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136 Years of Experience Behind Latest Packing Innovations: James Walker is a name synonymous with sealing technology in the valve industry

In fact, the business has been around since 1882 so it’s fair to say it is somewhat an area of expertise. Worldwide, today the company has over 2,000 ...
Valveuser Issue 45

Vermilion Three gains first Shell TAT approval

Hot on the heels of its launch as part of James Walker’s new generation line-up of high performance elastomer materials for the oil and gas industry, ...
Valveuser Issue 42

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 ...
Valveuser Issue 36

James Walker and Teadit awarded Shell global supply contract for sealing products

Sealing product engineering specialists James Walker and Teadit have signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions ...
Valveuser Issue 34

Assuring valve components are authentic with Positive Material Identification

Recent years have seen a proliferation of inferior low quality, low cost imitation components flooding onto markets as diverse as the automotive and ...
Valveuser Issue 32

New elastomer tested to simulated 40-year life in nuclear environment

Shieldseal® 663 is the latest elastomer developed by James Walker for long-term applications in ionising radiation — as experienced in nuclear power ...
Valveuser Issue 31

RotaBolts Extending Life of Offshore Platforms

Extending the life of offshore oil and gas platforms beyond their original design philosophy has resulted in RotaBolt® measurement technology being ...
Valveuser Issue 30

Gaskets don’t leak: – bolted joint assemblies do!

When maintenance engineers encounter leaking process equipment, the simple gasket or seal all too often takes the blame. In the majority of cases ...
Valveuser Issue 29

Driving Customer Confidence through Innovation

‘James Walker was founded in the 1880s, but it is by continually looking forward that they inspire the confidence of their global customer base;’ ...
Valveuser Issue 27

API 622 – Helping you to choose the best fugitive emissions packing

Valve fugitive emissions standards and legislation are not new ideas or concepts. Beginning in the USA in the 1960s, formalisation of criteria and ...
Valveuser Issue 26

Beware Of Substandard Counterfeit Thermoplastic Materials

Following reports of a number of catastrophic failures in service it has come to our attention that sub-standard copies of James Walker Devlon® V-API ...
Valveuser Issue 24

Counterfeiting - The hidden threat to safety

Behind each and every successful product lie thousands of hours and probably millions of pounds in research and development. Not surprising then that ...
Valveuser Issue 24

James Walker expands UK research facilities

James Walker has expanded its research and development capabilities with the opening of a half-million pound, purposebuilt laboratory facility within ...
Valveuser Issue 23

James Walker Publication for Valve Industry: James Walker - Definitive guide on improving valve sealing, performance and emissions control

Issue 2 of ‘Improving valve sealing performance and emissions control’, published by respected global sealing specialists James Walker, pulls ...
Valveuser Issue 20

Selecting Elastomers For High Pressure, Rapid Gas Decompression (RGD) Applications

In applications where RGD is a possibility, valve OEMs and end-users require parts moulded from elastomers designed and proven to be resistant to ...
Valveuser Issue 18

James Walker offers large-section RGD capability: The latest Norsok tests carried out on James Walker’s New Generation FR68/90 fluoroelastomer have returned a perfect ‘0000’ rating for a 10.00mm secti

No compromise The material was launched in August this year with a clear performance advantage over the best options currently available, the ...
Valveuser Issue 16

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