Emerson’s New Emergency Shutdown Discrete Valve Controller Improves Safety, Uptime in Hazardous Applications
TopWorx DX Partial Stroke Test with HART 7 provides detailed valve assembly data and diagnostics, enabling predictive maintenance and reliable operation.
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Emergency Shutoff Valve Automation with Cowan’s E2H-ESD Actuator
By: Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
“We designed this product around the modular concept to allow the customer to have the flexibility to remove the hydraulics and controls in the field with very minimal work since an important reason for failure of electric and electrohydraulic actuators is vibration in the pipe transferred to the process valve,” says Maria Aguirre, director of Business Development.
#actuators #controls #automation
Flowserve DiamondBack Cavitation Solution Control Valves
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
Flowserve’s new DiamondBack trim offers control valve cavitation elimination with a focus on performance, efficiency and versatility.
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Great Lakes Process Controls Joins Recent Allied Valve Acquisitions
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
The four companies have been merged to form Allied Instrumentation.
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NECI's NYNE Mechanical Merges with Emerson Final Control
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
NYNE will be leveraging this merger to expand its Bangor, ME operations and integrate the Emerson Auburn, MA, and both the Albany and Rochester, NY shops to serve more clients locally throughout the region.
#pressure-relief #VMAnews #controls
Control Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards Include Several VMA Members
By: Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
Awards were bestowed to Bray International, Neles, Flowserve, Emerson and Baker Hughes across the magazine’s Final Control Elements category.
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Curtiss-Wright releases new motor and actuator with integral controls
Edited by Chris Pasion
The SAL080 linear actuator is reportedly capable of continuous force ratings up to 2330 lb-ft (linear) and the SA-R080 is capable of torque up to 24.7 lb-in. (rotary).
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ValvTechnologies welcomes Quality Controls Inc. as a distributor
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
ValvTechnologies has picked Quality Controls Inc. (QCI) as a new distributor.
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NECI announces merger with Northeast Controls
New England Controls Inc. and Northeast Controls Inc. announced an agreement to merge their two companies. Both are Emerson Impact Partners serving customers in New England and upstate New York.
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The Final Control Element: Controlling Energy Transformation
When selecting control valves, be sure to properly evaluate the process conditions to identify potential issues and select the proper management techniques.
#controls #knowyourvalves
Eastern Controls and DeZURIK Announce New Partnership
Eastern Controls Inc. (ECI) has officially announced its partnership with Minnesota-based DeZURIK Inc. as the exclusive Industrial representative for the Northern New Jersey and Metro New York industrial markets.
#VMAnews #controls
Nuclear: A Partner in the Quest for Clean and Sustainable Energy
The nation’s nuclear energy industry has deep roots that have always been focused on reliability and safety.
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VMA Welcomes CGIS as a New Distributor/Channel Partner (Associate) Member
CGIS is a global supplier of high-performance valves, controls and automation.
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The Actuators That Drive Subsea Operations
Subsea development includes different types of activities such as exploration, drilling, completion and production.Subsea manifolds are the arrangement of piping, valves, connections, structures and the foundation used in the subsea production system to receive, combine and distribute the hydrocarbon fluid
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Recommended Practices (RP) Changing Engineering and Supplying of Assemblies
The issue is that assemblies are not currently treated as “engineered” items — they are often produced by slapping the actuator on the old (or new) valve specified by the piping requirements without much understanding of the specifics of the interactions between valve and actuator connections through the drive train (coupling).
#actuators #controls
Automating Old Sluice Gates with Electric Actuators
Since the early days of water and wastewater treatment plants in the U.S., municipalities and industries have continued to expand and upgrade existing plants and distribution infrastructure as well as build new facilities.
#water-wastewater #controls #actuators
Online Control Valve Diagnostics in Today’s Cybersecurity World
The topic of cybersecurity usually brings to mind data breaches that impact financial or private information, stolen intellectual property or disruption of major events such as political elections.
#iiot #controls
Traceability
Traceability and testing of digital positioners (including the valve) is a key to process control accuracy, reliability and safety.
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Solenoid Valves: Direct Acting vs. Pilot-Operated
While presenting in a recent VMA Valve Basics 101 Course in Houston, I found myself in a familiar role: explaining solenoid valves (SOVs) to attendees. (I work with solenoids so much that one VMA member at that conference joked that I needed to be wearing an I Heart Solenoids t-shirt). During the hands-on “petting zoo” portion of the program, which involves smaller groups of attendees, one of the most frequently asked questions I get from people came up: What’s the difference between direct-acting and pilot-operated SOVs, and how do we make a choice?
#basics #solenoids #automation
Essentials of Cybersecurity for Process Controls
Cybersecurity is one of the major risks facing the valve industry, and it is not a problem that can merely be solved by other parties besides the intended victim.
#iiot #basics #controls