Flowserve UK Valve Plant Awarded ‘N’ Stamp Approval

Flowserve, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that its UK ball valve manufacturing operation has been awarded ASME III ‘N’ stamp approval.

The certification covers all ASME III valve classifications for the nuclear power industry including Class 1, which allows Flowserve Flow Control UK through its manufacturing facility in Burgess Hill, West Sussex to supply Worcester Controls ball valves to the most critical service applications on the nuclear island. Section III of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is built around quality standards that enhance safety throughout a nuclear site and is the most widely used nuclear pressure vessel code around the world.

Flowserve Flow Control UK is the only UK manufacturer of ball valves to be awarded the ASME III ‘N’ stamp. It has also been approved as a Material Organization for the supply of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.

Flowserve Corporation also has nuclear-accredited facilities in North America which manufacture highspecification critical-application valves, including gate, globe and check valves used to control the primary and secondary loops in the nuclear power plant, main steamisolation valves (MSIVs), main feed water isolation valves (MFIVs) and motor-operated valves.

‘The significance of these approvals for Flowserve,’ commented Jeff Drees, President, Flowserve Flow Control Operations, ‘lies in the nuclear resurgence taking place in the UK and many industrialized nations around the globe. For example, the UK government announced in 2013 its policy to proceed with a nuclear ‘new build’ program, comprised of 11 new reactors proposed over the next 15 years. Having this level of certification will give us the opportunity to bid for some of this business.’

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Published: 13th May 2014