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2015 AGM – Another Belter!

November 27th saw the Annual gather of members and their partners for the 76th BVAA Annual General Meeting incorporating - of course - the Annual ...
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A New, Compact, Heavy Duty Multi-turn Actuator You’ll Want to Phone Home About!

Zoedale Ltd is the sole UK distributor for Bernard Controls Electric Actuators who have recently launched their new ET range in response to customer ...
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Activities Report

BVAA AGM A lively and well-attended 2015 AGM at Crewe Hall saw a continuation of the miniconference theme, with four speakers on topics as diverse ...
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Actuator Working Group

Here at BVAA we’ve been quite busy preparing for revisions of some of our most important standards. As ever we do this by meeting regularly in ...
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Adding Value to the Motor Operated Valve: Part 2

The valve control market faces increasing pressure from commoditisation of its products. Here’s how to avoid a race to the bottom. In the second ...
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Allvalves Become an SMC Systems Integrator to Provide Complete Valve Actuation Packages

Following an exploratory meeting at the Allvalves BVAA sponsored stand at Valve World in 2014 and a year of behind the scenes discussions, a ...
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AllValves Gains Extension of Exclusivity on Sun Yeh Electric Actuators

Following a very successful initial 2 year period, Allvalves Online have secured a two year exclusivity extension with the global electric actuator ...
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AUMA Extends SIL Solutions

TÜV certification achieved by AUMA confirms that the company’s SQ .2 part-turn actuators, SA . 2 multi-turn actuators and AC .2 actuator controls in ...
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Automation Scheme Holds Back the Tide to Improve Flood Protection

A new Rotork IQ3 intelligent electric actuator will improve flood protection in a vulnerable area of a coastal town in west Wales. The River Ritec ...
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AV Actuators Introduce Compact Smart Electric Actuators

New to the European market, the AVA electric valve actuator brings a wealth of features, including a 1 second working time, in a housing the size of ...
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BVAA to Exhibit at Fluid Power & Systems 2016

The British Valve and Actuator Association (BVAA) have signed-up to exhibit at Fluid Power & Systems 2016, to be held at the NEC, Birmingham from ...
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BVAA’s Mad Hatters: How far can you go wearing a BVAA Hat?

Competition Here’s Bob Peters of Zoedale using his BVAA hat to keep the sun out of his eyes in this exotic location. Can you tell where Bob is? The ...
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Chairman’s Statement

Our March 2015 year-end confirmed that the BVAA had had its best year ever again, with record turnover and activity levels. We have however been ...
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Curtiss-Wright Industrial Division Expands Network in the UK

Curtiss-Wright’s Industrial Division today announced that its Farris Engineering business has entered into an agreement with Furmanite in the ...
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Director’s Report: ‘Our best year yet, but…’

Regular readers will know that a report of significant growth at BVAA – on several measures - has generally been the norm for the last decade. Indeed ...
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Emerson Introduces Actuator Asset Control and Monitoring Software to Manage Electric Actuator Assets in the Field

DCMlink enhances plant productivity by unifying all electric actuators on a common platform while allowing plant operators to gain deep insights into ...
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Flow Technology for Fish Ladder: 1600mm DeZurik Eccentric Plug Valve Accurately Controls Flow For Fish Ladder Attraction Pool

A USA West Coast engineering firm has designing a fish ladder as part of a water supply project for a public utility district. A fish ladder, ...
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Flow Technology Services: The DeZurik Rotary Control Valve

The DeZurik RCV Rotary Control Valve has been specially engineered for extremely precise throttling control in severe-service applications in the ...
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Flowserve Introduces Valtek® DiamondBack Cavitation Elimination Technology: DiamondBack Is the Control Valve Industry's Most Advanced Design for Cavitating Applications

Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that the ...
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Have a Drink on Duvalco

Now offering fully WRAS approved butterfly and gate valves for drinking water duty. In addition to our existing material approvals, we are ...
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