TECHNICAL

Technical

CONVAL: Clampseal Urea Service Valves

Conval, a global leader in high-performance valves, now offers Clampseal Urea Service Valves for high-pressure piping of urea reactors, strippers and condensers.
#pressure-relief #maintenance-repair

Technical

CAPLUGS: Introduces OE Series of Pipe End Protectors

Caplugs introduces the OE Series, a new line of tear-tab pipe end protectors.
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Technical

FLOWSERVE Multi-Z Valves Now Available in New Cast Globe Body

Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced the availability of Flowserve Multi-Z anti-cavitation control valves in a new cast globe body.
#gate-globe-check

Design

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions Debuts Krombach MSBV Video Surrounding Product Launch

CRANE ChemPharma Flow SolutionsTM, a leading provider of highly engineered products for fluid handling applications worldwide, recently announced the online debut of its overview video for the Krombach Metal Seated Ball Valve (MSBV). Featuring a detailed parts and assembly animation, this video, which can be found on the company's website, highlights the essential design features that give Krombach's MSBV its special leak-protection capabilities.
#ball-butterfly-plug #materials

Technical

CAPLUGS Offers FPC Series Pipe End Protectors

Caplugs' line of fabricated pipe caps in the FPC Series offers the same protection, economical pricing and quality of other pipe caps, yet these caps can be manufactured to fit any shape and size needed in just a week.  
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Technical

Cast or Forged?

Q: Should I be concerned whether my valve is cast or forged?  
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Technical

Rationalizing Valve Specifying Through Modern Data Methods

One of the presentations at the Aramco Services Company Technical Exchange Meeting in Houston in early May was entitled “Improving the Value Chain for Valves through Standardization of Metadata.” In it the presenters—Sharon Bickford, project manager at FIATECH; Ken Hamilton, project manager at PIP; Rick Hoenerhoff, associate director at PIP; and John Fish, who works in the area of customer relationships & quality assurance for Ford, Bacon, and Davis, LLC —pointed out that the process for managing valves on a project has not changed in 40 years.  
#standards

Technical

EMERSON: New Line Sizes for Fisher Control-Disk Valve

Emerson Process Management announces extended line sizes for the Fisher® Control-Disk™ valve, which is now available in sizes NPS 14 through 24 and ASME Class 150 & 300.
#controls #standards

Technical

FLOWSERVE: Digital Positioner Features Predictive Diagnostics

Flowserve Corporation has released the Flowserve Logix 3400MD, the newest member of the Logix series digital positioner family.
#actuators

Technical

When Accessories Become Necessities

Specification sheets for selecting automated valves list requirements for the valve and actuator but often lump all other devices together as related instrumentation or accessories.
#actuators #components #controls