Emerson's Fisher V280 Control Valve Awarded 2021 Breakthrough Product Honor from Processing Magazine

Processing magazine announced the winners of its 2021 Breakthrough Products Awards. These awards celebrate major innovations as well as incremental improvements in technology that increase efficiency, productivity and safety. Among the award winners is VMA member Emerson with its Fisher V280 full-bore trunnion-mounted ball control valve for severe and specialty pressure, flow and process control applications.

Introduced in fall 2020, the valve provides excellent dynamic process control by utilizing a robust drive train unique to the market that is designed to guide the shaft and properly absorb energy. Available attenuators for liquid and gas process fluids offer an effective solution for combatting the negative consequences of cavitation, such as vibration, erosion and noise.

The body connections of the V280 valve have been reengineered to significantly simplify the design and reduce the number of parts, while utilizing the same construction for the inlet and outlet. Typical applications include midstream oil and gas, particularly compressor anti-surge service.

The V280 is a fully rated ANSI class 900 valve, available in 6-, 8-, 10-, 12- and 16-in. sizes. The valve comes standard as a single-seal construction but is available with optional dual-seal construction, allowing bi-directional flow and double block-and-bleed operation.