BVAA News Articles
BVAA Working Groups
The BVAA has two outstanding technical discussion bodies, exclusively open to BVAA Members. These are the Valve Working Group and Actuator Working Gro...
Valve User Issue 76
Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Under Pressure?
As a young greenhorn new to the trade association world, I once got drawn into a conversation where some members’ technical representatives were...
Valve User Issue 76
BVAA Team Training Day
The BVAA are strong advocates of investing in staff, life-long learning and continuous professional development. Which is why, when the opportunity ar...
Valve User Issue 76
Hot Spot EN 558:2022 Face-to-face and Centre-to-face Dimensions of Metal Valves for use in Flanged Pipe Systems - PN and Class Designated Valves Published
What is it?The latest edition of EN 558 has now been published by CEN and is available to purchase. This standard specifies the face-to-face (FTF) and...
Valve User Issue 76
BVAA - Meet the Trainer: Peter Dix - BVAA’s Principal Technical Consultant and Chief Lecturer
About Peter Dix
Peter is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He has over thirty years’ experience in th...
Valve User Issue 76
Hot Spot UK Government Announces Measures to Ease the Introduction of UKCA Marking Requirements
What is it?
The UK Government have announced changes attempting to make it simpler for members to apply UKCA marking to valve and actuator products p...
Valve User Issue 76
Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Throttling up!
Is it the glorious sunshine? Is it the newfound air of freedom we’re all feeling after two years of lockdown? Or is it perhaps the proverbial te...
Valve User Issue 75
BVAA Future Leaders Programme: June Session - Cohort 5
A few months into the BVAA Future Leaders Programme and we are really getting into the meatier topics. The recent June sessions however were truly exc...
Valve User Issue 75
BVAA Autumn Training Dates
The UK's number one independent provider of valve and actuator training courses
If you are looking for quality, independent valve and actuator ...
Valve User Issue 75
Decades of BVAA Desktop Exhibitions: And still going strong…
This June, the BVAA organised their latest Desktop Exhibition at Fluor’s Farnborough facility with more than 40 visitors meeting with ten exhibi...
Valve User Issue 75
IVS 2022 - RECORD NUMBERS!: 12,000 Visitors from over 60 Countries
The fourth edition of Industrial Valve Summit recorded the highest number of visitors, exhibitors, exhibition space and number of scientific conferenc...
Valve User Issue 75
BVAA Annual Meetings and Gala Ball: 18 November 2022 - Carden Park, Cheshire
This hugely popular event is taking place in an even bigger and better location – Carden Park. This five-star hotel set in a 1,000-acre estate, ...
Valve User Issue 75
Hydrostatic Testing: New BVAA Training Course
The BVAA has recently delivered its first Hydrostatic Testing Course for a major valve manufacturer in West Yorkshire, and is now offering it out to t...
Valve User Issue 74
IVS 2022 - A Stunning Success!
The Industrial Valve Summit, held May 25th/26th 2022 at the Bergamo Fiera, Italy, was a stunning success on all fronts, breaking all previous records ...
Valve User Issue 74
The BEST BVAA Spring Conference yet!
BVAA Spring Conference & Golf Day 18-19 May – Formby Hall
With record numbers attending this year’s Spring Conference, our members en...
Valve User Issue 74
CHEMUK 2022 Exceeds all Expectations
May is always a busy month for the BVAA, with so many events converging, but CHEMUK 2022 exceeded everyone’s expectations for buoyancy, especial...
Valve User Issue 74
Hot Spot IOGP JIP33 Publication of S-729 Specification for Control Valves
What is it?
IOGP JIP33 have released a new specification S-729 Specification for Control Valves. Unlike many IOGP specifications this is not an overl...
Valve User Issue 74
Hot Spot UK Government Designated Standards Review Process
What is it?
The UK government has rolled out a formal review process for Designated Standards that allows all stakeholders to object to the designati...
Valve User Issue 74
Hot Spot New ISO TC 67 Working Group on Pipeline Valve and Actuator Standardisation
What is it?
The ISO TC67/SC2 committee covering pipelines is creating WG 27, a new working group concerning pipeline valves and actuators. WG 27 is t...
Valve User Issue 74
Materials Roundtable Panel Discussion
On 20 April BVAA hosted a webinar roundtable on the subject on everyone in industry’s lips - ‘materials’!
Led by BVAA stalwart...
Valve User Issue 73
Hot Spot ISO 28921-1 Isolating Valves for Low-temperature Applications- Design Manufacture and Production Testing
What is it?
ISO 28921-1:2022 Isolating valves for low-temperature applications — Part 1: Design, manufacturing and production testing has now s...
Valve User Issue 74
Hot Spot ISO DIS 5115 Part-turn Valve Actuation
What is it?
A DIS document has been issued for comment and ballot by ISO TC 153 WG 16 following review of the comments from the CD ballot item ...
Valve User Issue 72
Hot Spot-IOGP JIP33 Commences Revision of S-561 Subsea Trees Supplementary to API Specification 17D
What is it?
Following the user feedback review conducted last year, IOGP JIP33 is now starting work on the revision of their specification S-561 Sub...
Valve User Issue 72
Hot Spot - Requirements & testing for metallic valves as pressure accessories prEN16668:2022
What is it?
Draft European Standard Industrial valves - Requirements and testing for metallic valves as pressure accessories prEN16668:2022(E) if ap...
Valve User Issue 70
Hot Spot - Proposed New API Subsea Standard Development for Manifold Valves and Actuators
What is it?
As previously publicised in Hot Spot BV002413 IOGP JIP33 have conducted a supplier feedback questionnaire on subsea manifold valves and ...
Valve User Issue 70