AUMA Selects Vandevanter as New Rep
New AUMA rep for eastern MO and southern IL
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ITT Expands Compact Actuation Portfolio with Acquisition of Clippard Cylinder Product Line
ITT Inc. announced in August 2022 the acquisition of Clippard Instrument Laboratories' product lines of durable, low maintenance and cost competitive interchangeable pneumatic cylinders.
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Saunders Polymer Pneumatic Actuator Helps Reduce Energy Cost
Crane now offers an improved version of its Saunders P345 Polymer Pneumatic Actuator, designed to reduce operating pressure requirements to 4.5 bar, which in turn, can reduce your carbon footprint and energy cost by 11%. The lightweight piston-type pneumatic actuator has been developed to deliver sustainable performance for sterile biopharm applications.
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Understanding Torque for Quarter-Turn Valves
Valve manufacturers publish torques for their products so that actuation and mounting hardware can be properly selected.
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Neles Q-Disc Helps Improve Process Performance in Control Valve Applications
Valmet expands its versatile butterfly valve product range. The Neles Q-Disc joins Valmet’s lineup of the modular Neles Neldisc and the Jamesbury Wafer-Sphere butterfly valve platform.
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The Diverse Role Valves Play in the Chemical Industry
By: Dhanesh Bhaskaran
The chemical industry is extremely diverse with more than 60,000 known products. Like all process industries, the chemical industry needs valves designed for safe, efficient and reliable process 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.
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CASE STUDY: ValvTechnologies’ Purge Design Saves More Than Half a Million Dollars
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
Coker inlet feed valves at a bitumen upgrader in Canada’s Oil Sands were experiencing run-time and reliability issues due to coking up. The severe internal damage to the valve body and actuation reduced the plant’s efficiency and significantly affect daily operation output and performance for the client.
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New Smart Valve Positioner Helps Increase Productivity, Reduce Maintenance
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
Utilizing hall-effect sensors, the TopWorx PD Series detects valve position via contactless sensing — minimizing wear and reducing the risk of costly downtime.
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CASE STUDY: Predictive Maintenance with Retrofitted Electraulic Actuation
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
Electraulic Actuation is a brand of electro-hydraulic actuation unique to REXA. It combines the simplicity of electric operation, the power of hydraulics, the reliability of solid state electronics, and the flexibility of user-configured control.
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ITT Acquires Habonim, a Leading Provider of Industrial Valves and Actuators
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
ITT Inc. announced on April 4, 2022, that it has acquired privately held Habonim for $140 million in an all-cash transaction.
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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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Actuator Issues? Use This Checklist!
While there may be 40 reasons valve actuators may stop working, there really is only a handful of components that can cause the problems. So, if you have an actuator on the fritz, here are the five things you need to check.
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CASE STUDY: Zero Emission ESD Valve Actuator System for API Midstream Pipeline Distribution Networks
Emergency shutdown valves are specifically designed to shut the process, often carrying hazardous media, in the case of an undesirable event.
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Lightening the load of multi-material manufacturing with 3D printing
Edited by Margo Ellis, Former Editor, Valve Magazine
The rise of 3D printing transformed the manufacturing industry, enabling manufacturers to quickly and precisely create specialized parts for any application.
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Standards for Actuator/Gearbox Flanges
“Many variations in valve and actuator dimensions and characteristics have come into play especially now that we have worldwide vendors,” said Paul Souza, training manager at AUMA Actuators in a presentation at the Valve Manufacturers Association Virtual Valve Forum in November 2020.
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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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New Requirements for Actuator Sizing
After decades of confusion, the American Water Works Association has created new standards for actuator sizing that clear up some of the confusion and also provide guidance on where safety factors need to be applied.
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Controlling Our Water Systems, Part I
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from Cylinder and Vane Actuators and Control—Design and Installation, published by the American Water Works Association in 2015.
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