Burling Valve

Around the company: A cart of Burling Valve BD-series regulators on its way to our shipping department. These products are headed for an industrial process control application.

Around the building: Milling the face of a bronze Burling Valve industrial process regulator.

Our offices will be closed next week, Dec. 26-30, to give our teams time to celebrate with their family and friends. We'll return at 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 2, ready to meet your pressure and flow control needs.
We will open on Friday, Dec. 23.
Happy holidays!

One of the ways our team helps make the season brighter: Santa (Burling Valve Production Manager Jeremy Carpenter), the Grinch (HR Manager Lloyd Graves), and engineer Dave Harvey rang the bell for the Salvation Army on Saturday at a local Kroger store.

If you hadn't given the comparison of the two industries much thought, you might be surprised at the similarities.

What Manufacturers Can Learn from the Fast Food Industry Step behind the scenes at one of today's major fast-food restaurant chains and you'll see an organization that is closer in spirit to a highly efficient manufacturing plant than a diner.

Application feature: Fuel Pump Backpressure Test
Automotive components must be tested at regular intervals to ensure quality standards. A fuel pump back-pressure test stand can be built with Proportion-Air (and Burling Valve) components to handle the testing of a variety of fuel pump sizes.

In this application, a QB2 mounted on an Burling Valve BD-Series (dome-loaded) back-pressure regulator is controlling upstream pressure in a fuel pump test. A flow monitor is downstream measuring flow and sending a signal to the controls, which is sending a command signal to the QB2 to either increase or decrease the pressure in the fuel to meet the specific requirements of the test. This flow monitoring feedback enables one test bench for a variety of fuel pump sizes.

It would be very expensive (and dangerous) to use actual fuel for this test, which is why the fluid is a “fuel mimic,” called Stoddard Solvent, or “white spirit.” It mimics the characteristics of fuel without being nearly as flammable. However, it is a liquid – so the Proportion-Air DST stainless steel sensor is used as 2nd loop feedback to the QB2 for compatibility.

Fuel Pump Backpressure Test Automotive components must be tested at regular intervals to ensure quality standards. A fuel pump backpressure test stand can be built with Proportion-Air (and Burling Valve) components to handle the testing of a variety of fuel pump sizes. MADE IN USA!

A 4" cast iron Burling regulator body waiting to be machined. A Proportion-Air electro-pneumatic regulator is a great pilot for a regulator like this one in processes that require tight control.

Application feature: Accurate, repeatable pressure control for liquids like hydraulic fluid, caustic soda, sour gas, or water is possible using a QB2 electro-pneumatic pressure regulator to pilot a Burling Valve dome-loaded regulator.

Liquid Pressure Control A Proportion-Air QB2 paired with a Burling Valve process pressure regulator can provide liquid pressure control to support various pressures, temperatures and wetted material requirements.

Regulator bodies awaiting spring chambers in our shop this morning.

Hands-on training is one of the ways that we get our teams familiar with products. Molly O'Connor from our Florida location spent some time with Patrick Nolan and the rest of our Burling Valve production team in Indiana this week, learning about how the process regulators come together.

Application feature: Furnaces are definitely top of mind for those of us in northern climates right now. Controlling pressure to NEC classified areas like this requires devices that won't create sparks or other hazardous situations.

Natural Gas Control The ISQBF is a FM-Approved pressure regulator that can be used in certain hazardous environments.

Application feature: Testing the fuselage, or the body of an airplane, at many different atmospheric conditions is critical for safe travel. Combining the work of an electronically piloted pressure-reducing valve and an electronically piloted back-pressure valve simulates altitude changes from landings and takeoffs.

Fuselage Stress Test A fuselage stress test is a critical test that must be performed on aircraft bodies to determine flight worthiness amid constant atmospheric changes.

Application feature: Upgrade aging or substandard automated spraying systems by using accurate, customizable pressure control.

Die L**e Spray Die l**e spray and robot painting/spraying can be accomplished with pressure control for very repeatable spray patterns with minimal waste. Proportion-Air can provide solutions for pressure and or flow control of the atomization processes. MADE IN USA!