Rotork actuators upgraded after sixty years
After sixty years of unbroken service on a demanding and critical duty in the aerospace industry, some of the earliest Rotork valve actuators are being replaced with the company’s latest intelligent IQ3 actuators.
Dating from 1953, the Rotork Model 100A actuators were part of a contract to operate the valves on one of the world’s first large scale supersonic wind tunnels, the Transonic Wind Tunnel created for testing the effects of supersonic speeds on new aircraft designs. Colder creates smallest plastic non-spill coupling
Colder Products Company, a provider of quick disconnect couplings and fittings for plastic tubing, unveiled its new NS1 Series quick disconnect couplings. The NS1 is the smallest plastic non-spill quick disconnect coupling available in the market today.
Teknor unveils rigid vinyl for high-speed, multi-c
Teknor Apex revealed a new NSF 61-listed, flame-retardant rigid PVC compound makes possible high-speed, multi-cavity, and large-part injection moulding of plumbing and drainage components. The vinyl division of Teknor Apex is a leading manufacturer of compounds based on PVC, including Apex flexible and rigid vinyl, Flexalloy vinyl elastomers, and Fireguard low-flame, low-smoke compounds for wire and cable.
Slide Fuel-Valves pass noteworthy milestone
First introduced at the turn of the millennium, MAN PrimeServ – MAN Diesel & Turbo’s service division – recently retrofitted its 20,000th slide fuel-valve.
Christian Ludwig, Head of Retrofit and Upgrade, MAN Diesel & Turbo, said, “Slide fuel-valves have proved to be very popular within the marine and two-stroke market.
Cooper Valves, Industrial Logistics join hands
COOPER Valves, an American manufacturer of exotic and nickel alloy industrial valves, has partnered with Houston based Industrial Logistics/LAVISA, an international PVF supply and distribution company, in an effort to expand its exposure in Mexico, Central America, and South America.