Actuation

The company that produces components for the regulation and interception of fluids and gases, Bonomi, has introduced its New Valbia® Series 86 quarter-turn electric actuator which features a powder-coated aluminum body, steel and techno-polymer gears, hardened steel pinions and self-lubricating bushings for long, reliable service in heavy industrial settings.

Moog Inc. Space and Defense Group supplied materials, including valves, to the Boeing-built GPS IIF-9 satellite which was atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Medium + 4,2 rocket. GPS IIF-9 is the ninth of twelve planned Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF satellites to support the space-based, worldwide navigation system.

A private equity firm that began a strategy three years ago to buy small aerospace component firms has bought a second Connecticut factory. The manufacturing conglomerate, the Loar Group, has purchased Gar Kenyon, a 60-year-old aerospace valve business located in Naugatuck, Connecticut.

Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for vital failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela. The San Joaquin Pipeline, owned by Venezuela state oil company PDVSA, transports LNG for the international market between the San Joaquin and Jose cryogenic plants.

Bonomi North America has launched its newest product, the V-ball spilt body ANSI 150 flanged valves that provide precise flow control in demanding applications. These ANSI Class 150 flanged industrial V-port ball valves, designed for precise flow control and easy automation, are available with 30-, 60- or 90-degree V shaped ports for superior flow control characteristics.

Specially designed to handle dry materials, Vac-U-Max’s new wafer valve features a 316 stainless steel disk that seals against molded food-grade liner. Bulk materials only contact the liner and disk, with the low-profile disk able to rotate 90 degrees for maximum free-flow area.

Marketsandmarkets, the market research report company, has published a new report analyzing the global control valve market. The report is called “Control Valve Market by Motion (Rotary, Linear), by Component (Valve Body, Actuator and Others), by Application (Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Energy & Power, Water Management, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverages and Others) & by Geography - Global Forecast to 2020.

The global provider of flow control solutions for challenging applications, Rodney Hunt, has just marked its 175th year in operation. Since 1840, the company has equipped utilities with everything from cast and fabricated gates to custom valves and actuation systems.

The Market Research Store has released a new report entitled Global Hydraulic Valve Actuators Market 2015-2019. The new publication predicts that the market will grow at a CAGR of 4.85 percent during the period 2015 to 2019.

Setpoint Integrated Solutions, the provider of a full spectrum of process automation, valve, instrumentation, actuation and filtration solutions, has launched its newly redesigned website located at www.