The Valve Stars Awards ceremony took place today as part of the Valve World Expo Forum. In cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf, the trade magazine “IAD – Industriearmaturen & Dichtungstechnik” honors the best products of the year with this award.
More than 1,500 users took part in the vote on the trade portals www.industriearmaturen.de / www.industrialvalves.de and voted for their favorites. We would like to congratulate all the winners of the Valve Stars Awards and would also like to thank all the other companies that took part in the awards ceremony.
Category Valves
Keystone™ K-LOK® Serie 38 by Emerson
The well-known and unique Keystone K-LOK® high performance butterfly valve from Emerson has successfully established itself as one of the best performing valves on the market for decades thanks to its unique inherently tight-closing fixed (press) seat design. With the introduction of the Keystone K-LOK® Series 38 high performance butterfly valve according to NAMUR recommendation NE 167, Emerson has further developed this proven technology and additionally implemented all current requirements of the chemical industry.
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Category Actuators
TIGRON by AUMA
The oil & gas industry is active in all climate zones, even where environmental conditions are particularly difficult. The operating temperature range of the TIGRON electric actuator extends from -65 °C to +75 °C, and AUMA sets standards in the field of corrosion protection that are more than sufficient even for demanding offshore applications. Robustness as a prerequisite for many years of safe operation was the top priority of all development goals, closely followed by ease of operation and service.
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Category Seals
Sealing system MIL ISO 15848 by KSB
The KSB MIL packing system is designed to meet the stringent requirements of ISO 15848 and achieve tightness class “AH” (tested with helium). The packing is made of expanded graphite or PTFE materials with variable density and a tightly braided construction to optimize the sealing performance of the stuffing box. Extrusion properties are controlled by specially designed support hardware, including anti-extrusion rings, lower stem guides and a geometrically optimized packing bore.
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Category Automation
ATB 3/50 by Metrus
The fully automated valve test bench is part of one of many individual automation concepts that Metrus will develop with customers in the future. The model impressively demonstrates the entire workflow from loading and unloading the valves to the test sequence. The robot assembles and disassembles the valve-dependent adapters completely independently, holds the test specimen during the clamping process, closes and opens the valve seat via the handwheel and takes over the previously time-consuming emptying of the test specimen.
