News

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Check Valves overcome installation hurdles

For some valve manufacturers it’s a struggle to demonstrate proper check valve operation for compressor and pump station applications especially when valves are operated horizontally.

Butterfly valve features unique lug design

Asahi/America, Inc recently expanded its line of valves to include the Type 57IL Isolator Lug butterfly valve. 316 stainless steel lugs are inserted into the valve body during the injection molding process, permanently combining the lugs and valve body into one unit.

Chilean challenges met by AUMA actuators

A robust actuation solution capable of performing at high altitudes has been supplied by AUMA to the Collahuasi copper mine in a mountainous region of northern Chile.

Ultra Miniature Side Exit Check Valve

The Lee Co’s new 093 Lee Chekâ is an ultra miniature, precision, side-exit check valve. This 0.093” diameter check valve is based on the same field-proven technology as the 0.187” diameter side exit Lee Chek.

Cryodisc service safety valve option

GE’s has released its Consolidated 1900 Series universal media cryodisc safety valve option is designed to deflect toward the nozzle to create a tighter seal when exposed to isolated colder spots, and helps reduce leakage of cryogenic fluids

New Parts and Engineering Catalog

Smalley Steel Ring Co., manufacturer and developer of Spirolox® Retaining Rings, Constant Section Rings and Wave Springs, has announced the launch of a new Parts and Engineering Catalog. The new catalog combines previously

Are you ready to blog?

Valve World announces the launch of two new blogs: Partial Stroking and Counterfeit Valves. These forums have been created to facilitate on-going discussions following the Valve World Americas 2011 show.

4200 new gas wells slated for Wyoming

Encana Oil & Gas, Noble Energy Inc and ConocoPhillips are planning to increase the number of gas wells in central Wyoming, and are set to submit a plan to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management within weeks to accomplish the goal. 

Emerson enhances control valve sizing

Emerson Process Management has announced that it has released an updated version of its Fisher® Specification Manager software. Designed for engineers who select and specify control valves, the Fisher Specification Manager software package

Cryogenic plant

Eagle Rock Energy Partners L.P. has announced its intention to install a recently acquired 60MMcf/d cryogenic processing facility in Hemphill County, Texas, in the heart of the prolific Granite Wash play. Eagle Rock expects