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Auma to aid Mahul refinery expansion

A major expansion programme at the Mahul refinery near Mumbai, India, has used Auma actuators in a range of valve automation applications.

New CSV 15 valve

Cryostar has developed the new high pressure CSV 15 valve which meets the highest quality and performances standards on the industrial and natural gas market.

Canada: expansion project

Fluor Corp. has announced that it has been selected to provide FEED services for a USD 2 billion expansion project for Husky Energy Inc., an integrated energy and energy-related company headquartered in Calgary.

Golf, Transmark, The Royal Variety Club

The new GEMÜ 1434 µPos electro-pneumatic positioner was specially developed for small and medium size single acting globe and diaphragm valves.

Transmark supplies valves year round

Row upon row of control valves and actuators are stored in Transmark Heaton’s warehouses available for despatch 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Rotork Skilmatic actuators in Brazil

Rotork Skilmatic electro-hydraulic actuators have been specified to provide emergency shutdown duties (ESD) on remotely sited valve installations at a chemical plant in Brazil.

India: gasoline pool upgrade unit

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE) has announced that Reliance Petroleum Ltd has selected EMRE’s Sulfuric Acid Alkylation technology for the construction of the world’s largest unit at their export refinery in Jamnagar, India for upgrading the gasoline pool.

New hydraulic filtration catalogue

Parker Hannifin’s Filter Division Europe has launched its new Filtration Catalogue, containing technical specifications, installation details and ordering information of its range of hydraulic filtration equipment and contamination control products for use in mobile, marine and industrial applications.

Pneumatic take-up unit

Elscint Automation has developed a Pneumatic take-up unit for feeding of Engine valves having dia from 20mm to 50mm and length between 30mm to 200mm.

Hybrid actuator catalogue

Available from Servotechnic, the new Haydon Switch hybrid actuator catalogue has been revised to include many new features.