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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
Hot Spot-IOGP JIP33 S-707 Actuators for On-Off Valves Review and Supplier Questionnaire Launched
What is it?
IOGP JIP 33 have launched a review of their specification S-707 Actuators for On-off Valves which currently includes supplementary requir...
Valve User Issue 80
Hot Spot-IOGP JIP33 S-561 Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment Released for Public Comment
What is it?
IOGP JIP 33 have now released their revised supplementary specification S-561 Subsea Wellhead and Tree Equipment to API Spec 17D for publ...
Valve User Issue 80
Hot Spot ISO 10497:2022 Fire type-testing requirements published
What is it?
ISO 10497:2022 Fire type-testing requirements for valves has now been published by ISO and is available for purchase.
This fourth editio...
Valve User Issue 80
Hot Spot Publication of EN 15714-6 Hydraulic Linear Actuators Published
What is it?
BS EN 15714-6-2022 Hydraulic Linear Actuators for Industrial Valves has now been published by BSI and is available to purchase.
This doc...
Valve User Issue 80
Hot Spot UK Government to permit CE Marking for another 2 years
What is it?
On 14/11/2022 BEIS and Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP have made the following press announcement Businesses to be given UK product marking flexib...
Valve User Issue 80
IOGP JIP33 S-715 Coating & Painting for Offshore, Marine Coastal & Subsea Environments Supplier Questionnaire Launched
What is it?
The IOGP JIP33 specification S-715 was first issued in July 2022 and is published in the form of an overlay of NORSOK M-501. It is now en...
Valve User Issue 79
Hot Spot BVAA SILS TEG- Call for New Members
What is it?
The BVAA SILS TEG last met in 2020 to discuss the early draft of a new EN standard on functional safety of safety-related automated indus...
Valve User Issue 79
BVAA Technical Activity - August 2022
Each month, the BVAA Principal Technical Consultant, Peter Dix, writes a Technical Consultant Report, summarising the previous month’s activity ...
Valve User Issue 78
Hot Spot IOGP JIP33 Publication of S-739 Specification for Pressure Regulators
What is it?
IOGP JIP33 have released a new specification S-739 Specification for Pressure Regulators in services up to and including ASME Class 300. ...
Valve User Issue 78
Hot Spot UKCA Marking without a UK Approved Body now Permitted for up to 5 years
What is it?
Hot Spot BV002526 informed members of easements to the introduction of the UKCA marking scheme announced by the UK Government during June...
Valve User Issue 78
IOGP JIP33 S-611 Gate Valve Specification Re-Launched for Review
What is it?
The IOGP JIP33 specification S-611 for gate valves was first issued in May 2019. It is now undergoing a review and is being made availab...
Valve User Issue 78
BVAA Technical Activity - July 2022
Each month, the BVAA Principal Technical Consultant, Peter Dix, writes a Technical Consultant Report, summarising the previous month’s activity ...
Valve User Issue 77
Hot Spot New API Task Group- Hydrogen Valves
What is it?
API have started work on a new document API 6Z Standard for Valves in Hydrogen Gas (H2) Service at Normal Temperature. The BVAA will be i...
Valve User Issue 77
