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Articles published in Issue 35
149 Year Old Company Continues 5 Year Winning Streak!: Heap & Partners has just won its fifth award in as many years.
The company’s winning streak started in 2011 when it was made national champion by the Green Apple (green working environment) awards beating ...
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50 Year Durability From Duvalco
Choosing the correct valve for the service is key to ensuring the longest possible service life. At Duvalco we pride ourselves on the quality of our ...
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A New Book On Valve Actuators - by Chris Warnett: An up to date and comprehensive introduction to the design, selection, sizing, and application of today’s valve and damper actuators.
This new book is intended as a guide for automated valve end users, engineers and valve industry professionals that need to understand valve ...
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Adding Value To The Motor Operated Valve (MOV): In common with many industries, the valve control market faces increasing pressure from commoditisation of its products.
In a series of four Masterclass articles published in the next four issues of Valve User we look at how AUMA Actuators Ltd has addressed the ...
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Aquabrake® Surpasses The Traditional Limits Of Air Valves
Developing a product range to meet the standards of new technology is something that is inherently important for T-T Flow®, a valve manufacturer ...
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AUMA Completes Major Actuator Refurb In Record Time: AUMA UK has completed a major actuator refurbishment programme at Thames Water’s Ashford Common advanced water treatment works.
The upgrade project involved switching out 160 existing electric actuators, refurbishing 130 devices and installing 30 new units over a nine week ...
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BiS Valves Globally Qualified Supplier To FMC Technologies
FMC is a leading provider of technologies and services to the oil and gas industry and is the global market leader in subsea systems.
It ...
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British Water Board Approves AUMA UK: Membership approval from the board of British Water has been awarded to AUMA Actuators Ltd.
Criteria used by British Water to assess AUMA included the company’s status and ability to enhance the standing of the British water industry in both ...
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BVAA And Members At Offshore Europe: BVAA Took Its Usual Stand At Offshore Europe 2015 (OE15), Which Was Held At The AECC, Aberdeen Last Week.
The show, long established as one of the most popular exhibitions within the Oil and Gas industry was anticipated with interest by many, not least to ...
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BVAA Technical Expert Group (TEG) On Sils Gets Underway: Members of the BVAA Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Safety Integrity Levels (SILs) met for the group’s inaugural meeting on 8th October 2015 in Banbur
We had six attendees from a variety of valve and actuator manufacturers. Due to the excellent contributions from all participants, we made rapid ...
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BVAA’s Mad Hatters: How far can you go wearing a BVAA Hat?
Competition 1
Here’s Terry Little of Kinetrol using his BVAA hat to keep the sun out of his eyes. Can you tell where Terry is? The first* correct ...
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Crane Celebrates 160 Years Of Innovation
Commemorating a heritage of leadership and innovation, Crane ChemPharma & Energy celebrated the 160-year anniversary of Crane Co. during the Valve ...
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Drop The Dodgy Suppliers!
There can be few in the industry not aware of the dire straits in which the oil and gas industry finds itself and most especially on the UK ...
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Electro-hydraulic actuators deliver improved safety at India’s tank farms
Following an accidental fire at the IOCL Jaipur Terminal, an extensive review of safety measures recommended by the MB Lal Committee has resulted in ...
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GATE VALVES – CAST IRON - UPDATED STANDARD ISSUED BS EN1171:2015
What is it?: BS EN 1171 is the standard for Gate Valves made in all types of Cast Iron for general purpose applications.
Why is it important?: In ...
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HSP Win Scottish Golf Day
We are beginning to notice some trends following BVAA’s Fourth Annual Scottish Customer Golf Day, which was held at Inverurie Golf Club, ...
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Improve Efficiency, Reduce Costs, Stop Over-Engineering
After exhibiting at Offshore Europe, Pressure Tech picked up on the industry feeling that there is need for dynamic change, with particular regards ...
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Kent Introl Bids a Final Farewell to its Founder, Ed Singleton: Leading British valve engineer and founder of KOSO Kent Introl, Edward Singleton has died aged 90, after a short illness.
The news comes relatively soon after Ed announced his total retirement earlier in 2015 from the firm he had founded back in 1967, and which he had ...
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Metals Expertise: W H Tildesley Strengthens Its Team
UK drop forging company W H Tildesley Ltd has moved to extend its metallurgical expertise by forming a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with ...
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New Facility Will Provide Local Service For Energy Sector
World-leading supplier of critical flow control solutions, IMI Critical Engineering, has celebrated the opening of its new IMI CCI service centre in ...
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