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Garlock’s new butterfly valve line

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.

Rotork’s versatile CMA actuators

Designed for quarter-turn, rotary or linear operation, robust Rotork CMA actuators perform numerous process control valve, metering pump and damper applications demanding precise position control and continuous modulation.

Imperial building new oil sands research centre

Imperial Oil announced plans to build a new research facility in southeast Calgary. The new research centre will continue Imperial’s progress in developing next-generation resource recovery technologies for safely and efficiently developing oil sands resources.

Innovative wafer check valve

Asahi/America has expanded its product offering to include a 3" PVC wafer check valve. Its body, disc and stopper assembly are machined from solid PVC plate stock, which conforms to ASTM D1784 Cell Classification 12454A.

Magellan & Plain to build pipeline

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. announced Friday that they have formed Saddlehorn Pipeline Company, a 50/50 limited liability company, to construct, own and operate the Saddlehorn pipeline, an approximately 550-mile pipeline that will transport various grades of crude oil from the DJ Basin, and potentially the broader Rocky Mountain area resource plays, to storage facilities in Cushing, OK owned by Magellan and Plains.

HAM-LET introduces ultra fast diaphragm valve

HAM-LET, a manufacturer of instrumentation valves and fittings for industrial and high purity fluid and gas delivery systems has launched its Ultra Fast (UF series) Diaphragm Valve for Atomic Layer Deposition.

New approach for lift plug valves

AUMA has developed new actuation solutions for a range of specialized oil and gas applications, including a new approach for lift plug valves. These shut-off valves are widely adopted in high-temperature, high-pressure applications and for the conduction of media containing solids.

Red Valve’s flow control valve

The Series 5400 Control Pinch Valve offered by Red Valve is a good fit for controlling influent to a wastewater treatment plant. The full-port opening allows raw sewage and debris such as twigs, rags and plastic bottles to easily pass without clogging.

CARZ valve now has safety switch

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.

Collins acquires power house supply

Collins Pipe & Supply Co., industrial distributors of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF), and engineered specialties serving the Northeast, announced that they have successfully finalized an agreement for the acquisition of the assets and staff of Power House Supply.