Metso has won a significant repeat order for ball valves with its Q-Trim noise valve attenuating technology from a North American pipeline owner that brings crude oil from Canada to US refineries.

 

To reduce cavitation, noise and related vibration to acceptable levels, Q-Trim noise valve attenuating technology protects process equipment, thus lowering the operating costs and minimizing the need for valve spare parts and other accessories. This, in turn, means lower total costs of ownership.

 

"The savings achieved for this customer with Metso's solution are estimated to amount to millions of dollars per year thanks to the higher efficiencies from our technology," says Kyle Rayhill, Global Business Manager, Neles & Mapag, Automation, Metso.

 

"It really pays off to deal with the noise problem even before it is created. Elevated control valve noise in the throttling process can be harmful not only to employees and surrounding communities, but it can also seriously damage process equipment. Once noise is created, it is hard to eliminate," Rayhill points out.

 

Based on the excellent achievements, this customer is increasing its installed base of Metso technology. The company has placed another order for more ball valves with Q-Trim noise valve attenuating technology in April 2014. Value of the order is not disclosed.

 

Leading valve technologies

 

Metso has a long track record of delivering engineered performance and reliability to the oil & gas industry through its leading product brands Neles(R) , Jamesbury(R) and Mapag(R) . The company has delivered millions of valves, control valves, and on-off valves globally more than 90 years, and has become one of the leading suppliers of intelligent valve controllers.

 

Metso's valve technology centers and production facilities are in Finland, the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, India and Brazil. The company has over 55 automation service hubs, 36 valve and field device Service Centers and over 1,000 service professionals serving automation customers around the world.