Materials & Manufacturing

Salem, Ohio- based Hunt Valve, a fluid power engineering company specializing in severe-duty valves and components, has published a free infographic designed to help plant and maintenance engineers select industrial valve materials that maximize the performance of their high-pressure hydraulic systems.

After announcing an extra incentive earlier this year for Sherman, Texas, businesses to use local services in their moves or expansions, the Sherman Economic Development Corp.

Camseal zero-leakage forged ball valves manufactured by Conval are now qualified for fire-safe service in ½” through 4” sizes, in both API 607 and 6FA; for all pressure classes 2500 and lower for 607 and 6FA; for low-alloy steel body materials such as A105 and F22, and austenitic body materials such as 316 stainless steel.

Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., with offices in Foothill Ranch, California and Colorado Springs, Colorado, has expanded its line of seal materials to include P78, a high-temperature, high-performance thermoplastic, and P240, a lubricated, fiber-reinforced version of P78.

Valtorc USA has won a multi-million dollar order for a major USA aviation company for 3-way large diameter tee linkage assembly automated butterfly valves.

Along with LESER’s March introduction of its latest construction for API-safety relief valves, the Balanced Piston Design, the company most recently launched the latest optimization for API safety relief valves.

Flowserve Corporation, based in Irving, Texas, recently announced the release of the new forged Equiwedge gate valve design.

Irving, Texas-based Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, recently announced it is now offering a McCANNA TMBV, top-entry, wedge-seated trunnion mounted ball valve for the Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) industry.

Missouri-based Smartflow recently introduced the newest addition to its SWAP Valve offering for injection molding (IM) that employs glass-filled nylon end plates with internal stainless steel disc.

California-based BuTech, a provider of high-pressure valves, fittings and tubing, recently introduced a new line of high-pressure relief valves designed to provide a high degree of safety in high pressure, high temperature environments where safety and reliability are critical.