Tag: maintenance
Valve in Crane Lake being cleaned
A recent draw down of Crane Lake in Iron County, Missouri will allow USA staff to perform studies on the lake’s dam and containment structures. As well, a valve located at the bottom of the dam is also stuck and the draw down will allow for staff to repair this problem.
Pentair expands Vanessa product line
Pentair Valves & Controls expanded its leading Vanessa Triple Offset Valves (TOVs) product line with the launch of the Series 30-RS. The new manual triple offset valve is uniquely designed to address the need for zero leakage isolation in non-critical applications in the oil and gas and process industries.
Flowserve & United Valve’s strategic agreement
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced its new strategic agreement with United Valve of Houston, Texas, providing factory-authorized repair and service on Edward valves.
130 valves tested during plant shutdown
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has announced that its Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, was shut down at 12 am on Monday, March 9th for scheduled refueling, maintenance and a transformer replacement that is expected to enhance reliability.
‘App’ for valve maintenance guidance
A first-of-a-kind table application aggregates information for air-operated valve maintenance from various Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) guidance reports in an interactive, user-friendly tool that can be accessed via tablets and other mobile devices.