Valve Technical Expertise

Hot Spot Publication of BS 7350:2025 Double regulating globe valves and flow measurement devices

What is it? BS 7350 Double regulating globe valves and flow measurement devices – Specification for heating and chilled water systems has been ...
Valveuser Issue 101

Hot Spot ECHA Publish Updated PFAS Restriction Proposal

What is it? The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published an updated PFAS restriction proposal document following the public consultation ...
Valveuser Issue 101

Hot Spot - Guidance on Placing CE Marked PED Stock on the GB Market

What is it?Following the announcement by the UK government that increased the implementation period for UKCA marked goods in the pressure equipment ...
Valveuser Issue 68

Hot Spot - prEN 15714-3 Pneumatic Part Turn Actuators and prEN 15714-6 Hydraulic Linear Actuators- Basic Requirements

What is it?CEN TC/69 has submitted two draft actuator standards for CEN enquiry. 1. prEN15714-3 Pneumatic Part-turn Actuators for Industrial Valves- ...
Valveuser Issue 68

Hot Spot Revisions to FprEN 13547 and FprEN 1983

FprEN 13547 “Industrial valves - Copper alloy ball valves” FprEN 1983 “Industrial valves - Steel ball valves Following revisions to both ...
Valveuser Issue 24

Hot Spot FprEN 1591- 4: 2012: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm

FprEN 1591-4: 2012 “Flanges and their joints — Part 4: Qualification of personnel competency in the assembly of the bolted connections of critical ...
Valveuser Issue 24

Hot Spot common approach to proof testing of pressure equipment: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm

A draft technical report on a common approach to proof testing, prCEN/TR 764-8 “Pressure equipment and assemblies – Part 8: Proof test” has been ...
Valveuser Issue 24

Hot Spot EN ISO 4126-7 FDIS Vote: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm

Result of the parallel Formal / FDIS Vote on FprEN ISO 4126-7 FprEN ISO 4126-7 “Safety devices for protection against excessive pressure - Part 7: ...
Valveuser Issue 25

Hot Spot Parallel Enquiry prEN 4126-6:2013 Bursting Disc safety devices: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm

DRAFT prEN ISO 4126-6:2013 Safety devices for protection against excessive pressure – Part 6: Application, selection and installation of bursting ...
Valveuser Issue 25

Hot Spot 2013 ASME BPVC: By BVAA’s Technical Consultant, Peter Churm

ASME BPVC Code will be moving from a three year cycle to a two year publication cycle. 2013 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code will be ...
Valveuser Issue 25

Hot Spot ISO 15848-1 and ISO 15848-2 DIS Enquiry

The two following draft standards were updated according to the discussions during the last meeting of ISO/TC 153/SC 1/WG 10 in September ...
Valveuser Issue 28

Hot Spot Second Edition of API 6AF3 HPHT Flange Design Published

What is it? API have announced that the second edition of API TR 6AF3 High-pressure High-temperature (HPHT) Flange Design Methodology Recommended ...
Valveuser Issue 92

Hot Spot EU Launch PED and SPVD Call for Evidence

What is it? The European Union has launched a call for evidence requesting that stakeholders in the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) and Simple ...
Valveuser Issue 92

Hot Spot ISO to Publish Latest Editions of ISO 22109 Gearboxes for Valves

What is it? The industrial valve gearbox standard has just completed the final parallel vote stage with ISO and CEN. The second edition of EN ISO ...
Valveuser Issue 103

Hot Spot Task Group Launched to Revise API 6FA Fire Testing of Valves

What is it? API have recently announced that they intend to revise API 6FA Standard for Fire Testing of Valves and they have formed a Task Group for ...
Valveuser Issue 92

Technical Update - ASME and European Material Testing Requirements BVAA Technical Consultant Peter Churm reports...

A CEN Workshop on "EU - US Material Standards" was held on May 15th 2007 to discuss a report on the "Comparison between ASME Specifications and ...
Valveuser Issue 2

Technical Groups visit RAL & ISIS

On 21st May, the combined Valve and Actuator WGs visited the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Didcot, Oxon), at the kind invitation of former BVAA ...
Valveuser Issue 11

Hot Spot EN 16668:2025 Requirements and testing for metallic valves as pressure accessories published

What is it? CEN has published the latest edition of EN 16668:2025 Requirements and testing for metallic valves as pressure accessories. This ...
Valveuser Issue 97

Crane Fluid Handling Presents 2009 Edition of Technical Paper No. 410

...enhanced by its companion website application enabling users to derive application solutions based on their parameters in real time. Crane ...
Valveuser Issue 12

Hot Spot CEN to Create a New Harmonised Standard for Metallic Ball Valves

What is it? CEN/TC69 has confirmed that it will start work to develop a new Metallic Ball Valves product standard. This standard is intended to ...
Valveuser Issue 101