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PNEUTON engineers working on the next contract

Orbinox’s PNEUTON™ engineering team has just completed the 3D models for the next contract. A PEKOS class 900RTJ trunnion mounted ball valve has been automated with a BETTIS™ G4120-SR4 single acting pneumatic actuator.

TWI collaborates on FSWBot

TWI has recently begun work on a collaborative project, FSWBot, which aims to develop a repair technique for subsea pipelines.

GEMÜ adapters for electrical position indicators

The quarter turn adapters from GEMÜ now enable the operation of electrical position indicators for linear actuators in combination with pneumatic actuators for quarter turn valves.

Dr. Thorsten Pötter is new CDO at SAMSON

As of 1 January 2019, Dr. Thorsten Pötter will assume the position of Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT in Frankfurt, Germany.

APD bags a gasification contract in China

Air Products (APD) has been awarded a long-term onsite contract to supply syngas to Jiutai New Material Co. Ltd for their multi-billion dollar mono-ethylene glycol project in Hohhot, China.

Smart LED switchbox for hazardous locations

Emerson has introduced a new TopWorx TV-LED Switchbox option featuring the industry’s first ultra-bright, easy-to-see light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for highly visible position indication.

Veolia upgrades the Vartry water treatment plant

Global resource management company, Veolia, is now working in partnership with Irish Water to develop and operate a new 75 million litres per day water treatment plant at Vartry, Co Wicklow.

Warner Linear helps design off-highway actuators

The term off-highway covers a wide range of machinery and equipment that operate in harsh working environments where dust, water and even chemicals can be prevalent.

The throttle valve applied in Tarim

A made-in-China 140MPa cage throttle valve was successfully applied in Well Keshan 134 Tarim. The throttle valves used at the wellhead of the Keshan gas field are mostly imported from abroad as the key technologies were subject to the control of others.

FOYO’s high pressure ceramic ball valves

FOYO Valve has supplied a high-pressure ceramic ball valve to SINOPEC Shanghai Gaoqiao Company in 2013. Equipped with S ZorbTM Sulpfur Removal Technology, which was originally developed and commercialized by Phillips Petroleum Company, and SINOPEC purchased it in July 2007.