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Moog Total Solution at SPS IPC Drives Italy 2018

Moog will present its Total Solution at SPS IPC Drives Italy 2018. Moog’s Total Solution offers electric, hydraulic and hybrid technologies, using a technology neutral approach whereby the company helps machine builders to use technology that will help them achieve all performance goals.

Guiding the future of actuation technology

Valve World had the pleasure of sitting down with Subsea Controls Engineer, Hailing An, at Chevron’s downtown headquarters in Houston, Texas, USA, during OTC week (Offshore Technology Conference) in May.

SIMMONS EDECO wins multi-million contract

SIMMONS EDECO has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by a major North Sea oil and gas operator. As a result of this two-year contract, SIMMONS EDECO will provide wellhead and valve maintenance services for all North Sea owned assets.

DBV develops DN80 butterfly valves

DBV is the first factory in China to develop the DN80 for its European customers. The DN80 butterfly valves are designed with renewable seat and seal ring, which could reduce the cost for users due to valve damage caused by the wear of seal ring.

Emerson to buy Aventics

Emerson (EMR) has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of EUR 527M. Aventics provides smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory automation applications.

Desponia butterfly valves in PEKK coating

InterApp can supply DESPONIA series resilient seated butterfly valve technology with PEKK coated discs, in sizes DN25 (1″) – DN1400 (56″).

Voith to showcase at Electrify Europe 2018

Voith will be presenting its solutions for the power industry at Electrify Europe 2018. The BHS AeroMaXX technology for parallel-shaft gear units enables operators to reduce power loss and oil consumption by up to 30%.

BFV® butterfly valves for various applications

Val-Matic’s American-BFV® Butterfly Valve is a proven dependable since 1971 with thousands of field installations in municipal, industrial and power applications throughout the world.

Siemens delivers SGT-800 gas turbines to Panama

Siemens has received its first order from Panama for six SGT-800 gas turbines. The industrial gas turbines, along with a steam turbine, will provide approximately 440 megawatts of electrical power as part of a flexible combined cycle power plant.

Pneuton team designs a nitrogen control panel

Orbinox’s PNEUTON™ engineering team was approached to design a bespoke self-contained nitrogen control panel for a tank farm fire protection system.