Tag: automatic control valves
Featured Story – Diagnosis & Remedy: Automatic Control Valves
Automatic control valves are often viewed as simple pieces of equipment – they open, close, or modulate to control water pressure, flow, level, or pumps. Automatic control valves are found all over the world in varying areas such as irrigation, fire protection, aviation, building trades, and waterworks distribution systems to name a few.
Featured Story – Innovations in Control Valves
Shortly after the inception of the Yeary Controls SharktoothTM technology, Zwick Valves and Yeary & Associates, Inc. (Y&A), launched a co-operation that has since resulted in the production of hundreds of rotary style Zwick/SharktoothTM control valve packages. By combining the technology with the Triple Eccentric Butterfly Valves (TOV’s), the two companies created what is now a field-proven line of 2” to 54” in 150 thru 900 ANSI Pressure Class automated and manually actuated control valves.
10 questions to ask before buying a control valve
Automatic control valves, much like everything else we purchase these days, are not all created equal. Some fall into the high-quality bracket with pricing to match, while others hover closer to the lower quality and price sensitive end of the scale.
Cla-Val opens R&D lab
Costa Mesa, California based Cla-Val has opened the doors of a new valve research and development lab. The manufacturer of automatic control valves has dedicated the lab to developing new products to more efficiently operate of waterworks distribution systems, fire protection capabilities in offshore, marine and commercial applications and to improve the function and safety of aviation ground fueling operations.