Industrial automation engineering scholarships awa
ASCO Numatics recently announced the recipients of the 2011 ASCO Numatics Industrial Automation Engineering Scholarships. John R. Frazier of Louisville, Kentucky, and Collin P. Veele of Grand Haven, Michigan, will each receive a $5000 scholarship.
New Canadian refinery on tap
Fluor Corp has been awarded a contract by North West Redwater Partnership to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new refinery project in Alberta, Canada.
ASCO introduces SS pilot valves for offshore
ASCO Numatics recently introduced the 361 series of stainless steel pilot valves featuring a unique design that eliminates “sticking” problems in low cycle demand applications. These problems can occur in control valves installed in the pneumatic logic panels used to control safety monitoring systems in offshore oil and gas production facilities.
Bray and Shell sign global agreement
Shell and Bray executive teams have signed a five-year global Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) that identifies Bray International as a supplier of more than 2500 line items of Bray (resilient and Teflon® seated), McCannaLok (high performance/double offset) and Tri Lok (triple offset) butterfly products and related services.
New back pressure valves introduced
Primary Fluid Systems Inc has introduced a new line of diaphragm style back pressure valves and pressure relief valves. The features of the new Top Valve line include a completely adjustable pressure range of 15-150 psig and a built-in air release to reduce priming difficulties with metering pumps.