Materials & Manufacturing

Flomatic Corporation of Glen Falls, New York, recently introduced new sizes to their Model 816 Ward Check valves and Model 16 Ward Strainer line-up.

NASA has begun funding a start-up that is looking to begin producing the first functioning zero gravity 3-D printers. While the company “Made in Space” already has a prototype at the International Space Station (ISS), a new model is expected to launch to the ISS on March 23, 2016.

Kelso Technologies Inc., a North American railway equipment supplier specializing in hazardous material handling, recently announced that the company has completed development of its new rail tank car bottom outlet valve (BOV).

Cashco, Inc., headquartered in Ellsworth, Kansas, recently introduced a new industrial Model BR back pressure regulator for use with a wide range of gases and liquids. With the appropriate options, applications include upstream over-pressure regulation of cryogenic liquids, sour gas, industrial gases and chemicals, as well as the common industrial fluids — water, oil, steam and compressed air.

Experts in valve automation solutions, with global headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, Emerson Process Management now has an IEC 61508:2010, Safety Integration Level (SIL) certification, Level 1, for its CSI 6500 Machinery Health Monitor.

Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE), a manufacturers of molded elastomer valve seals with American operations in San Jose, California, and Houston, Texas, recently announced that its EnDura® A90H and Perlast® G92E elastomers are the latest materials to pass approval to meet a major industry specification, TOTAL General Specification (GS) PVV 142.

FCT Combustion, with operations in Australia and the USA, recently announced that HORMICRETO, Cuenca, Ecuador, has placed an order for two calciner burners and a hot gas generator for its swing mill application, for their alternative liquid fuels firing, with a thermal capacity of 5.

Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. (Matrix), with expertise in industrial valves, pipes and fittings, among other disciplines, recently announced the successful sale of CMA Supply Co., Inc. (CMA Supply) to Carter-Waters, LLC, a Kansas City, Missouri-based portfolio company of Merit Capital Partners and Aiglon Capital Management, LLC.

Pipetech has introduced a new and innovative Tool for Pressurized Systems (TPS), which incorporates a pressure retaining device and emergency valve for additional performance. The function of the TPS, which works in conjunction with Pipetech’s Aqua Milling system, is to remove all scale and contaminates from a range of pipework, in a pressurised environment.

Saint-Gobain Seals, with operations in North and South America, has installed a new automation machine at their Willich, Germany site, which forms and assembles OmniSeal® spring-energized seals. The automation machine manufactures spring-energized seal designs ranging from radial seals (rod seals and piston seals) to Spring II seals that are composed of Saint-Gobain Seals’ proprietary Fluoroloy® materials.