Pro-Tech’s customer was having difficulty controlling the primary and secondary chilled water loops within its cooling system. The chilled water flows were frequently oscillating far above and below their temperature and flow rate setpoints, causing frequent, rapid loading and unloading of the chilled water pumps and chillers. The facility was forced to ramp up its flow setpoint in order to achieve the desired cooling performance—despite the system’s extreme fluctuations. The combination of rapid equipment cycling with the elevated setpoint meant that our customer was using far more energy than necessary to operate the facility.

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Control Associates is merging the former Emerson valve repair facility in Burlington, NJ, with Atlantic Valve Services, its full-service PRV repair center in Swedesboro, NJ. This merger in combination with Control Associates’ assembly and automation facility in Allendale, NJ, makes Control Associates uniquely qualified to provide diagnostics & preventive maintenance programs, as well as valve testing & repair.

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Control Associates Caribe now offers a unified channel for Emerson customers in Jamaica. The company is excited to announce the expansion of their offerings within Emerson final control products into the Jamaican territory—including Fisher-branded control valves, actuators, instruments, and pressure regulators.

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A major NYC Hospital had been operating and maintaining legacy pneumatic controls on their steam pressure reducing valve stations (PRV) throughout the campus. These devices were becoming unreliable, hard to get, and gave them zero visibility to their valves, setpoints, and alarms on their control system. While Control Associates regularly supports its customers’ legacy systems, this hospital asked them to upgrade their systems with Control Associates’ Digital Steam Solution.

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Can You Replace Our Actuators Without Having to Remove the Valves?
Absolutely! This commercial property’s legacy actuators had failed on its installed base of large diameter butterfly valves. To update this customer’s equipment, Control Associates suggested upgrading to a more reliable and robust Bettis product, via a field retrofit—without any need to remove valves from the line.

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