Tag: safety

All industrial plants face numerous challenges to operate in a safe and profitable way: costs, competition, raw material quality, regular maintenance, and the list goes on. Aging plants have these very same challenges and a whole other burden – some being age-related and some that are variations of the ‘regular’ challenges.

ODE Valve, designer and manufacturer, has expanded its solenoid-valve product portfolio with a new line of CSA-approved explosion-proof valves for hazardous work locations with fire or explosion risks.ODE’s explosion-proof valves meet the standards of Class I, Division 1 and 2, Groups A, B, C, and D, as well as Class II, Division 1 and 2, Groups E, F, and G and Class III, including FM approval.

Valve World Americas interviewed Mr. George Gaskill, Systems Engineer with BioSafe Systems, LLC about his experiences working with valves in the chemical sector.

CSX Corporation, a supplier of rail-based freight transportation in North America, recently recognized 64 customers for their commitment to the safe transportation of hazardous materials with CSX’s annual Chemical Safety Excellence Award.

Requirements for plants in the food and pharmaceutical industry are highly rigorous regarding the cleanability of all wetted parts.

Victaulic, a leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, has launched its new Refuse-to-Fuse™ Series 906 Knife Gate Valve (906 KGV), the industry's first in-line maintenance KGV for HDPE pipe.

US state agencies have recently announced final approval of new regulations to strengthen workplace and environmental safety at oil refineries across California.

SMC Corporation, a global pneumatics manufacturing company with US headquarters in Noblesville, Indiana, has introduced its range of VP544/744-X555/585 dual residual pressure release valves with soft start-up function, designed to meet ISO13849-1 standards for safety.

Metso, a world leading industrial company, with many locations throughout the Americas, will supply 400 Neles® emergency shutdown (ESD) valves for an ethylene cracker as part of the new Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex (LPIC) Project in Sohar, Oman.

Interventek Subsea Engineering, has developed an ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) version of their Revolution safety valve for in-riser landing string systems, the 20K in-riser Revolution valve.