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Lease of life for valve actuators

Rotork has completed an economical upgrade contract to give a new lease of life to 24 actuators installed on the BP Kingsbury oil logistics distribution terminal in Warwickshire, UK.

Stainless steel bellows sealed valves

Spirax Sarco has produced two PN40 flanged bellows sealed valves that, it claims, offer low maintenance costs for hygienic applications that demand non-corrosive equipment, for food, pharmaceuticals and chemicals

Ethernet PLC for automation

The new Festo Ethernet-equipped PLC is believed to be the first truly integrated solution for pneumatic valve terminals: protected to IP67, it can be mounted directly in harsh washdown environments.

Belgium: EDC plant

Uhde GmbH has been awarded a contract by the Limburgse Vinyl Maatschappij NV for a new ethylene dichloride (EDC) plant.

Crane appoints Pegler & Louden

Crane Process Flow Technologies has announced that Pegler & Louden has been appointed as the company’s preferred distributor of Saunders® industrial products in Northern Ireland.

Emerson wins Angolan offshore award

Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has been awarded a USD 9 million contract by BP to automate a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel that will develop the Greater Plutonio Deepwater offshore oil fields of Angola.

Ethernet-enabled PLC

Festo believes its new Ethernet-equipped PLC is the first truly integrated solution for pneumatic valve terminals.

Positioners for process control

Asco Joucomatic has produced a new range of modular positioner units for the E290 and E390 ranges of process valves, used in the process, food, pharmaceutical, automotive, water treatment and medical industries.

Partial valve stroke testing

Moore Industries' HIM HART Loop Monitor can confirm that the Fisher Fieldvue DVC6000 Series Digital Valve Controller is performing a partial valve stroke test to validate proper Emergency Shutdown (ESD) valve operation and, if the test has failed, to alert the user that the ESD valve is stuck.

Valve actuation for Colorado Springs

Rotork IQT intelligent electric valve actuators have been installed at the Colorado Springs Utilities' Ute Pass water treatment plant located in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, USA.