Valve Testing Facilities - BVAA

1 Valve Testing & Repair Facilities This document is designed to assist in locating companies able to provide general and specialised Valve and actuator Testing Facilities and Valve repair services in the UK. What the list provides: The Company name Contact details A brief description of the service offered BVAA 2007 E & EO G/Website/ Valve Testing Facilities 2 Adanac Valve Specialities 14 Windmill Avenue Woolpit Business Park, Woolpit Suffolk IP30 9UP Tel: +44 (0) 1359 240404 Email: Web: SERVICE: Offers pressure Testing of valves and related equipment to national or customers standards in the following categories.

2 Hydrostatic Testing up to maximum 10,000psi (including extended duration Testing with chart recorder) Gas Testing (Nitrogen, Nitrogen/Helium Mixture and pure Helium) to maximum 5,000psi. Low Temperature (cryogenic) and Fugitive Emission Testing to Shell and other specifications (using precision Flow Meters and Mass Spectrometer with probe) AMTAC Laboratories Ltd Norman Road Broadheath Altrincham WA14 4EP Tel: +44 (0) 161 928 8924 Email: Web: SERVICE: AMTAC are one of the UK s longest established UKAS accredited commercial laboratories. Special services include consumer product Testing , including CE Marking support and the Testing of engineering materials and Metallurgical investigations.

3 Area of Testing : Mechanical; Electrical; EMC; Health Environmental; Metallurgical; Chemical Analysis; NDT; Forensic; Fire; Materials Auld valves Auld valves Cowlairs Industrial Estate Finlas Street Glasgow G22 5DQ Tel: +44 (0) 141 557 0515 Email: Web: SERVICE: Auld valves offer a Valve refurbishment service for not only valves of our manufacture but also those of other suppliers. Our engineers will provide a detailed breakdown of the necessary spares and rectification work required to restore a Valve to full working condition, along with an estimated costs and timescale. BHR Group Cranfield Bedford MK43 0AJ Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750422 Email: Web: SERVICE: Offers services to the Valve industry such as conceptual/feasibility studies and continues through the product development cycle to prototype, design, Testing and redevelopment, ending with technical support for the Valve once it reached the market.

4 A wide range of Valve applications can be tested in-house including petrochemical, steam and water. MEMBER MEMBER G/Website/ Valve Testing Facilities 3 British Standards Institute (BSI) Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP2 4SQ Tel: +44 (0) 1442 278607 Email: Web: SERVICE: Area of Testing : Mechanical Electrical EMC Environmental Fire Dimensional Measurement Materials Noise and vibration. Bodycote Materials Testing Ltd Jefferson House 5 Washington Centre Broadway Salford M50 2UW Tel: +44 (0) 161 876 0277 Email: Web: SERVICE: Approvals/Accreditations: UKAS, NACAP Area of Testing : Mechanical Environmental Metallurgical & Chemical Analysis NDT Fire and Climatic Materials and Biological.

5 Comid Engineering Greenacres Road Oldham OL4 2AB Tel: +44 (0) 0161 624 9592 Email: Web: SERVICE: Providing a complete service in Valve Reconditioning, Isolation, Control and Safety Savings in excess of 50% can be achieved against the cost of new valves . Comid reconditioned valves can eliminate modifications to expensive pipework. Delivery can be achieved in days, rather than weeks. Valuable time and cost can be saved during plant shutdown and maintenance. Reconditioning of your existing valves falls outside the of 1997. Copes Vulcan Road Two Industrial Estate Winsford Cheshire CW7 3QL Tel: +44 (0) 1606 552041 Email: Web: SERVICE: Copes Vulcan offers a full control Valve repair, upgrading and Testing service.

6 valves can be brought back to near new condition or upgraded to capture modern fluid control technology. Post repair on site commissioning can be arranged with our team of Field Service Engineers. MEMBER Delta Fluid Products Ltd Delta Road St. Helens WA9 2ED SERVICE: One of the UK's leading manufacturers of gunmetal safety valves , NABIC have long been recognised as the industry standard for commercial and industrial hot water applications. MEMBER MEMBER G/Website/ Valve Testing Facilities 4 Tel: +44 (0) 1744 611 811 We offer a Valve Testing , reconditioning and repair service for all NABIC Safety and Control valves . Please telephone +44 (0) 1744 458 615 for further details.

7 Dresser Flow Solutions Dresser House Gillibrands Road East Gillibrands Estate Skelmersdale Lancs WN8 9TU Tel: 01695 52600 Fax: 01695 52641 Email: Web: Dresser Industries UK Service and Repairs Department provides a complete Valve overhaul and Testing service to the power and process industries, complementing the market leading Consolidated Safety/Relief and Masoneilan Control Valve products. Capabilities include: * Repair/servicing/re-calibration of Safety/Relief valves , Control valves and all other Valve types. * In-situ Electronic Valve set pressure verification/adjustment/validation (Third Party Accredited) * Onsite or Offsite (Tailored to customer requirements) * In-house or onsite specialist training * Installation/Commissioning Engineers * Rapid Response * Global coverage Goodwin International Goodwin House Leek Road Stoke on Trent ST1 3NR Tel: +44 (0) 1782 220000 Email: Web: SERVICE: Test Facilities include five hydraulic hydrostatic test rigs, the largest of which has a 2,500 ton hydraulic ram and can test valves up to 60.

8 Cryogenic Testing is also carried out on site where valves are submerged in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees centigrade and leak tested with helium gas. Facilities are audited by the BSI and approved to ISO 9001. Heap & Partners Heap & Partners Britannia House Newton Road Hoylake, Wirral CH47 3DG Tel: +44 (0) 151 6323393 Email: Web: SERVICE: Heap & Partners computer controlled flow rig is available for calibration of flowmeters and other test items, proving Valve characteristic curves, proving and Testing small systems. Size range 8mm to 250mm NB, flowrates between and 100 litres/sec with an accuracy of Traceable to National Standards with certification available Inspiratec 2000 Ltd 38 Lawford Lane Bilton Rugby Warwickshire CV22 7JP Tel: +44 (0) 01788 522792 Email: Web: SERVICE: Provides independent materials consultancy and lab services.

9 Complete metallurgical investigations covering a wide variety of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, composites and coatings. Production processes including castings. MEMBER MEMBERG/Website/ Valve Testing Facilities 5 NEL National Engineering Laboratory East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0QU Tel: +44 (0) 01355 220222 Email: Web: SERVICE: In the area of flow measurement and fluid handling NEL can provide test and evaluation services for most types of equipment, including flowmeters, pumps, valves and pipework. Testing services include: Factory acceptance tests (Pre-delivery verification) Pattern approval of new products or components Independent product development evaluation Joint evaluation for manufacturer and end user of multiphase flowmeter.

10 Rapra Technology Ltd Shawbury Shrewsbury Shropshire SY4 4NR Tel: +44 (0) 1939 252492 Email: Web: SERVICE: Rapra is Europe s leading independent research, technology and information provider specialising in rubber and plastics. It has extensive laboratory and processing Facilities and conducts over 2000 industrial projects every year. Area of Testing : Mechanical; Electrical; Environmental; Chemical Analysis; Forensic; Fire; Dimensional Measurement; Climatic; Materials; Noise and Vibration. RB Valvetech Centurion House New York Way New York Ind. Estate Newcastle upon Tyne NE27 0QF Tel: +44 (0) 1912 588820 Email: Web: SERVICE: RB Valvetech s engineering services include Valve overhaul, servicing and repairs, pressure Testing and certification.