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Our editors gather news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the valve and actuation industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the design, manufacturing, supply, maintenance and use of industrial valves and actuators. We focus both on engineered products as off the shelf products.

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Valves for high-viscosity problems

Custom-designed rotary valves from Omnifit have helped the manufacturer of a DNA analysis instrument solve a seemingly intractable problem.

Simulator simplifies control system retrofit

When Honeywell UK won a contract to retrofit an existing control system on a General Electric LM2500 gas turbine, it required a simulation package that had the power and flexibility to model the nonlinearities of a turbine.

Syntroleum launches GTL barge

Syntroleum Corporation plans to commercialise a small barge-mounted GTL plant.

Clean valve launched in UK

To meet growing demand for clean valves, Flowserve Flow Control is introducing a new product range into the UK.

Check valves for high temperatures

Parker Instrumentation has launched a new instrumentation check valve to cope with extreme temperatures and high pressures.

Willbros wins EPC contracts

Willbros Group Inc. has won an EPC contract for multiple pipelines in the Lekhwair field area to be installed for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).

Fireproof valve

Larox Flowsys has developed a pinch valve with fireproof structure, suitable for firewater and sprinkler systems in various industries and applications.

Orbital welder to reduce costs

Delstron Systems (Burton, UK) have utilised orbital welding equipment from Orbimatic GMBH to help bring down the delivery time of their process systems for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

Rotating lead screw for all-in actuator design

A new design of Size 34 hybrid external linear actuator uses a rotating stainless-steel acme lead screw, which is incorporated directly into the motor's rotor.

Poppet valves handle aggressive atmospheres

A new range of poppet valves has been specifically designed to operate in such aggressive conditions.