Control valve specification made fast and accurate
August 2001
Valves, Actuators & Pump Control
FirstVue valve sizing software helps the user identify the control valve package best suited to each set of service conditions. Its powerful valve selection features can be used to specify either a single control valve or hundreds with minimal effort.
The application offers export/import capabilities that take advantage of plant engineering, design and maintenance programs such as Intergraph's instrument data manager (IDM) and INtools. FirstVue also allows the export and import of data from most other data management systems via Comma Delimited Text Files and a simple mapping function.
Regardless of which data management system is utilised, the export/import feature reduces valve engineering time and costs, improves accuracy and expedites project piping design and project schedules.
FirstVue Autodraw program provides a quick and simple means of providing valve dimensional data. By navigating through a series of simple, drop-down selection menus, the user can secure dimensional data via hard copy or electronic format for both 2D and 3D dimensional requirements.
The package offers the following features:
* Sizing, selecting and generating valve specifications.
* Data entry and verification.
* Error removal and rework.
* Importing and exporting all ISA spec sheet fields.
FirstVue software greatly automates much of the data entry process by providing drop-down lists of possible entries for specific fields. Its on-line helpscreens provide detailed instructions as well as comprehensive engineering data tables, calculations and measurements.
It allows the user to choose from several valve-sizing options, depending upon the amount of information they may have and the level of detail that they may require.
* Quick valve sizing - calculate the flow coefficient for one condition.
* Spreadsheet sizing - perform detailed calculations for multiple conditions, all at one time.
* Schematic sizing - calculate downstream pressure, flow, or flow coefficient for one condition.
Completing the valve selection requires choosing the desired report format:
* Fisher spec sheet - Fisher's custom formats for sliding stem and rotary valves.
* ISA spec sheet - ISA-defined specification sheet for sliding stem and rotary valves.
Specification sheets for noise abatement diffusers, level instruments, and regulators are also available in FirstVue.
Alpret Control Specialists
(011) 249 6700
[email protected]
www.alpret.co.za
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