Tag: control valves

The control valve is where the rubber meets the road (or more literally, where the fluid meets the steel). Adequate and timely control valve maintenance is therefore an area where processing facilities can make a big impact on their business because the failure or poor performance of a valve may shutdown operations, affect production output or lead to an unsafe situation.

New England Controls, a leading supplier of process control equipment and solutions with locations throughout New England in the United States, recently announced that it can now deliver both isolation and pressure management valve solutions to its customers.

Emerson Electric Co.’s EMR Process Management unit, all part of Missouri-based Emerson, has entered into a Research Collaboration Agreement with Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to manufacture industrial control valves using 3D printing methods.

Sasol, an international energy and chemical company, has selected Emerson Process Management to help automate its USD $8.9 billion petrochemical complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana, designed to take advantage of abundant, low cost natural gas.

According to a recent report by Transparency Market Research (TMR), a global market intelligence company, providing global business information reports and services, increasing investment in fluid handling technology across oil and gas sector coupled with the growing requirement of industrial process controls across different industry verticals is driving the growth of the control valves market.

Sierra Instruments has launched their new line of premium control valves named SmartVO™. SmartVO control valves offer a robust and field-proven, direct-acting electromagnetic proportional control valve technology to perform over a wide variety of temperature and pressure variations in the gas stream.

ARCA Flow Controls LLC will be exhibiting at the Valve World Americas Expo from Wednesday, July 15 to Thursday, July 16, 2015 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas at booth 115. ARCA Regler Germany opened its subsidiary, ARCA Flow Controls LLC, in Houston, Texas, USA, which is the Oil & Gas hub in America.

Emerson Process Management has introduced the Fisher Z500 line of metal-seated ball valves to its severe service portfolio. Fisher Z500 metal-seated valves are engineered to withstand higher temperatures, pressures, and more erosive conditions than a standard on/off ball valve, providing increased reliability and protection of critical assets in demanding applications.

Compact Compression Inc. has announced its new line of Hydraulic Casing Gas (HCG) compressors. The HCG compressor has a new and novel compression element designed specifically for low-volume solution gas applications.

Arca Vales, which exports products to the United States, has announced its new ECOTROL® DN 700 (28“) valve which will be on display at ACHEMA 2015 from June 15 to 19, 2015.