Edmond Nowicki, a senior engineer at Weir Power & Industrial’s valve facility in Lille, France, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Engineering Excellence through Innovation’ prize from Rolls-Royce as part of a team with Rolls-Royce engineers. The award, for projects that demonstrate a high degree of innovation, was bestowed on the team for the research and development work it completed on a new design of Steam Generator Relief Valve (SGRV) – a critical component of plant safety. The new valve design pushes out the boundaries of a soft-seated design in a high temperature application, which reduces manufacturing costs and makes the valve more tolerant to potential debris damage.
