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Pneumatic Valve Actuation course

The popular K Controls e-training course Pneumatic Valve Actuation is now available free of charge to qualifying engineers working in the process industries.

Turnkey actuation retrofit completed

Rotork Australia has completed a comprehensive “turnkey” actuation retrofit project to improve flood capacity at a water supply reservoir in central Victoria.

Severn Unival marketing agreement

Control valve aftermarket service company Severn Unival has signed an agreement to market and distribute the Softek Profiler PC-based valve diagnostic hardware and software system.

New 24-page fluid connector guide

Parker Instrumentation has published a 24-page guide detailing the new design of its ferrule-less fluid connector, which provides permanent connections for instrumentation systems operating to 20,000PSI/1379bar.

ESE back pressure valves

A new range of diaphragm back pressure valves from ESE are designed to enhance the performance of chemical feed systems by applying a continuous back pressure to the chemical feed pump.

Fetso DC Servo drives at MTEC 2007

Fetso will be introducing its intelligent DC servo motors at MTEC 2007 with their new fieldbus interfaces for Profibus and CANopen. Pre-wired cable sets will offer a choice of standard, energy chain or robotic cable types, with options of cable terminations - enabling different plug types to be configured to precisely meet customers' needs.

Electric lifting cylinders

The new Electric lifting cylinders, named the Thomson Pro 80 and the Thomson Pro 40 and launched by Danaher Motion, feature electronic limit switch-off and overload protection, programmable switches and the choice between digital or analogue feedback options.

New Haydon Hybrid linear actuator

The new Haydon size 11 hybrid linear actuator is now available with encoder feedback.

Solenoid valves take control offshore

The new high-flow high-speed EExd Namur series solenoid valves from Alcon, are designed for use in hazardous area/extreme environment applications.

USA: ethanol plant

Marathon Oil Corp. and The Andersons Inc. have jointly announced that the companies will immediately begin construction of an ethanol plant located in Greenville, Ohio.