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Rotork’s actuators used for pipeline

Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for vital failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela. The San Joaquin Pipeline, owned by Venezuela state oil company PDVSA, transports LNG for the international market between the San Joaquin and Jose cryogenic plants.

New HPC40 series pressure calibrator

Crystal Engineering, a unit of AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments, is now offering a new handheld pressure calibrator that delivers deadweight tester accuracy in an onsite instrument. It is designed for process control applications, such as verification or calibration of pressure gauges, transducers, transmitters, pressure switches and safety valves.

New flanged industrial ball valves

Bonomi North America has launched its newest product, the V-ball spilt body ANSI 150 flanged valves that provide precise flow control in demanding applications. These ANSI Class 150 flanged industrial V-port ball valves, designed for precise flow control and easy automation, are available with 30-, 60- or 90-degree V shaped ports for superior flow control characteristics.

Setpoint opening new tech. center

Setpoint Integrated Solutions, an automation solutions provider, will open an interactive, industrial process showroom on April 16, 2015 at its headquarters located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Vac-U-Max’s wafer/butterfly valves

Specially designed to handle dry materials, Vac-U-Max’s new wafer valve features a 316 stainless steel disk that seals against molded food-grade liner. Bulk materials only contact the liner and disk, with the low-profile disk able to rotate 90 degrees for maximum free-flow area.

Flowserve supplying valves to pulp mill

Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that its operation in Brazil has been selected to supply all ball sector control valves, ball valves and butterfly valves for the new Klabin mill (Project Puma) located in the city of Ortigueira, Paraná state, southern Brazil.

New double flap valve seal

Plattco Corporation launches EZ Seat, a way to replace the wear edge on double flap airlock valves to reduce maintenance time and cost and increase valve performance. In several pilot implementations, EZ Seat has delivered benefits in systems conveying cement kiln dust, limestone dust, sandstone dust, fly ash and other abrasive materials.

Rotork Gears’ AWWA bevel gearboxes

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is responsible for setting standards on the design, performance and manufacturing of valves and associated equipment. With over 50,000 members, it is the world’s largest scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water.

Proposed pipeline to have shut-down valves

The company responsible for the largest saltwater pipeline spill in North Dakota’s history answered questions last week about lessons learned as it proposes to build new crude oil pipelines in the state.

New report on global control valve market

Marketsandmarkets, the market research report company, has published a new report analyzing the global control valve market. The report is called “Control Valve Market by Motion (Rotary, Linear), by Component (Valve Body, Actuator and Others), by Application (Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Energy & Power, Water Management, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverages and Others) & by Geography - Global Forecast to 2020.