78 | The Fisher Story
Fisher-Marshalltown
manufacturing focuses on
engineered products.
2003 Design GX
control valve,
Design D4
control valve,
FIELDVUE ®
Performance
Diagnostics,
Design V150S slurry
Vee-Ball ® valve, and
Type DL3 digital level
transmitter are
introduced.
Fisher-Marshalltown
shares engineering
resources with the
Valve Automation
Division. VAD
focuses on electric and
hydraulic actuators.
Worldwide manufacturing
sites attain ISO 9000:2000
registration.
New PlantWeb performance lab and technical
conference center open in Marshalltown.
Sherman plant receives the Emerson President’s Plant
Operational Excellence Award.
Design GX advertisement
Slurry Vee-Ball rotary valve
Sherman employees, 2003
GX Control Valve
T
he GX valve was a real team
effort from the start. Market
research and extensive customer
interviews were conducted in
Europe and Asia.
Design responsibility was
shared between Marshalltown,
Chatham (U.K.) and Cernay.
Materials staff in
Marshalltown, Szekesfehervar,
Singapore and Nilai helped
identify the best supplier for
each component.
Finally, the Singapore and
Szekesfehervar staff teamed up
to design and build a new
advanced flow line for assembly
of the product using the latest
technology and lean
manufacturing methods.
This assembly line was
designed to produce 7,000
valves per annum based on 2
shifts with 3 operators in each
shift. The operators perform
valve and actuator assembly,
seat-leak and friction testing,
instruments mounting, final
assembly testing and packaging
in this assembly line.
“The GX and DVC2000 is the
biggest opportunity we have
had to impact the European
market since the introduction of
FIELDVUE,” said Trevor Sands,
vice president of valves EMA.
The Szekesfehervar plant
manufactures the GX for EMA
requirements (2005).
The GX process line is the
centerpiece of the Wuqing
factory (2005).