NEWS

6Sealing Technology October 2013

Jyco Sealing Technologies, 955 W. Eisenhower Circle,

Suite G, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA.

Tel: +1 734 663 9000, Fax: +1 734 993 9025,

Web: www.jycosealingtechnologies.com

Flowserve expands quick response centre in Aberdeen, UK

Flowserve Corp, a major US-based provider of flow-control products

and services to the global infrastruc-ture markets, has opened its new and expanded, quick response centre (QRC) in Aberdeen, UK.

The QRC services customers in the upstream oil and gas, general industrial and power-gen-erating sectors that rely on rotating equipment, pumps and seals. The new facility offers far more flexibility when it comes to the size and types of pumps it can handle, compared with the previous facility, says the company. This is because it is equipped with a system that has an eight-ton lifting capacity (compared with one capable of listing three tons).

A range of technical and support services is available from the Aberdeen QRC, includ-ing off-site maintenance and repair; product overhauls, re-rates and upgrades; on-site instal-lation, and commissioning. These are provided for all rotating equipment, regardless of the original equipment manufacturer.

With an area of approximately 1400 m2 (15 000 ft2), the new facility is approxi-mately three times larger than the previous one, and represents a continuing, significant investment in the growing Aberdeen market. The added space will also allow for additional staffing to meet the growing need for pump and mechanical seal repairs and offshore field service.

‘We expanded the Aberdeen QRC because our growing level of business in the region demanded it,’ explained Kirk Wilson, President, Services and Solutions Operations, Flowserve.

‘The new facility not only increases our capability to provide premium local services to our UK and North Sea offshore customers, but it also enables us to help them reduce the total cost of ownership for their rotating equipment.’

The new QRC is located less than a mile from the existing one. It is a ‘‘green facil-ity’’ because it possesses its own geothermal system (consisting of underground heating throughout the office, workshop and yard) as well as solar heating and a rainwater recovery system.

Contacts:

Flowserve Ellesmere Port, 2 Inward Way, Rossmore

Business Park, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH63 3EN, UK.

Tel: +44 151 356 0555, Fax: +44 151 355 1555.

Flowserve Corp, 5215 North O’Connor Boulevard,

Suite 2300, Irving, TX 75039, USA. Tel: +1 972 443

6500, Fax: +1 972 443 6800, Web: www.flowserve.com

Hydratight given international licence to deliver training courses

Joint integrity specialist Hydratight Ltd has been approved by the UK’s

Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) to deliver, on an international basis, mechanical joint integrity (MJI) courses.

first to be recognised internationally by the statutory body and awarding organisation. These approved training courses are supported by Step Change in Safety – the UK based part-nership with the remit to make the country the safest oil and gas exploration and production province in the world – and are recognised as best practice in the UK.

courses to be delivered across the Middle East and will provide a clear route to competence for all onshore and offshore workers involved in the disassembly, assembly and tightening of bolted connections. Courses are delivered by certified trainers by means of both theory and practical modules, to elevate a bolted joint to the same level of skill measures and monitors one would typically apply to a welded joint, says the company.

dedicated, multi-lingual full-time trainers along with established training centres across the region covering Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait.

Mohan P.C. Anantharaman, Managing

‘We have been working closely with the ECITB for a number of years and are delighted to be the first training company to be approved internationally by the industry statutory body and awarding organisation to improve safety performance in the Middle East.’

is one of the major value propositions we offer to the region. I am delighted to see the acceleration in improvement of standards on safety, security and quality needs in the energy sector. We will

I N B R I E F

Patrick Ward is elected to DuPont’s board of directorsDuPont has announced that Patrick Ward, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President, Cummins Inc, has been elected to its board of directors. ‘Pat is an accomplished global business leader who possesses tre-mendous financial expertise and experience,’ commented Ellen Kullman, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont. ‘We look for-ward to the wealth of knowledge and insight that he will bring to the board.’ Ward has served since 2008 as CFO, Cummins, which designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies.

ElringKlinger uses IAA to highlight its CO2 reduction technology‘‘It’s all about emissions’’ was the theme under which ElringKlinger Ag exhibited is products and technology for CO2 reduc-tion at the 65th International Motor Show (IAA), which was held recently in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The firm’s product portfolio includes mica-based and graphite-based vol-ume seals for exhaust and turbocharger appli-cations. In order to meet the requirements of newly developed downsized engines with regard to higher peak pressures and elevated temperatures, it has also developed new cyl-inder-head gasket designs featuring additional support elements and embossed stoppers positioned on the combustion chamber side as well as the ‘‘backland’’ of the gasket.

Cooper Standard appoints Ott as Vice President, Human ResourcesUS-based supplier of automotive sealing, fuel and brake, and fluid-transfer systems

Larry Ott as the vice president of its human resources. In this role Ott will serve as an

and its principal operating subsidiary, and will become a member of Cooper Standard’s global leadership team.

DP Seals supplies mouldings for bicycle disc brakesIn the UK, supplier of precision, custom seals and gaskets DP Seals Ltd is working closely

which makes components for bicycles, to develop mouldings for disc brakes and lights. It says that it delivers between 5000 and 20 000 items to the company every other month. The brake components are composed of specific blends of materials, combined to offer high tensile strength and resistance to silicone oils, greases and brake fluids. DP Seals has been supplying custom rubber seals to the firm for over 15 years.