Pumps and Valves

Within spindle screw pumps there is a simple construction which offers high reliability, performance and efficiency for liquid cooling systems. Here Marcus Braun, Territory Sales Manager, Laird Engineered Thermal Systems goes into more detail about spindle screw pumps and the different industries they are suited to.

A range of piezo valve-based pressure regulators from Festo help to deliver smooth, precise pressure control and metering suitable for a range of applications. Originally, the characteristics of piezo valves made them well suited for medical applications, as Paul Kendall, MedLab sector specialist for Festo UK explained: “Piezo valve technology has low energy consumption, does not generate heat and is silent in operation - so that it won’t disturb patients under treatment. Critically, the technology is also non-magnetic and so will not interfere with any other medical equipment.”

Farmers in southern Africa are feeling the impact of consecutive seasons of drought. The battle against drought conditions is continuous as the region struggles to maintain a reliable water supply. For this reason, CP Automation has assisted Rockwell Automation to provide the necessary power equipment to pump water from deep, underground boreholes.

Manufacturer of braking systems for rail vehicles is the specialism of Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK. Its patented EP2002 distributed brake control is what the company claims to be as the best in the world and is the de-facto standard on all new trains for London Underground as well as metros in Bangkok, Dubai, Manila and throughout China.

Supplier of instrumentation for industrial process control, GF Piping Systems, has announced availability of customisable labels for the company's 5-series Ball Valves. The new labels can identify function, media, flow direction, hazards, or other instructions to improve safety and efficiency in the workplace. Users can tailor labels with their own images and text or use the pre-printed labels with common flow-arrow or hazard symbols available online.

  The regulations of the food sector are becoming increasingly stringent. This represents a guarantee for the consumers, but also an important challenge for the manufacturers operating in this segment.

Eaton has launched a new VSQ (Vane-Speed-Quiet) pump series designed to provide operators with a minimum speed range of 0-50 RPM to decrease energy usage and improve efficiency in dynamic industrial applications like injection moulding, metal forming, die casting and press brake.

With a wide range of high quality, innovative flow control products on offer from Bürkert, the innovative flow control products can be used to create tailored measurement and control systems. For customers that are not already panel builders or system integrators these products need to be connected together to create process assemblies and mounted onto panels or into cabinets.

EDF Energy, which operates eight nuclear power stations in the UK, has awarded a contract for availability (CFA) to Sulzer for the maintenance and continued support of the boiler feed pumps at the Heysham 2 plant, near Morecambe in the North West of England. The contract provides a fixed cost to ensure optimum availability of these critical assets, thus maximising the reliability of supply from the generating plant.

Emerson has introduced the ASCO 330 series volume booster which can be used in control and on/off applications, and where partial stroke testing is required. There are features which enable improved reliability and easier maintenance and commissioning in the Emerson ASCO 330 Series volume booster, and it also enables faster process valve opening and closing speeds.