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Hot Spot ISO 5640 Mounting kits for part-turn valve actuator attachment approved for publication

What is it? ISO 5640 Mounting kits for part-turn valve actuator attachment has unanimously passed the ISO final ballot stage and will shortly be publ...
Valve User Issue 90

Hot Spot IOGP JIS Material Digital Passport (MDP) Workshop

What is it? The digital technologies arm of IOGP are developing a novel system aimed at reducing material fraud and enhancing material traceability a...
Valve User Issue 90

Hot Spot Announcement on Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulation changes

What is it? The government has announced that it intends to legislate this spring to: The government proposes an amendment to the PESR to close a ...
Valve User Issue 90

Hot Spot EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Declarations

What is it? In an attempt to reduce CO2 emissions, the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), a market mechanism to trade greenhouse gas emissions, was in...
Valve User Issue 90

Hot Spot Approval of EN ISO 8233 Thermoplastic valves-Torque test method

What is it? The parallel final ballot approval process of EN ISO 8233:2023 Thermoplastic valves-Torque test method has been completed and the standar...
Valve User Issue 90

Hot Spot CEN standardisation work required over next 5 years

What is it? The document BV002716 was circulated previously and details the CEN/CENELEC request from the European Commission to prepare 233 new and r...
Valve User Issue 90

Hot Spot IOGP JIS Material Digital Passport (MDP) Specification Public Review

What is it? The attached Hot Spot BV002693 alerted members to the IOGP JIS Material Digital Passport project for equipment suppliers into the oil and...
Valve User Issue 90

Hot Spot EN19:2023 – Marking of Metallic Valves Published

What is it? A new revision of EN19 Marking of metallic valves has been published by CEN and supersedes the 2016 edition. This important basic valve s...
Valve User Issue 89

Hot Spot IOGP JIP33 S-611 Steel Gate Valve Specification Launched for Public Review

What is it? The IOGP JIP33 specification S-611 for gate valves was first issued in May 2019 and following a recent user feedback review it is now und...
Valve User Issue 89

Hot Spot 2023-1230 New Machinery Regulation Enters into Force

What is it? On July 19th 2023 the new EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 entered into force in the European Union. This replacement for the 2006/42 Ma...
Valve User Issue 88

BVAA - Influencing the future of the valve industry

BVAA Technical Services work over much of 2023 has been dominated by two exceptional regulatory issues with the potential to significantly affect our ...
Valve User Issue 88

Hot Spot ISO5115:2023- Part-turn valve actuation final approval

What is it? A new standard ISO 5115:2023 Part-turn valve actuation has now passed the final approval stage and will shortly be published by ISO. Thi...
Valve User Issue 87

Hot Spot ISO 4126-10:2023- Sizing of safety valves and bursting discs for gas/liquid two phase flow

What is it? ISO 4126-10:2023 covering sizing of safety valves and bursting discs for gas/liquid two phase flow has now passed the final approval stag...
Valve User Issue 87

Hot Spot Revised China SELO Scheme

What is it? On 1st June 2023 China introduced revised regulations for manufacturers’ of valves being imported into the country for use in all s...
Valve User Issue 87

Hot Spot CE marking in GB extended indefinitely

What is it? On 1st August 2023 the Department for Business and Trade announced an indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for UK businesses UK ...
Valve User Issue 86

Hot Spot Three IEC 60534 Control Valve Standards to be Revised

What is it? During a recent IEC TC65B Working Group 9 meeting it was decided that three of the important IEC 60534 series of control valve standards ...
Valve User Issue 86

Hot Spot Call for Members to Join API Task Group 17O

What is it? API have formed a task group to revise their existing API 17O Recommended Practice for Subsea High Pressure Pipeline System (HIPPS). The...
Valve User Issue 85

Hot Spot IOGP JIP-33 Launch Supplier Questionnaire for S-730 Pressure Relief Valves

What is it? IOGP JIP-33 has started work on the next revision of their S-730 Pressure Relief Valve Specification by preparing a Supplier Questionnair...
Valve User Issue 85

Hot Spot Approval to Publish ISO 5117 Automatic Steam Traps- Production and Performance Tests

What is it? A new standard ISO 5117 Automatic steam traps — Production and performance characteristic tests has passed its final vote and will ...
Valve User Issue 84

Invitation to DBT Roundtable on UKCA marking

What is it? This is an invitation to attend an industry roundtable with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) on the UK’s post-Brexit app...
Valve User Issue 82

Road Map on Hydrogen Standardisation

What is it? The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance (ECH2A) has recently published a Road Map on Hydrogen Standardization. This is an extensive, 124-pag...
Valve User Issue 82

Hot Spot Release of EU PFAS Restriction Proposal- Industry Action Required

What is it? In January 2022 Hot Spot BV002476 alerted members to an EU proposal to restrict or ban the use of PFAS materials such as PTFE, ETFE, FKM ...
Valve User Issue 82

Hot Spot NWIP ISO 4126-11: Performance Testing of Safety Devices New Work Item Re-Issued

What is it? ISO TC 185 originally issued and approved the attached new work item proposal in 2021, but unfortunately work did not get started and so ...
Valve User Issue 81

Hot Spot prEN 17955: Functional safety of safety-related valves and actuators ballot

What is it? CEN TC 69 has been working on the development of a new EN standard covering functional safety of safety-related valves and actuators for ...
Valve User Issue 81

Hot Spot ISO DIS 5115.2 Part-turn Valve Actuation

What is it? ISO DIS 5115 has been issued for a second DIS ballot following resolution by ISO TC 153 WG 16 of a large number of comments from the firs...
Valve User Issue 80



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