Innovations and solutions

Pennsylvania-based Red Valve has recently renewed its ISO certification by successfully passing the audit process performed by an outside auditor. Red Valve originally received its ISO 9001:2008 certification in February 2012, which was up for renewal this year.

Metallized Carbon Corporation (Metcar) has designed a range of bearings designed for louver dampers in boiler applications for instance, in coal- or refuse-fired power plants. The Metcar bearings are suitable for boiler damper blade shaft bearing applications because of their ability to cope with extremely high temperatures.

Currently, Phillips 66 is preparing to replace a pipe near Billings and bury it deeper below the Yellowstone River. The company has improved 60 of its pipeline river crossings in recent years and has 40 more to go.

Pentair Valves & Controls, with branches in North and South America, has launched its new Anderson Greenwood 4000 Series of pressure and vacuum relief valves, compliant with the latest API 2000 standard.

The manufacturer of high quality chemical feed equipment for pumps and systems, Griffco Valve, has earned certification for CE under the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 97/23/EC Category IV, Modules B and D, for its design and manufacture of back pressure valves and pressure relief/safety valves.

The new E3V-C valve from Carel completes the company’s broad range of offerings for transcritical carbon-dioxide applications, introducing a whole new concept in refrigerant flow design. The E3V-C is made from a complete stainless steel construction, and a very unique demountable architecture for the transcritical CO2 valve market.

The Garlock family of companies has reintroduced the Garlock butterfly valve line, a group of flow control products specifically designed for a wide range of extreme, sterile and chemical transportation and storage conditions.

Nederman CARZ valves have been improved with the addition of the CARZ safety switch, which meets the requirements of NFPA 69-2014 Paragraph 12.2.3.4.4. This switch must be wired appropriately to immediately stop the process on activation.

Blackmer, a specialist in positive displacement and centrifugal pump, andreciprocating compressor technologies, announced the integration of Ebsray products into its stable of Autogas-equipment solutions for use in the North and South American Autogas/LPG markets.

42 Technology (42T) has been working with Linde Gases, a division of the global company The Linde Group, to help develop an innovative new valve for industrial gas cylinders that will be useful worldwide.