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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Baton Rouge, LA (March 29, 2018) – Setpoint Integrated Solutions (Setpoint I.S.) is very pleased to announce our agreement as the new, premier distribution partner of Gestra USA for Texas, Arkansas, western Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and the Florida panhandle effective immediately.

“This agreement augments our existing offering for Steam and Condensate Management Solutions throughout our entire footprint within the Gulf South, from Texas to the Florida Panhandle up to Tennessee and Arkansas. Gestra is a premier brand and we look forward to continued partnership and growth,” said Jeff Kelley, Vice President of Sales for Setpoint Integrated Solutions.

About Gestra USA

Established in 1902 and still manufacturing in Bremen, Germany, Gestra has been physically present in the United States since 1976. Gestra is a global leader in the design and production of high quality steam traps, boiler controls, check valves, control systems and critical service valves for the efficient use and control of steam and process fluids. Gestra products have many practical uses and are applied where energy savings are desired wherever steam is generated, distributed or used, liquid & gaseous media flow, and where operational reliability and environmental protection play an important role.

About Setpoint Integrated Solutions

Setpoint Integrated Solutions is the leader in the process control industry with 13 facilities across the Gulf Coast. Supporting the Power, Refining, and Chemical Industries with best in class valve repair services, delivering process solutions for control, relief, and automated valve requirements, along with industrial equipment including liquid level measurement, pressure gauges, PLC’s and more. Setpoint Integrated Solutions, headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., is a subsidiary of Pon Holdings B.V. of the Netherlands. Pon is an international trading and service organization with a workforce of 14,000 people spread over 450 locations in 32 countries. For more information, please visit www.setpointis.com and www.pon.com/en .

PDF found here.

CONTACT:

Wyatt Link, Marketing Specialist Setpoint Integrated Solutions

Phone: (225)-612-1167

wlink@SetpointIS.com

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Do you have pressure relief valves with inlet pressure losses greater than 3% of the valve set pressure? Do you have over sized pressure relief valves causing valve chatter? Did you know a restricted lift pressure relief valve could solve these common problems?

API 526 Table 1 shows a 21% to 78% increase in effective orifice area from one selected orifice to the next lettered orifice. In some applications, the user may require an orifice somewhere in between so that the resulting rated capacity is lower. This reduction in rated capacity can be achieved by restricting the lift. A restricted lift pressure relief valve has a reduced flow area (reduced effective orifice area), resulting in a lower rated capacity for the valve. A lower rated capacity, based on the reduced lift, will lower the inlet and outlet piping pressure losses and reduce the acoustic effects. API 520 Part 2, Sixth Edition, paragraph 7.3.7.5 also recommends restricting the valve lift to address high inlet pressure losses.

Consolidated offers the 1900 Series API 526 pressure relief valve with a restricted lift option for orifices F-W under National Board capacity certification number 18223. This certification was granted by compliance to ASME B&PVC Section VIII, paragraph UG-131(e)(1). This option is available for all compressible media (gases and steam) applications for both new valves and repair valves.

ASME B&PVC Section VIII, paragraph UG-136(a)(11) gives the requirements that must be met for restricted lift applications which states valves shall not have their lifts restricted to a value less than 30% of full rated lift, or 0.080 in. (2 mm). Paragraph UG-133(h) states that when sizing and selecting valves, the restricted lift nameplate capacity shall be determined by multiplying the capacity at full rated lift as defines in UG-131(e)(3) by the ratio of the restricted lift to the full rated lift. Paragraph UG-136(c)(4)(b)(5) gives the requirements that an ASME Assembler must meet to supply restricted lift valves.

A VR stamp holder is not required by NB-23 (NBIC Part 3) to have ASME restricted lift capacity certification when performing lift restriction as part of a repair.

The nameplate on restricted lift relief devices shall be stamped to identify the reduced lift value and the rated capacity based on that reduced lift value.Restricted lift pressure relief valves may be specified by providing the manufacturer with a required restricted capacity. The manufacturer shall determine the lift that will provide a restricted rated capacity that meets the required capacity. Prior to making a final selection the purchaser shall confirm that the restricted lift relief device meets the design requirements. Note that valves restricted under a VR repair will have the rated restricted capacity and the restricted lift value listed on the repair nameplate.

SRVSpeQ has the restricted lift option included and requires the percentage restriction to be inputted. The valve configuration code will have an “RL” included at the end.
Lift restriction is accomplished by installing a limit washer between the guide and disc holder as shown in the figure. The limit washer is cut to the appropriate length based on the lift required.

Contact Setpoint Integrated Solutions,   1-800-256-7373 for all of your relief valve needs from Service to New Assembly.

*Adapted from Matt E Byers, Sr. Product Manager,                                                               Consolidated Valves, Baker Hughes, a GE company