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Valve World Americas Conference: Speakers’ Corner

Located in the heart of the Expo floor, the Speakers’ Corner will host several presenters who will discuss a variety of topics affecting the Valve World today! The Speakers’ Corner will allow Expo visitors and exhibitors the opportunity to participate in the interactive.

Blumetric wins environmental engineering contract

BluMetric Environmental, an Ottawa-based cleantech company, announced that it has been awarded a new contract, exceeding USD 2.6M in the first year of a possible five-year span, to provide environmental engineering services to Vale Canada, a subsidiary of Vale.

Bimba acquires Intek Products

Bimba, an innovator of actuation technology, today announced the acquisition of Intek Products of Warrendale, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999, Intek develops mechanical automation products and solutions for both single-axis and multi-axis coordinated electric motion.

375 pilot operated check valve from Lee

The Lee Company’s new high-pressure 375 Pilot Operated Check valve is the latest addition to Lee’s line of miniature check valves. This valve acts like a normal check valve until pressure is applied to the pilot port, which then allows flow in the direction that would normally be blocked.

Festo’s Linear Actuator

Water, dust, dirt particles and aggressive media often represent considerable challenges for linear actuators in process automation. Many components may not appear to have any immediate impairment of performance, but strengths and weaknesses soon become apparent in long-term operation.

Morgan produces severe service ball valves

After continued research and development in its technical ceramics manufacturing capabilities, Morgan Advanced Materials now has the capability to manufacture balls up to 250 dia. in diameter for severe service valves from its acclaimed Nilcra® Zirconia-based material.

ARCA exhibiting at Valve World Americas Expo

ARCA Flow Controls LLC will be exhibiting at the Valve World Americas Expo from Wednesday, July 15 to Thursday, July 16, 2015 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas at booth 115. ARCA Regler Germany opened its subsidiary, ARCA Flow Controls LLC, in Houston, Texas, USA, which is the Oil & Gas hub in America.

Case study: Rotork CMA control valve actuators

Rotork CMA electric control valve actuators have delivered an efficient and reliable process control solution and eliminated venting and greenhouse gas emissions in compliance with new environmental protection legislation at remotely sited shale gas installations in the USA.

Nordson EFD introduces needle valve series

Nordson EFD, a Nordson company, has just introduced the xQR41 Series MicroDot™ needle valve. The valve features a 60 percent smaller form factor than standard valves, an exchangeable modular design for greater customisation and process control, and a Quick Release (QR) clasp that allows easy removal of the fluid body to replace wetted parts in seconds.

DFT’s innovative axial-flow check valve

DFT Inc., an industry leader in the manufacture of valves for more than 70 years, announces the release of its new BNC™ Check Valve, a nozzle-style, axial-flow check valve specifically designed to excel in high-pressure applications. Many natural gas companies and other power industries are now placing their pipelines below ground and are looking for a one-piece valve they can weld in and bury.