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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

SIL3 Certification for the EHPC210 Diagnostic Controller

Bifold is pleased to announce that the Partial Stroke Function of the EHPC210 Diagnostic Controller is now SIL3 Certified according to IEC 61508 : 201...
Valve User Issue 46

Masterclass: Using Valves or Actuators in SIL Applications

Part 3: Modelling the reliability of the final element in the safety instrumented system An overview of what needs to be determined for the final e...
Valve User Issue 45

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

Using Valves or Actuators in SIL Applications

This edition of Valve User Magazine continues with the second article in the series about using valves or actuators in SIL applications. The articles ...
Valve User Issue 44

Safety For Your Plants: The safety and reliability of technical processes are of vital importance for companies in the process industries

Bulk materials and powders in sectors such as the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries and others can be very dangerous. One spark – and the d...
Valve User Issue 44

Using valves or actuators in SIL applications

This edition of Valve User Magazine sees the first in a series of short articles about using valves or actuators in SIL applications. The articles are...
Valve User Issue 43

Mokveld First To Receive FSM Certificate

Mokveld Valves BV, expert in engineered valve systems for the worldwide oil & gas markets is the first valve manufacturer in the world to have impleme...
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

Parker Secures Contract Extension and SIL Approval for Instrumentation Ball Valve Range

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has achieved an industry first by securing SIL 2 approval for its HiPro Ball Va...
Valve User Issue 39

Mokveld Commissions Unique Test Bunkers

Mokveld Valves BV, located in Gouda commissions two new test bunkers for testing critical, high-quality valve systems.The reasons for building the bun...
Valve User Issue 38

SIL 4 – Am I Safe now?: Author: Ville Kähkönen, Oil & Gas business manager, Metso Flow Control Inc.

ESD valve An emergency shutdown (ESD) valve is part of a safety instrumented system (SIS). It is a vital part of the safety system and often descri...
Valve User Issue 35

Functional safety - SIL workshop hosted by AUMA

Functional safety, a key current topic in the process automation industry, will be addressed on 29 April 2015 at a workshop hosted by AUMA Riester Gmb...
Valve User Issue 32

I’m just a SIL whose intentions are good...Oh Lord! Please don’t let me be misunderstood. (With apologies to The Animals)

All right, maybe Eric Burden of The Animals sang ‘soul’, not ‘SIL’ but the underlying problem remains the same: the term ‘SIL’ can be grossly misunder...
Valve User Issue 15

SIL Level 3 for Valtek Mark

Flowserve Valtek Mark Series Valves and Actuators Certified to SIL Level 3. Flowserve Corporation recently announced the certification of the Flo...
Valve User Issue 15

Rotork valve actuators SIL2 certified: Rotork fluid power valve actuators for Bolivian gas plant are Safety Integrity Level 2 (SIL2) certified

The La Vertiente gas plant in the tropical zone of Villamontes in Bolivia supplies natural gas and stabilised condensate to the country’s national hyd...
Valve User Issue 15

NAMUR sensors for SIL2 and SIL3 in accordance with IEC/EN 61508

For critical applications, Pepperl+Fuchs provides a range of sensors of various shapes and designs, which feature a high “Safe Failure Fraction” when ...
Valve User Issue 15

Rotork IQPro electric valve actuators with the SIL (Safety Integrity Level) option

"If something is to do an important job, it needs to be reliable, and the more important the job, the more reliable it should be." Reliability has ...
Valve User Issue 5

Flowserve MaxFlo 3 and NR Diaphragm Actuator Granted SIL 3 Certification

- confidence testing with seven more key aerospace manufacturers - Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services ...
Valve User Issue 8



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