Kingdom Flow Control 202409

News

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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New control pinch valve

Red Valve Company Inc. has introduced a control pinch valve with enclosed mechanical parts and variable venturi flow control.

Valve monitoring for Middle Eastern power station

A contract has been received from a valve manufacturer for the supply of more than 180 EExd Control Monitors that are to be used on linear and rotary valves in a new power station in the Middle East.

BHP Billiton wins Brunei award

BHP Billiton Ltd has expanded its petroleum exploration portfolio with the addition of deepwater acreage off the coast of Brunei Darussalam in SE Asia.

CCI supplies valves for Ecuadorian pipeline

CCI has received a million dollar order from the Techint Argentina Headquarters for the supply of severe service valves to be used at their OCP SA pipeline in Ecuador.

New Jaguar uses valves from Norgren

Norgren supplied pneumatic valves and other parts for Jaguar Cars’ new X-TYPE model, unveiled in the summer of 2001.

Back-pressure brochure from Red Valve

Red Valve’s Saddle Support Technology doubles the back-pressure ratings of its Tideflex® InLine Check Valves. An updated, four-colour brochure reviews core products and details the new maximum back-pressure capacities for each valve.

Sanitary demountable rotary valves

Nu-Con Equipment (Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA) has introduced its Sanitary Demountable Rotor Valves for use in dairy, food, pharmaceutical, and chemical applications, either powder or granular.

Bethlehem Energy Center contract awarded

Sargent & Lundy LLC has been selected by PSEG Power New York Inc., a subsidiary of PSEG Power, to provide the engineering services for the 750mw Bethlehem Energy Center (BEC) in Bethlehem, NY.

Lightweight valves solve ship refit problem

The Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China has solved a valve weight problem in the construction of a crane/pipelaying barge by using Amot G three-way temperature control valves.

Fastest coating facility in the world

Together with Pagendarm BTT GmbH, BASF in Ludwigshafen is building a technical centre facility for aqueous pressure-sensitive adhesives that is designed to operate at a maximum speed of 1500 metres per minute.