Materials & Manufacturing

INA plain bearings with ELGOTEX WA are resistant to seawater and have been specially developed for use as rudder and stabilizer bearings in marine applications.

Flowserve Corporation signed a collaborative agreement with Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT) to become the exclusive developer and supplier of diamond coated hard faces for its mechanical seals.When applied to Flowserve base materials, the ultrananocrystalline-structured diamond (UNCD) coating developed by ADT produces an exceptionally hard surface with significantly improved friction and wear characteristics.

CRANE has introduced Duo-Chek® high performance non-slam check valves, which are the original Mission Manufacturing Company wafer check valves introduced to the market in the late 1950's.

The Bifold Group, a world class supplier of the widest range of switching instrument and piping valves and pumps and official partner of the Marussia F1™ Team, has introduced its new valve and manifold configurators. The online drag-and-drop Modular Manifold Configurator can be used to design highly bespoke manifold systems effortlessly.

Phoenix Contact has recently added a new battery to the QUINT UPS-IQ line. The valve regulated lead-acid (VRLA) battery can operate under extreme temperature shifts ranging anywhere from -40°C to 60°C, compared with the 0°C to 40°C range of the original VRLA battery.

On Thursday, 30th May 2013, a select group of Metso management, staff and customers gathered in Waddinxveen, the Netherlands, to celebrate the opening of Metso’s latest service centre.

Nuclear technology firm Invap will construct two research reactors, one in Brazil and one in Argentina, under a contract signed with the two countries.

Exxon Mobil and the workers’ union at the company's Baytown, Texas, refinery reached a tentative agreement over contract language on safety — a dispute that the union said could lead to a strike if not resolved. A spokesperson for the United Steelworkers local at Baytown said Exxon agreed to implement a fatigue management system regulating the number of days in a row an employee could work, and to accept a process safety representative position in the new three-year contract.

The Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) reiterated the inherent safety of pipelines and the numerous special safety requirements that will apply to the Keystone XL pipeline at a public hearing on Thursday.

Sandvik Mining has secured major materials handling contracts in South America and Australia. The combined value of the contracts exceeds SEK 950 million and will be executed and contribute to Sandvik Mining's business during the years 2013 until 2015.