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Webtec Hydraulic Flow Monitoring range now compatible with Biodegradeable fluids

Webtec, the specialist manufacturer of hydraulic measurement and control products, is unveiling its FlowHUB ViscoCorrect, an innovative and intelligen...
Valve User Issue 49

Commissioning underway for LNG safety system: HIPPS from Severn Glocon Technologies deployed on Floating Storage and Regasification Unit

Engineers from Severn Glocon Technologies have visited Korea to commission a High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) supplied to shipbuilder...
Valve User Issue 48

Valve Technology Taking The Lead In Industrial Workplace Safety

Les Littlewood, Sales Director of Albion Valves UK Ltd discusses how valve technology is taking a lead in industrial workplace safety, and explains ho...
Valve User Issue 44

ElringKlinger Engineered Plastics add to their range of conforming materials

ElringKlinger Engineered Plastics have been at the forefront of PTFE fluorpolymer technology and other high performance plastics such as PEEK, PFA & P...
Valve User Issue 43

HP pneumatic actuator range remains best buy

The UK’s leading independent provider of valve automation products, Actuated Solutions, has hailed the HP Pneumatic actuator range a ‘best buy’ for th...
Valve User Issue 43

Plants based on the Lego principle: modular automation is the answer to volatile markets in process industries

Shorter production runs and increasingly varied requirements from the same plant: these are the market demands which more and more process plant manuf...
Valve User Issue 43

Actuated Solutions announces ATEX approval of HQ006 Actuator

Just months after the launch of the HQ005 actuator, the UK’s leading provider of valve automation products, Actuated Solutions, is announcing ATEX app...
Valve User Issue 43

Elringklinger - Giving Cold Flow the Cold Shoulder: PTFE is a popular material for use in valves & fittings applications due largely to its universal chemical resistance.

Under pressure however, in applications subjected to high loads such as valve seat rings for example, the material tends to creep. ElringKlinger has n...
Valve User Issue 43

Functional Safety – Demystifying Product Certificates

IEC 61508:2010 does not state that certification of products is necessary to claim compliance with the requirements of the standard. However, certific...
Valve User Issue 40

CSA Group Hosts Functional Safety Seminar with support from BVAA

Industry professionals from the BVAA membership came together at CSA Group UK (near Chester) for a seminar on conformity assessment for the valve and ...
Valve User Issue 40

Hazardous Marine Environment? No Problem!

One of our clients was working on the design for deck mounted fuel handling equipment and asked if we could help them with the pneumatic requirements....
Valve User Issue 38

New Year Success for Denholm Valvecare

International valve service supplier Denholm Valvecare continues to fight against falling energy prices and a tough trading climate, with high hopes f...
Valve User Issue 36

The New ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU – EU Guidance

The new ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU is to become effective for items placed on the market from 20 April 2016. The following “Guidance Document on th...
Valve User Issue 35

Albion Valves: Setting The Standard In Combustibles

Albion Valves (UK) Ltd, an increasingly popular UK valves supplier has secured ATEX approval across their range of stainless steel valves, in order to...
Valve User Issue 35

European Directives Confusion: By BVAA Technical Consultant, Peter Churm

Compliance with the Essential Safety Requirements of both the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC and the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC has been a mandator...
Valve User Issue 5

Musings of an ATEX Auditor - By Roger Stillman, arcSIL Consulting

Meeting the requirements of the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC is mandatory for anyone placing on the market in Europe a product intended for use in potential...
Valve User Issue 5



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