’ve been using those messages to good effect. I also advised that ...
What we do The BVAA is a ‘not for profit’ trade association established in 1939 offering services and advice to all members within the Valve & Actuator market, worth £3 billion annually. We are the only organisation that represents ...
'Ongoing innovation is the key to success for the UK’s leading provider of quarter turn, electric actuators. Paul Slaughter, Director, Actuated Solutions Ltd, explains why...' It’s over 16 years since we shipped our first HQ electric ...
This year’s recipient of the Roy Cuthbert Scholarship is Ethan Green. This award was named after Webtec’s founder, a passionate engineer and entrepreneur who passed away in 2013 and is part of the wider UK Arkwright Engineering Scholarship ...
HSP Valves recently made senior management changes to support the continued growth and international development of its Eastern Hemisphere valve and automation business. Richard Griffin was promoted into the Sales Director role as of ...
With over 40 years experience, Inverurie based JBP are an established and respected supplier to the domestic and export Oil & Gas sector. In addition to this other sectors serviced include OEM’s, EPC’s, Distilleries, Shipbuilders and ...
Following another successful year in 2019, AV Actuators continue to develop and grow their market share in the electric actuator market, both here in the UK and globally. Throughout the last few years, AVA have continued to reinvest in the ...
Due to the impending retirement of some of Maher’s longest serving colleagues, the Sheffield based stockholder has made some exciting new appointments in recent months. Greg Mackie joined Maher’s export sales team back in April 2019 as ...
Starting in a one car garage in 1979, this privately owned business, founded by Dr Michael R Oliver OBE DL, has grown into a world leading valve supplier, by being “the best, not the biggest”. In the early years, the company ...
Control panel plates to prototyping, production run components to custom made parts – we are happy to consult on any new or innovative request - or turn around work from your DXF / DWG files. Our CNC Braking machines allow us to bend ...
We added Premier Powder Coating (PPC) to the QK Group to square the circle – that additional service that would save our customers time, create another option when specifying manufactured or stock items from the Group, or add quality and a ...
We have supplied generations of customers worldwide with valves, pumps, automation products and services. A company with that kind of experience knows that success is a process based on a stream of innovations. A process made possible by a ...
Langley Alloys stocks a range of alloys that all generally provide excellent corrosion resistance and high strength. As such they are widely used in an array of industrial processes where ‘wet corrosion’ is usually the limiting factor in ...
Application In the production of eye ointment, it is vitally important to ensure that the components are mixed correctly and, above all, that they are sterile. For this purpose, the plant includes a vacuum process system including two ...
In 2002, Bayer invested around €110 million in the construction of a multi-purpose system at its site in Dormagen, Germany. This houses everything under a single roof, from the development and manufacture of new active ingredients for crop ...
Houston, TX, US, 5th February 2020 – Oxford Flow, the flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, water and industrial process industries, today announces the appointment of Andy Ghiz as VP, Americas, and the creation of a U.S. ...
What is it?: This document provides basic requirements for electric valve actuators, used for on-off and control valves. It includes guidelines for classification, design, enclosure and corrosion protection, and methods for conformity ...
In 2019 we thought it would be a great time to have a catch up with customers (see Valve Magazine Issue #51) and show as many customers as possible all the advancements and additional services we now offer. The physical growth in our ...
Trillium Flow Technologies may be a new name in the valve, pump and service markets, but its global portfolio of brands has a long, esteemed heritage that goes back nearly 200 years. Trillium Flow Technologies was born on July 1st, ...
What is it?: This European Standard specifies the method for the strength calculation of the shell with respect to internal pressure of the valve. Why is it important?: The amendment has been issued to 1. Correct the symbol ...
Muller Coax have developed a patented energy saving valve which can offer up to 80% power saving on similar sized valves. The new green line series has been specially developed as an energy efficient series of solenoid valves. For this ...
Global integrated mechanical and electrical services company EnerMech has announced the appointment of industry heavyweight Christian Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer. A highly experienced, successful and well regarded business ...
Langley Alloys are the original inventor of super duplex stainless steels and have specialised in these attractive, highperformance alloys ever since. We invented the very first super duplex stainless steel, Ferralium 255, in 1967. In ...
In 1964, when Auric Goldfinger was tormenting James Bond, “No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!” it was only 4 years since the very first practical laser had been invented – and only a year since a version, that may have done the promised ...
'BERNARD CONTROLS, electric actuator specialist, have extended their product range of weatherproof quarter-turn actuators. The AQ range, specifically designed for the power, water and various industrial applications, is now available for ...
Severn Glocon Group has received a multi-million pound investment from energy investor Blue Water Energy. The investment deal, which is subject to certain conditions precedent, sees management team member Colin Findlay take on the role of ...
Sarah Knowles from Pressure Tech and team undertook the arduous and aptly named ‘Hell Valley Experience’ in the Lake District to raise money for Kidneys for Life in honour of Lisa Blair's son Rory who was born with chronic kidney disease ...
'Established in 1988 Wolstenholmes Valves Limited brought together a combined experience of over 50 years in the design and manufacture of valves and associated products. Their extensive customer base has extended over the years and ...
'Premier Powder Coating provides expert and proficient powder coating services to quickly and professionally cover any metal surface. Available in all RAL colours, benefits include a high quality, tough, scratch resistant surface which ...
The current cohort (4) of the BVAA Future Leaders Programme (FLP) have met several times in recent months and continue to progress through the many challenges that the FLP presents. A valuable addition this year is the formal ...
When one considers that our Association started its journey in September 1939 immediately at the outbreak of Word War 2, with all the uncertainties and pressures that brought, it is amazing to think that here we are, decades later, ...
Q1: What do you do for your own company? My current role is ‘Global Product Manager – Service & Aftermarkets.’ Within this role I am responsible for owning the future vision of Rotork’s service and aftermarket offerings to the ...
…the more things stay the same’ is how the old French proverb goes.* It used to be trotted out regularly by a former Father of the Association at BVAA Board meetings, and I always thought of it, on the whole, as a wise and very ...
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