Local valves for the oil and gas industries February 2008 Umzantsi Africa Pumps and Valves, a subsidiary of PSV Holdings, has the capacity to manufacture knife gate valves to the most exacting client specifications.
Helena de Villiers, MD of Umzantsi, explains ...
ARCA supplies valves for gas transportation February 2008, Valve & Automation German company ARCA Regler GmbH, has a share in a large order to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels with the delivery of valves. LNG is natural gas that has been liquefied through cooling to temperatures ...
Metso has Petrobras running smoothly February 2008, Valmet Flow Control South Africa Petrobras is Brazil's largest energy and oil company, possessing 95 production platforms and 15 refineries with a throughput of 1,8 million barrels of crude oil per day. One of its most important facilities ...
ARCA supplies valves for natural gas reservoir February 2008, Valve & Automation As the demand for natural gas increases in the European Union, reservoir capacity is becoming increasingly important. After two years of construction the first phase facilities at the biggest natural ...
Fisher easy-e control valves February 2008, Automation Control Solutions Emerson's Fisher easy-e control valve is found in every industry where fluid flow must be controlled, providing users with improved process performance and reliability. Whether the application involves ...
Jamesbury valves put the seal on chlorine February 2008, Valmet Flow Control South Africa Metso Automation has successfully supplied more than 150 units of Jamesbury flanged ball valves to BASF Shanghai Polyurethane Company. The valves are being used primarily in chlorine gas applications ...
A new vision for valve maintenance February 2008 The new generation of valve sensor packages from Tyco are designed to capture and interpret the data that can be obtained from a valve when it opens and closes. The system is designed to reduce unnecessary ...
OMSA's largest control valve February 2008 Local company, OMSA Valves & Instrumentation, has just delivered two record-breaking butterfly control valves to the resurgent copper industry in Zambia. Providing valves in exotic materials is not unusual ...
Cage design control valves February 2008, Spirax Sarco South Africa The Spirax Sarco C series has a cage-guided plug that provides process control over high differential pressure ranges. Designed for erosive, cavitating and noisy applications, the modular concept allows ...
General purpose control valve February 2008, Spirax Sarco South Africa The Spirax-Mitech M-Series Globe Control valves can be engineered to solve both complex and basic requirements. Their robust construction makes them long-lasting and easy to maintain, while their modular ...
Metso valves chosen for waste heat desalination plant February 2008, Valmet Flow Control South Africa Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, through its thermal desalination specialist SIDEM (Veolia WSTSidem), has been chosen to design and build one of the world's largest desalination plants in Saudi ...
Fluid control valves February 2008, Spirax Sarco South Africa The Spirax Sarco range of 3-port QL valves with electric actuators provides a variety of choice for energy and flow control of water, oils and other fluids used in industrial and manufacturing processes.
The ...
SIL3 compliant valve positioner February 2008 The SVI II ESD from Masoneilan-Dresser, an extension of the company's SVI II AP valve positioner, marks the company's entrance into the safety system market. The device is designed in accordance with ...
Pneumatic rotary actuator February 2008, Spirax Sarco South Africa The unit is available with either a double crank or scotch yoke mechanism. The double crank is for modulating control and has the advantages of high run torques, negligible backlash and low friction; ...
Tough transfer pumps from Ernest Lowe February 2008 Kracht, the manufacturer of transfer pumps, hydraulic motors, high-pressure gear pumps, valves, pump units, gear type flowmeter and electronics, has introduced a new gear pump to its range. The BT Niro ...
Metso launches CINTAC outside North America January 2008, Valmet Flow Control South Africa Metso Automation's new CINTAC Advanced Automation System simplifies and reduces the cost of automating rotary on-off valves. The new CINTAC system merges Jamesbury actuator expertise with StoneL communication ...
TopWorx chosen for chemical plant upgrade December 2007, Switches International Problem
A durable valve control system capable of operating in the harsh environment of a polymer production facility was needed. Typically the system would be required to endure noise and vibration, ...
Programmed for the future December 2007, Bürkert South Africa Bürkert process valve technology is versatile and covers a wide scope of application. Wherever valves using process controllers are required in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, water treatment or process ...
On/off valves for polycarbonate production November 2007, Valmet Flow Control South Africa As part of the building of a new polycarbonate production plant planned for the summer of 2007 – the first in the Russian Federation – Kazanorgsintez chose Metso Automation to be its valve supplier. Toyo ...
Integrated valve controller: combining bus, pilot valve and position sensors November 2007, Switches International As a worldwide leader in the manufacture of grouts and adhesives for the building industry, Mapei (USA) placed a high importance on finding the right valve controllers for its plant expansion. The company ...
