Safety and Standards Articles
WSG Provalve - Proficiency In Safety and Relief Valves: Relieving real world challenges & pressures are all part of WSG Provalve’s day job.
Periodic maintenance and testing of safety relief valves is a necessary aspect of plant safety and should not be seen as a box ticking exercise to ens...
Valve User Issue 44
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
Emerson Introduces SIL Certified Vortex Flow Meters To Enhance Plant Safety & Reliability: New SIL 2/3 certified Vortex meters for safety instrumented systems reduce process downtime and prevent spurious trips
Facilities with safety instrumented systems can now take advantage of the new SIL 2/3 functional safety certification of Emerson’s Rosemount™ 8800 Vor...
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
Trends in Pneumatic Spring Return Valve Actuator Selection
The demands for safety, efficiency and environmental responsibility from the oil, gas and energy industries have significantly impacted the selection ...
Valve User Issue 44
Challenge of Monitoring Shut Down Valve Condition on Existing and Ageing Assets: Shut down valves perform a vital safety role on many process plants, both onshore and offshore.
They are designed and positioned such that, in the event of a potential problem, they operate to ensure the process is stopped in a way that prevents ...
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
Qualification and Innovation driving the subsea valve business
Small bore subsea valve specialist LB Bentley Ltd, part of the Severn Glocon Group Plc, continues to invest in new development and achieving full qual...
Valve User Issue 42
British Valves manufactured by experts at North Shields in a Lloyds Approved Bronze Foundry: DMI Young and Cunningham Limited, a business with a 93-year history located in Tyne and Wear in the bustling North East of England.
DMI Young & Cunningham can trace its history back to 1924. Our other stalwart brand, Dobbie Mc Innes has an even longer history starting as a compass ...
Valve User Issue 42
Independent Valve Testing Seminar and Tour: Thursday 12th October 10.00 am - 3.00 pm
BHR Group exclusively invites Valve User Magazine Readers to a free seminar on independent valve testing.
The event, delivered in partnership with...
Valve User Issue 42
NORSOK Qualified Forged Compression Fittings: W H Tildesley Ltd has received NORSOK approval for its forged compression fittings.
QTRs were signed off by Aker Solutions. The M650 Edition 4 QTRs run Tildesley’s qualification until mid-2020. Materials covered are austenitic stainle...
Valve User Issue 42
The World's Best Line-Up of Advanced Valve Testing Equipment!
With vastly superior quality, safety, durability, flexibility, performance and support owning a CALDER Advanced Valve Testing System is by far the mos...
Valve User Issue 42
Hardide Coatings Gains Nadcap Accreditation
Hardide Coatings Ltd, the provider of advanced surface coating technology, has gained Nadcap accreditation for Coatings. Nadcap is the world’s leading...
Valve User Issue 42
Benefits of Axial Flow Control Valve Now Include WRAS Approval
Conventional diaphragm type pilot operated globe valves often used for pressure control, force the media to keep changing direction while passing thro...
Valve User Issue 42
North East England’s new hub for hyperbaric research, test and certification
71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water with an average water depth of around 3,600m, which means that a significant amount of the Earth’s natu...
Valve User Issue 42
ATI Completes FAT on Record Setting Valve Actuator
Automation Technology, LLC (ATI) has successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) on the first of its five hydraulicallyoperated linear ac...
Valve User Issue 41
Albion Valves: Promoting a Healthy Work Environment: Sick days cost UK businesses up to £4.53 billion every year, with one quarter of all sick days credited to the common cold.
Albion Valves (UK) Ltd, a leading UK valve supplier to the building services and air conditioning industry, is urging businesses to get their housekee...
Valve User Issue 41
Independent Valve Testing Seminar and Tour: Thursday 12th October 10.00 am - 3.00 pm
BHR Group exclusively invites Valve User Magazine readers to a free seminar on independent valve testing.
The event, delivered in partnership with ...
Valve User Issue 41
Total Lifecycle Approach to HIPPS Provides Reliable Pressure Protection for Downstream Systems: HIPPS lifecycle management ensures optimal functionality in an emergency
From oil and gas production facilities through to refineries, overpressure events can cause lost production and also severe damage to the environment,...
Valve User Issue 41
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
High Pressure, High Flow Rig Meets Challenging Valve Test Parameters
BHR Group has a history of conducting independent third party testing on a wide range of fluid related equipment, including valves and actuators. With...
Valve User Issue 39
Rotork Electronic Line Break (ELB) Combines Pipeline Pressure Monitoring with Intelligent Valve Control
Designed for use in the oil and gas industries, the Rotork ELB is a robust, self-contained instrument that combines pipeline pressure monitoring with ...
Valve User Issue 38
New Product: New Flange Isolation Standards
A new Shell TAT approved product from James Walker is set to bring new standards of flange isolation to critical applications in the oil, gas and othe...
Valve User Issue 36
Growth and development for NHC Testing Department
NHC has become the preferred choice for many companies wishing to perform equipment tests and trials.
National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen is ren...
Valve User Issue 33
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
