Curtiss-Wright Corp. has announced that it has received an order from Sincrudos de Oriente Sincor CA, in excess of USD 11 million to provide six DeltaGuard(R) coke drum unheading systems, DeltaGlides (installation/maintenance systems) and additional equipment. This order, which is the largest order received from South America for the company’s coker valve systems, is expected to be installed at Sincor’s upgrader plant in Jose, Venezuela at the end of 2007. DeltaValve is a division of Curtiss-Wright’s Flow Control segment. The DeltaGuard valve is used in the process of delayed coking to safely unhead (open) the top or bottom of a coke drum. The incorporation of the DeltaGuard technology into a refinery’s coking process creates a totally enclosed coking system, minimizing any exposure to personnel during the coke unheading process.
