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Velan’ s plan for continued growth
Both Mannebach and Velan detailed the three core principles that drive the company’ s success, and how they consistently deliver innovations within the flow control industry.“ The first is commitment to our customers,” said Mannebach.“ However, it goes beyond the hollow words of‘ a customer always comes first.’ What’ s interesting to Velan is when an opportunity arises that no other manufacturer has been able to solve. This allows us to bring application knowledge to our customers, and it’ s these opportunities that drive the company forward.” Mannebach explained that the second core principle is following the company’ s innovative spirit.“ It’ s important to possess an innovative spirit and‘ connect the dots’ in new, creative ways for an application challenge so we can draw on our base of knowledge and craft products to meet a customer’ s specific needs.” The third principle is delivering the highest quality. Given the nature and complications of Velan’ s applications in the nuclear, defense, and oil & gas industries, margins for error simply don’ t exist. Velan ensures its products and solutions perform flawlessly through every stage of design, manufacturing, and testing, every time, under the harshest conditions.“ These three aspects are the cornerstones of the brand today,” said Mannebach.“ The hallmark of the company is not only innovation, but the relevance of the innovation. We want to understand the demand in the marketplace and then bring the product to the market to meet that demand, not what we think it will be good for. This ideology all started 75 years ago when A. K. founded the company.”
New innovations & strong industry presence
Velan continues to drive innovation, expand its global presence, and actively support its core operations across the upstream and midstream sectors. Velan emphasized that the company is currently“ doubling down” by further strengthening its market position by aligning its products with customer needs
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and meeting current( and future) demands through its diverse product portfolio. For instance, the company maintains a strong focus on its high-temperature, high-pressure multi-turn valve product range, supporting existing and new projects worldwide. Additional emphasis is on its complete range of severe service metalseated ball valves for delayed coking, ebullated bed, and other types of residue upgrading applications. One example is the addition of the J-Series metal-seated double ball valve to the Securaseal ® product line. Based on Velan’ s certified and field-proven Securaseal ® R-Series single-ball valve, the company recently introduced the J-Series as a singleor double-actuated bi-directional double-ball valve with several advantages. Among its key features is the ability to operate two balls simultaneously with a single actuator, saving space and enhancing efficiency, making it beneficial for applications such as hydrocracking and catalyst handling. The J-Series is rated for ASME classes up to 2500. It was part of a recent valve package for one of the largest ebullated bed units in the world, located in Alberta, Canada, where Velan supplied a large batch of R-Series and J-Series valves in a recent overhaul.“ We’ ve had a very good push into ebullated bed and other types of hydrocracking processes,” said Velan.“ We have a complete range of metal seated ball valves as well as other product lines for severe service and a variety of applications.” The company also sustains a presence in nuclear power applications. Mannebach explains it’ s one of the“ brighter spots in
Qualification testing of a naval valve circa 1960 to prove that our parallel slide gate valve could perform as required.
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