RAYS FLOW CONTROL attended Fugitive Emissions Summit China 2016 on September 20-21, 2016 located in Shanghai.WHAT IS THE FUGITIVE EMISSIONS SUMMIT CHINA 2016? Fugitive Emissions Summit China aims to bring together a community of end users, EPC’s, distributors, manufacturers, and suppliers for an exciting conference and exhibition that will help address the ever-changing world of fugitive emissions regulations and control.There will be a strong emphasis on LDAR programs and how all industries affected by current regulations can interpret and meet the regulations whether it be downstream or upstream. AUDIENCEThe content of the conference will be particularly of interest to:Engineers and managers from reliability, maintenance, piping and HSE departments in chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas companies.Suppliers and manufacturers of Fugitive emissions management products and servicesGovernment, regulatory bodies and research institutesMaterial and process engineers from engineering companies.Decision makers within these companies/bodies WHY A CONFERENCEFugitive emissions is not a new concept in China. However despite the growing concerns on the air quality and environmental issues, the Fugitive emissions and LDAR technologies have not been widely adopted in China’s industrial market until recent years.In December 2014, the ministry of environmental protection has drafted a remediation programs for China’s petrochemical industry, targeting a 30% reduction of VOCs emission by 2017. “Strengthen VOCs control. Comprehensive VOCs control should be implemented in petrochemicals, organic chemicals, surface coating, packaging, printing and other industries. Technology transformation of ‘Leak Detection and Repair’ (LDAR) should be conducted in petrochemical industry.”This conference aims to bring a group of experts from the global industry to share their knowledge, experience and innovations on the fugitive emissions control and LDAR practices. End users, government bodies, research institutes and engineering companies are also welcome to share their successful cases, challenges, and new legislations in China. This conference will focus on the Chinaperspective and cover comprehensive topics beneficial to the end users, engineering companies, government bodies and equipment suppliers. TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCEFugitive emissions international standardsLDAR practice from different countries and marketsValve and flange sealing technologiesVOCs control & LDAR regulations in ChinaLow Emission TestingCase study of Fugitive emissions control activitiesRefinery and Chemical plant applicationsIndustry trends…

RAYS flow Control is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Certificate of Conformity with Fugitive Emission Type Testing (Class A) Acc. to: ISO15848-1 Second Edition.RAYS scheduled to conduct and successfully passed the audit in our own laboratory in RAYS factory on Sep. 25ISO15848-1-Ball-Valve ISO15848-1-Gate-ValveISO 15848 specifies testing procedures, for evaluation of external leakage of valve stem seals and body joints of isolating valves and control valves intended for application in volatile air pollutants and hazardous fluids.Valves are the indispensable equipment, which is one of the main leakage sources in the petrochemical plant. With the increasing awareness of people's safety and environmental protection, it is more and more stringent to permit the leakage level of poisonous and combustible explosive media in petrochemical plant. Therefore, the leakage of such natural gas purification facilities has more stringent requirements, the use of low leakage valves will be more practical significance.…

Valves are an important part of the equipment manufacturing industry. They are indispensable fluid control equipment for pressure-bearing special equipment boilers, pressure vessels and pressure pipes. They are widely applied in: petroleum, chemical, power, long-distance pipelines, shipbuilding, aerospace, onshore & offshore oil recovery, and other fields. With the development of cryogenic technology - liquid helium (LHe), liquid hydrogen (LH2), liquid nitrogen (LN2), liquid oxygen (LO2) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are evolving in the fields of aerospace, petrochemical industry and daily life. The application in the field is becoming more and more extensive, and people put forward higher requirements on the performance of the cryogenic valve matched with the pipeline transportation system. Because the operating temperature of the cryogenic valve is extremely low [i.e. liquid helium (-268.9 ºC), liquid oxygen (-218.8 ºC), liquid hydrogen (-252 ºC), liquefied natural gas (-161.6 ºC), etc.], the design and manufacture of valves presents a series of serious technical challenges. Zhejiang is a large province for valve manufacturing, and the valve output value has accounted for nearly one-third of the total valve output value of the country. Although the backbone enterprises in the province have been able to design and manufacture various valves in accordance with international standards such as: ISO, DIN, and API. Some of the manufacturer’s products have reached the international advanced level and there is still a huge gap with foreign companies in the core technologies. Also, high-end valves still rely on imports. The Project of Natural Gas Transmission from West to East China is a very large-scale infrastructure for the construction of the country during the tenth five-year period. A large number of LNG (liquefied natural gas) Terminals are required to be built along the way. The LNG Terminal Phase I Project basically purchases cryogenic valves from foreign manufacturers such as South Korea S&S, American Flowserve, Spain Poyam, British Orton, Italian TAI, etc. Domestic valves are only purchased as spare parts. In recent years, the country has actively implemented the strategic measures for the localization of major equipment, which has brought a rare opportunity for the development of the valve manufacturing industry. The State Council issued a request to rely on key projects in the fields of high-efficiency clean power generation, natural gas pipeline transportation, liquefaction storage and transportation, and targeted domestic production of key products. Through investigation, it was found that the cryogenic valve is a cutthroat product of the above key projects. Against this background, RAYS Flow control, Inc. (RAYS) and Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have signed an Industry-University-Research collaboration agreement in March 2019 to implement the national innovation driving strategy. The agreement will carry out the following cooperation around the field of cryogenic valves:Research and development of new cryogenic valve materials;Development and application of cryogenic valve technology;Research on related science and technology projects; In summary, the two sides will make full use of the: talents, intellectual strengths, scientific research capabilities of CAS, market resources, and production conditions of RAYS. In order to play their respective roles, they share resources through technological innovation to promote technological progress and the transformation of scientific research achievement. With the management level, we will establish a close cooperation relationship between “production, study and research” to form a pattern of mutual promotion of research and industry, common development, and a win-win situation between industry & academia. The scientific research results brought by this cooperation will exert significant economic and social benefits and contribute to the development of China's valve industry.…

RAYS flow Control, Inc is pleased to announce that it has been awarded certification for Council Directive 2014/68/EU Module H of the Pressure Equipment Directive in August 2017, Notification Body No. CE 1155. The certification authority is SGS Portugal SA which covers design, production and final inspection and testing of gate valves, ball valves, globe valves, check valves and butterfly valves. This certificate has played a positive role in the expansion of RAYS FLOW CONTROL's products in the European market.Definition of Pressure Equipment Directive(PED)The Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 2014/68/EU (formerly97/23/EC) of the EU sets out the standards for the design and fabrication of pressure equipment ("pressure equipment" means steam boilers, pressure vessels, piping, safety valves and other components and assemblies subject to pressure loading) generally over one litre in volume and having a maximum pressure more than 0.5 bar gauge. It also sets the administrative procedures requirements for the "conformity assessment" of pressure equipment, for the free placing on the European market without local legislative barriers. It has been mandatory throughout the EU since 30 May 2002, with 2014 revision fully effective as of 19 July 2016. This is enacted in the UK as the Pressure Equipment Regulations (PER). The set out standards and regulations regarding pressure vessels and boilers safety is also very close to the US standards defined by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). This enables most international inspection agencies to provide both verification and certification services to assess compliance to the different pressure equipment directives.…

RAYS Flow Control had successfully passed the ISO 9000:2008 / ISO 14001:2004 / OHSAS 18001:2007 management system certifications.RAYS scheduled to conduct the three management systems of the production site and documents audit by the third party SGS on March 15th-17th, 2017. After all the efforts for 3 days, RAYS successfully passed the following management system certifications:ISO 9000:2008 (Quality Management System)ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management System)OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System)After this renew audit, it had raised the company’s overall management level, and had laid a good foundation for product quality, environmental protection and employees’ occupational health and safety management in the near future.…