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of the purchase order and delivered to the site 60 days after getting the PO . Due to the urgency of the project the valve was flown from China to Mexico . Max-Seal management working closely with their Mexican Representative ( Termotran , S . A . DE C . V .) and Chinese manufacturing team flawlessly coordinated every step in the process . The valve was delivered to meet the Commission ’ s delivery requirement .
Precision delivery and critical functionality
A full dossier with MTR ’ s , Hydrotest and Seal test certificates , Hardness test reports . PMI ( Positive Material Identification ) reports Liquid Penetrant Test Reports , Coating / Painting Reports , Welding Process Reports ( WPS , PQR , and WPQ ) as the body seat is a Welding Overlay process , Operation Test Reports and a full IOM , were provided along with the valve . All of these reports exceeded AWWA C516 requirements . A Limit Switch Box on the Gear Box , which was not requested on the project specifications was also provided , which the end user
Geographical location of the project .
Pipeline in the new aqueduct . engineers found very useful for remote position monitoring of the valve was also supplied . The value of these additional components is that while the valve will operate most of the time , in case repairs are requested in this aqueduct , these components can isolate the aqueduct from the dam – a critical functionality . For this reason , a manual gear operator was provided . The new aqueduct was placed in operation on September 13th . It was inaugurated by the President of Mexico and the Governor of the State .