Innovations and solutions

Bosch Rexroth, a specialist in drive and control technologies, has expanded its GoTo Focused Delivery program again, it was originally launched in 2009. They have added more than 200 products, including valves, and updated the GOTO Products app for all North American customers.

ITT Corporation recently showcased its engineered valve technologies and solutions at Interphex, which was held April 21-23rd in New York City. The company’s offerings range from market-leading industrial knife-gate valves to innovative hygienic diaphragm valves.

Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, has announced that its gas cylinder valve, EVOS™ Ci, has won the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. Product entries are assessed on a number of criteria including degree of innovation, functionality, build quality, ergonomics, durability, ease-of-use, ecological compatibility, integration capabilities and degree of emotional connection to the product.

The US Department of Interior has proposed new rules for the design and operation of well control equipment offshore. The department has stated that these proposed new rules would incorporate the latest industry standards that establish minimum baseline requirements for the design, manufacture, repair and maintenance of blowout preventors (BOPs); require more controls over the maintenance and repair of BOPs; require that shear rams be designed to include a technology that allows the drill pipe to be centered during shearing operations; require more rigorous third-party certification of the shearing capability of BOPs; request comments on a potential long-term requirement that a technology be installed to allow all equipment in the hole to be severed; expand accumulator capacity for increased functionality; require real-time monitoring capability for deepwater and high-pressure/high-temperature drilling activities; establish criteria for the testing of subsea well containment equipment in the regulations; increase the reporting of failure data of BOP to OEMs by operators and drilling contractors; adopt criteria for safe drilling margins consistent with Department of Justice and Office of the Inspector General recommendations arising out of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy; require the use of accepted engineering principles and establishes general performance criteria for drilling and completion equipment; establish additional requirements for using ROVs to assist in closing the BOP stack; establish additional guidelines for cementing and the use of centralizers; make the testing frequency of BOPs used on workover operations the same as drilling operations; and, request comments on changing the test frequency for both workover and drilling BOPs from 14 days to 21 days.

The market Research Store has published its new report on the global valve industry called, Valve Markets in the World to 2019-Market Size, Development and Forecasts. The report includes historic market data from 2008 to 2014 and even a forecast until 2019.

Lee products has launched its newest product a miniature medical grade stainless steel cartridge style corrosive resistant check valve specifically designed for installation into plastics with sufficient elongation like nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene, acetal and PEEK.

The Systems Division of Wilson Company (Wilson Systems) has launched IntelliTest®, the first fully-automated hydrostatic pressure non-destructive tester, for testing and recertification of critical iron parts for oil and gas fracking applications.

Elkhart Brass solved a valve design flaw with the introduction of the new No-Leak 4.0” Valve. The previous industry design was susceptible to seal damage, which caused leakage. This led to pressure test failures at OEM builders and possible leaks after vehicle delivery to end-users.

Saint-Gobain, the provider of critical connections solutions along with pumps, valves and manifolds, has been awarded the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year- Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the fifth consecutive year.

RnRMarketResearch.com has just published its new report called Global Pressure Relief Valves Market 2014-2018. The report analyzes four product segments including spring-loaded pressure relief valves, pilot-operated pressure relief valves, dead-weight pressure relief valves segment and standalone rupture disc.