Weir’s Oil & Gas division has recently unveiled the new SPM® 2.0 valve & seat for well stimulation pumps used in shale plays globally. The SPM® 2.0 valve & seat encompasses a one-piece, patents-pending design, proprietary polymers, and innovative geometry.
The SPM 2.0 represents the company’s latest generation valve & seat technology, demonstrating the pinnacle of valve design and delivering a reduction in total cost of ownership. “The real goal of creating new valve & seat technologies that perform better and longer is to minimise total cost of ownership,” said Chris Buckley, vice president of pressure pumping at Weir Oil & Gas. “The new SPM® 2.0 is not just another valve & seat. It is a vital component in helping our customers decrease costs in an economically challenging and continuously evolving industry.”
Benefits of the SPM 2.0 valve & seat include: Bonded valves and improved performance; Increased resistance to abrasion, extrusion and flow erosion; and, Eliminates molding movement, leakage and separation from valve. The valve & seat is designed and manufactured in-house to sustain rigid quality control standards.
Paul Lightfoot, pressure pumping product manager at Weir Oil & Gas said, “The new SPM® 2.0 is our latest fully validated valve & seat technology, offering two times longer life, increasing uptime, and ultimately maximising return on investment.”
