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  • ABB publishes actuator and positioner brochure

    12-page, full-color brochure describes actuators and positioners for operating final elements such as control valves, butterfly valves, dampers, and louvers.
    14 March, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • ISA announces TechTour 2013

    Training program makes available several of ISA’s technical training courses to a majority of cities in the US where expert-led ISA instruction has not previously been offered.
    13 March, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Rotork to retrofit valves at Turkey’s largest refinery

    More than 900 explosionproof Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators will be installed in a four stage project to motorise manually operated valves on the refinery’s tank farms.
    13 March, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Rotork actuators supply water to Coal mine

    Rotork supplied valve actuators for the pipework delivering water to the north and south coal processing (washing) plants for Mount Thorley Warkworth (MTW) in New South Wales, Australia.
    25 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • aPriori supplies product cost management software to ATV

    Advanced Technology Valve in Italy will use aPriori Product Cost Management (PCM) software to replace manual cost estimating processes for its valve components.
    13 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Hydraulic Equipment Getting Smarter

    Frost & Sullivan says manufacturers are attempting to attract additional end users by developing integrated hydraulic equipment products that are cost effective, compact and user friendly.
    13 February, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Rotork actuator qualifies for nuke service

    The qualification encompasses the requirements of the Westinghouse AP1000 commercial nuclear reactor design.
    11 February, 2013 | 1 minute
  • ABB to upgrade HVDC link in Oregon

    ABB will upgrade the existing Celilo HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station in Oregon with valves, controls, transformers as well as switchgear and cooling equipment.
    06 February, 2013 | 1 minutes
  • Rotork acquires Schischek

    Schischek manufactures explosion-proof electric actuators, sensors, transmitters and controllers, principally for HVAC, chemical, pharmaceutical, shipbuilding and offshore industries.
    04 February, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Vortab publishes Flow Conditioners Brochure

    Flow Conditioners fix flow disturbances caused by irregular pipe runs, valves and other conditions that adversely affect the accuracy and repeatability of flow measurement instrumentation.
    31 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Apple Rubber publishes Seal Design Guide

    This 12-part Guide consists of information such as Rules of Thumb, O-Ring Basics, Seal Types, Material Selection, Special Elastomer Applications, and newly added Inspection Specifications.
    29 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Buildings and EU Legislation to Drive European pump sales

    Frost & Sullivan says the market earned revenues of $857.9 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $943.6 million in 2016.
    23 January, 2013 | 2 minutes
  • Parker Hannifin updates inPHorm hydraulic sizing software

    Sizing software streamlines the process of specifying hydraulic accumulators by increasing efficiency and minimizing the engineering time required to design accumulators.
    14 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • Eaton names Nitin Chalke Managing Director of India

    Chalke joined Eaton in 2009 and most recently served as managing director, India and South East Asia – Hydraulics.
    14 January, 2013 | 1 minute
  • SEMEA replaces pumps, gets ROI in 14 months

    Water treatment and distribution company SEMEA achieved a return on its investment over 14 months by replacing a pumping installation with a solution developed by Leroy-Somer and Flowserve.
    08 January, 2013 | 5 minutes
  • Frost & Sullivan says Energy-efficient Centrifugal Pump market will grow

    The market earned revenue of $6.95 billion in 2011 and F&S estimates this to reach $7.57 billion in 2016.
    18 December, 2012 | 2 minutes
  • Rotork supplies valve actuators to European gas pipeline

    The actuators are being installed during an upgrade programme on the pipeline network connecting Russia and Central Asia with Western Europe.
    18 December, 2012 | 1 minute
  • Emerson offers valve and instrument recycling program

    The recycling program gives plant sites with a control valve boneyard greater residual value for used or inoperable control equipment.
    17 December, 2012 | 1 minute
  • How to Use High Rangeability Flowmeters and Valves to Increase Plant Turndown

    How to Use High Rangeability Flowmeters and Valves to Increase Plant Turndown

    To increase plant turndown, use control valves and flow measurements with the best low flow response and precision.
    By: Gregory K. McMillan
    14 December, 2012 | 5 minutes
  • Festo device macros added to EPLAN

    Users of the EPLAN Platform can use the macros to create overview drawings, electrical and pneumatic circuit diagrams, and PLC overviews of Festo CPX/MPA valve terminals.
    02 December, 2012 | 2 minutes
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