Tag: flow control

According to a report published by the McIlvaine Company, N049 Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects, billions of dollars of flow control and treatment equipment will be purchased by the oil, gas and refining industries in the next 12 months.

Festo, a global manufacturer of process control and factory automation solutions, with branches in North and South America, has recently launched the new VPCF flow control valve, designed to deliver short response times, good repetition accuracy, all in a compact design.

AutomationDirect’s NITRA line of pneumatic products now offers G-thread flow control valves and push-to-connect fittings. G-threaded components are made with strong thermoplastic (PBT) or nickel-plated brass bodies and stainless steel tube gripping claws and have a pre-applied O-ring to seal.

M&M International (M&M), a manufacturer of solenoid valves, has been acquired by Rotork Instruments, a manufacturer of products for flow control, pressure control, flow measurement and pressure measurement.

BrassCraft Manufacturing has launched an updated Excess Flow Valve (EFV) that conforms to the new industry standard (ANSI Z21.93/CSA 6.30).

It was announced last week that two new appointments have been made to Metso’s Executive team. The first is that Perttu Louhiluoto has been appointed President, Services and the second is that John Quinlivan has been appointed President, Flow Control.

Fetso has launched a new proportional valve, the VPPX, which has an external sensor input, offers users improved performance and maximum flexibility. The valve is a proportional integral derivative (PID) controller ideal for use in industrial control systems found in process, packaging and water and wastewater applications.

Parker Hannifin Corporation has released its R9 Diaphragm Rocker Isolation Liquid Valve, a family of 9 mm valves that improves performance of Clinical Diagnostic, Analytical Chemistry and Agent Detection systems requiring precision fluid control.

Flowserve Corporation has released its new Flowserve Gestra BK37-5 thermostatic bimetallic steam trap, which offers end-users lower total cost of ownership and energy-saving benefits when compared to thermodynamic (TD) and inverted bucket steam trap technologies.

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.