NEWS

Manufacturing

Distributors and Channel Partners: Completing the Valve Family Circle

After preliminary approval by the VMA Board in January 2013, the full membership of the Valve Manufacturers Association has overwhelmingly approved a change in the VMA Constitution to expand the associate member category to include distributors and channel partners serving the industrial valve, actuator and control industry.
#VMAnews #actuators

Technical

Kingston Valves Announces New Safety Relief Valve

Storm Manufacturing Group, maker of Kingston Valves, announces the release of their new safety valve series: the Kingston Model 710.
#pressure-relief

Technical

Clean Service Relief Valves from Rupture Pin Technology

The clean service pressure relief valve from Rupture Pin Technology (RPT) uses a precise pin as the sensor and actuator.
#pressure-relief #actuators #automation

Manufacturing

Matrix Metals Announces Capability Integration of Indian Boiler Regulations

Keokuk Steel Castings and Acerlan Foundry (subsidiaries of Matrix Metals) announce the capability integration of IBR (Indian Boiler Regulations) Certification.
#standards

Technical

Spirax Sarco Introduces CS10 Clean Steam Separator with Enhanced Surface Finish

Spirax Sarco has released the CS10 Clean Steam Separator with an enhanced surface finish as standard.
#pressure-relief #standards

Manufacturing

Emerson Expands the Smart Machinery Health Portfolio

Emerson Process Management’s Smart Machinery Health portfolio now provides an integrated protection and prediction solution for critical reciprocating compressors.
#iiot #automation #standards

Insights

VMA Leadership Forum: Fugitive Emissions, API Standards and More

Each year the Valve Manufacturers Association hosts a meeting specifically for member companies’ top executives.
#VMAnews #standards

Technical

Rotork SVM Delivers Networked Solution for Increased Partial Stroke Test Functionality

The Rotork SVM (Smart Valve Monitoring) system has been selected to provide a networked solution for digital valve monitoring and partial stroke testing on a large scale oilfield installation in the Middle East.
#controls #automation #iiot

Insights

VMA Looks Back at 2012 and Forward to 2013

Contrary to dire predictions, the end of the Mayan calendar signaled only the end of one cycle and the beginning of another, while the end of 2012 signaled the end of another banner year for the Valve Manufacturers Association and the beginning of an exciting 2013.
#VMAnews #valvehistory

Technical

Saunders® I-VUE Smart Valve Sensor from CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions is pleased to announce the launch of its new Saunders® I-VUE Smart Valve Sensor.
#controls #iiot #automation