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Safety valve produces savings

The Crosby BlockBodyTM Safety Relief Valve has been specifically designed to meet high-pressure safety relief requirements using only one valve, rather than a series of valves, in applications involving very high set and back pressures, outside the range covered by industry standards such as API-RP-526.

Large-bore pipeline valves

Oliver Twinsafe Valves' new range of Double Block and Bleed (DBB) large-bore pipeline valves offer a range of valves from 1" ANSI class 150 to 12" class 2500 with various face-to-face dimensions.

New valve for diesel engine

A new kind of diesel engine has been developed, promising some of the most far-reaching efficiency gains since the diesel engine was invented over a century ago.

Stainless valves and fittings

NeRo (Oldbury, UK) has published a 130-page catalogue showing a wide range of stainless steel valves, tubes, pipes and fittings.

Acetic acid plant for China

German chemicals company Celanese AG will build a 600,000 tonne-per-year acetic acid plant in Nanjing, eastern China.

Solving dispensing problems

Digitrol of Swansea has specified shut off valves and manifolds from Burkert Fluid Control Systems for a new range of cleaning chemical dispensing machines it is re-engineering for one of its customers.

Control valve market

The world-wide control valve market, which totalled almost USD 3 billion in 2002, will reach almost USD 3.5 billion by the end of 2007, expanding at a cumulative annual growth rate of just over 3%, according to a new study.

Dixon Valve & Coupling

A complete range of pneumatic and electrically actuated direct-mounted brass and stainless steel ball valves is now available from Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, in models ranging from ½” to 3” in size.

TotalFinaElf contract

Technip-Coflexip has won a contract from TotalFinaElf for the design and construction of a gasoline hydrotreating unit for its refinery at Antwerp, Belgium.

Collar-mount solenoid valves and pumps

In response to industry demand for smaller, more reliable components for fluid handling equipment, Bio-Chem Valve has introduced a new line of manifold-mountable, inert solenoid pumps and valves.