Valves Articles
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Why One of Colombia’s Largest Wastewater Plants Trusts Rubber Check Valves
Proco Products, ABC Ingeniería supply new, 84-inch duckbill check valve to protect Medellín treatment plant Boasting zero maintenance requirements and absolute protection against backflow, it is no wonder why one of Colombia’s largest wastewater treatment plants has trusted rubber duckbill check valves to protect the integrity of its operations for more than 20 years. An ...
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Essential Maintenance Tasks for Marine Towing Winches
Marine towing winches play a crucial role in the maritime industry, facilitating the towing of vessels, barges, and other maritime structures. These winches are subjected to rigorous use in challenging marine environments, making regular maintenance essential to ensure their optimal performance, longevity, and safety. In this article, we'll delve into the maintenance tasks required to keep a ...
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Fixing a Winch Mooring
Fixing a winch mooring requires a systematic approach, technical expertise, and a commitment to safety. Winch moorings play a crucial role in securing vessels, ensuring stability during berthing, and facilitating safe maritime operations. When a winch mooring system experiences issues or malfunctions, prompt and effective action is essential to prevent accidents, vessel damage, or disruptions to ...
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Is an Inspector’s Test the Same as a Test and Drain Valve?
Choosing and placing valves carefully is important for fire sprinkler systems to meet code requirements. The Inspector’s Test Valves and Test and Drain Valves are frequently confused. This is because they perform similar functions but have distinct characteristics and applications. Understanding the differences between these valves is crucial to ensure their proper ...
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Protect Your Home from Water Damage with Water Sensors
Water damage is a homeowner's worst nightmare. Not only can it cause extensive structural damage and costly repairs, but it can also lead to health hazards, property loss, and even displacement. According to the Insurance Information Institute, water damage is the second most common homeowner's insurance claim, accounting for over $14 billion in losses annually. The Silent Threat: Undetected ...
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Case Study: Development of a proportional flow control (PFC) system to provide improved gas blanketing in a closed-loop process for the Heller Industries Inc ranges of solder reflow ovens
Introduction With the rapid growth of the electronics industry, solder reflow ovens are used to attach surface mount components to PCBs more quickly and efficiently using solder paste; this must be done in an inert atmosphere, as even ppm levels of oxygen from residual air in the oven can affect the end results leading to a poor solder. Nitrogen gas blanketing is used to flush oxygen (air) from ...
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Hydraulic Towing Winch: Unveiling the Key Components
Hydraulic towing winches are essential pieces of equipment in various industries, including marine, offshore, construction, and transportation. These winches provide the necessary power and control to tow heavy loads, such as vessels, vehicles, and equipment, with precision and efficiency. To gain a deeper understanding of hydraulic towing winches, it's crucial to explore the key components that ...
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Sight Glass Type Level Gauge
GLASS PLATE LEVEL GAUGE, ALSO KNOWN AS SIGHT GLASS LEVEL GAUGE Glass Plate Level Gauge, also known as Sight Type Glass Level GaugeGlass Plate Level Gauge is a vital instrument, extensively employed across various industries to indicate or measure the liquid level within tanks, vessels, or containers. Coming in three types – transparent, reflex, and sight glass – this versatile gauge offers clear ...
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Transparent Level Gauge
TRANSPARENT LEVEL GAUGE WORKING PRINCIPLE AND APPLICATION- SUPPLIED BY MANUFACTURER Transparent Level Gauge is an essential instrument in fluid monitoring, comprising a metallic body with an internal chamber and multiple viewing windows. Suitable for almost all installations, it allows the observation of the fluid level, interface, and color within the vessel, making it an indispensable tool in ...
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Product Notice - 7000 Pressure Relief Valve
We are excited to announce that we are in the final phase of transitioning our trusted Model 7000 Pressure Relief Valve to its upgraded counterpart, the 7000L Pressure Relief Valve. This evolution represents our commitment to continuously improving our products to better meet the sprinkler industry’s needs. At this time, we no longer have inventory of 165, 185, 195, 205, 225, or 250 psi ...
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How to Troubleshoot Common Hot Water System Problems? A Step-by-Step
Hot water systems are a necessity in many homes, providing hot water for bathing, cleaning, and other purposes. However, they can sometimes experience problems such as not producing any hot water or having inconsistent temperatures. We will provide an overview of the most common hot water system issues and explain how to troubleshoot them step by step. If you have ever experienced a cold shower ...
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Laboratory Freezer Maintenance For Low Temperature and ULT Freezers
As such a vital piece of laboratory equipment, it is important to ensure that laboratory freezers are properly maintained to keep them functioning optimally.At Froilabo, we want you to be able to get the best out of your freezer. For this reason we have put together a quick and simple guide with our top tips for laboratory freezer maintenance.Download and print out our Laboratory Freezer ...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of a Waste Tyre Pyrolysis Plant
In this article, we will discuss the Disadvantages of a Waste Tyre Pyrolysis Plant, as well as the Benefits, Costs, and Installation of this type of plant. The next section will discuss the installation process. This article is not an in-depth review of Waste Tyre Pyrolysis Plants, but a quick review of the features and benefits of waste tyre pyrolysis plants. Disadvantages A waste tyre pyrolysis ...
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The Risks of Adjustable Pressure Relief Valves
Choosing the correct relief valve needs preplanning Pressure relief valves protect fire sprinkler system components by relieving excess system pressure from supply surges or temperature changes. Since the 2010 edition, NFPA 13: “Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems” has required pressure relief valves to be installed on all wet pipe fire sprinkler systems. But picking ...
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Automatic Flow Control Valves Solve Raw Water Management Challenges
For all the historical and natural charm of Greenville, S.C., efforts to serve the city's water customers were hampered by raw water management challenges at a nearby reservoir. A new automatic flow control valve provided Greenville Water, City of Greenville Commission of Public Works, with a customized solution. Greenville is situated about halfway between Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, up ...
By Cla-Val
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Reducing Leakage in Jakarta - Case Study
In 2005 it could be said that Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, was losing nearly 50% of its produced water from leakage in the network. Jakarta is a sprawling city of around 12 million residents (at that time), and towards the end of the 1990s the management of the network had been privatized into two separate concessions. This paper is based on the section managed by the Palyja, a Suez ...
By Cla-Val
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Cla-Val Fire Products Protecting life and property Statue of Unity- Gujarat, India - Case Study
The Statue of Unity is a colossal statue of Indian Statesman and Independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel, (1875 -1950). Patel was highly respected for his leadership in uniting the 562 princely states of India to become the single Union of India. Announced in 2010, the statue is the world's tallest at 240 metres and was built to withstand winds up to 180 km per hour and earthquakes up to 6.5 on ...
By Cla-Val
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`Calm Networks` Check Valves - Crown Casino - Melbourne- Case Study
Discussions around "calm networks" usually focus on Municipal networks, however, tnis is not always the case. It is often sa'o that "a cneck valve "s a check va ve" but those who know, a'~e we I aware that this is almost never the case and that each different style of check valve is designed to be used in specific ...
By Cla-Val
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Te Anau Wastewater Project - South Island - New Zealand - Case Study
The Te Anau Wastewater upgrade project, located on the South Island of New Zealand, has just oeen successfully completed! While you may not normally associate wastewater projects with our automatic control valves, this job was a little bit ...
By Cla-Val
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Upgrading Fuel Control Systems
One Electronic Valve Performs Better Than Two Hydraulics As part of its efforts to upgrade control of its compressor systems. El Paso, a natural gas provider based in Houston, Texas, was looking to improve the fuel system - the main interface from the control system to the gas turbine. Over the years, development of new fuel-control valves has provided for better control of these turbines. EI ...
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