By: Jillian Chisefsky

 

Anix Valve USA is an industrial and fittings manufacturer for importers, distributors, and OEM customers. Anix has a proven track record of delivering high quality, reliable and effective products along with personable customer support, a team of technical experts, competitive pricing, and proper certifications. Trusted since 1988 to meet the needs of a wide range of industries including oil, gas, electricity, biology, pharmaceutical, textile, fiber, military, water supply, commercial plumbing and more.

Table of Contents:

Choosing the Right Control Valve Manufacturer

Quality

Product Variety

Industry Standards

Technical Expertise

Availability

Customer Service

 

Quality

Consider a control valve manufacturer based on their high quality and reliable products. Quality control valves start with basic product design and the sourcing of raw materials, to the manufacturing process, product testing and certifications. Also take into consideration the manufacturer’s quality of customer service and reputation.

 

What determines quality?

Materials: The raw materials used are high quality and durable to ensure the longevity and reliability of the final product. Anix uses premium quality materials such as carbon steel, stainless steel, brass and cast iron.

Testing: Testing may include performance, durability, safety, and compliance testing. Testing is used to ensure the products are not only safe to use, but they perform correctly, are durable and comply with industry standards.Anix ensures the quality and safety of its products by performing these tests.

Design: Design factors include functionality, ergonomics, durability, simplicity, aesthetics, and innovation.  Anix designs products with the end-user in mind, ensuring the preferences and needs of the customer. Anix makes sure the design is durable and adheres to wear and tear during long-term use.

Quality Control: Quality control includes material and component inspections, process control, and product inspections. Anix inspects the raw materials used to create the product to ensure they meet high standards; there are strict procedures used to monitor and control each manufacturing process.

Continuous Improvement: The manufacturer strives to create and provide products that satisfy customer needs and expectations. Anix regularly reviews its products and services by taking customer feedback, adopting the latest technology, and providing ongoing training and development to employees.

 

Product Variety

A good manufacturer will offer a wide array of products. There should be a range of valves to meet various application requirements and industry needs.

Anix Valve USA offers control, ball, gate, globe, check and trunnion valves, Y strainers, pipe fittings and more. Anix can meet the diverse needs of customers by offering several categories of products such as electrical, security lighting and HVAC valves.                                                                        

                                                                                                                 

 

ANIX Stainless Steel Y strainer Class 800 Threaded NPT

ANIX Stainless Steel Globe Valve Class 150 / 300 RF

ANIX Sanitary Butterfly Valve - Clamp End / Pull Handle

 

Full Product list could be found here

 

Cost

Find a manufacturer that gives you the best value for your money. Anix offers competitive pricing for its customers, making an affordable option for those looking for a cost-conscious solution.

 

Manufacturers should have:

Lean manufacturing: Focusing on limiting waste through the manufacturing process while still maximizing efficiency. This helps reduce the costs of product without trading off quality.

Strategic Sourcing: Carefully source raw materials from trusted and reliable suppliers at a favorable cost to ensure the product is affordable.

Economies of Scale: Companies can reduce the cost per unit by producing a high volume of products at one time. Because of this, Anix customers could save by buying in larger volumes.

Automation: Using advanced technology to push efficiency in the workplace and continuously improve work processes.

 

Industry Standards

Look for manufacturers that meet relevant industry certifications, such as API, ISO, ASME, and NACE. Industry standards and certifications are crucial for a manufacturer to provide high quality products that are safe, perform well and can withstand wear and tear.

 

 

Some Key Certifications for the Control Valve Industry Include:

API (The American Petroleum Institute): Widely recognized as the benchmark for high quality and performance of the oil and gas industry.

ISO (The International Organization for Standardization): An international quality recognition system that ensures a company can meet customer needs properly.

ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers): Sets the standards for pressure vessel design, construction, and inspection.

NACE (The National Association of Corrosion Engineers): Standards for protection from corrosion.

 

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Technical Expertise

The manufacturer should have a team of advanced expertise for proper technical support to help with choosing the right valve for your needs and helping you after the sale. They should create a customer relationship ensuring that you are satisfied with their product.

Anix has a team of expertly trained engineers and staff that will provide knowledge of design, function, and repair of products for the electrical, lighting, HVAC and many more industries. The team is knowledgeable of the latest technological and industry trends. The company invests in intellectual research and development to stay on top of competitors and constantly improve the quality of their products.

 

Availability

Consider the convenience of the manufacturer. You want one that will have your item in stock and deliver your order on time. Choose a manufacturer that will adhere to your desired timeframe.

As a globalized brand, Anix provides products and services through a number of distributors around the world. Products are readily accessible to customers with reliable delivery and after sale support. Anix provides quick response time to customers looking for help.

 

Customer Service

Find a manufacturer that offers support from choosing a product to installation, maintenance, and repair services. The manufacturer should be personable and available to assist your every need.

Anix USA is committed to offering exceptional customer service that includes product training, maintenance, customization, warranty, quick response time and support after the sale. Anix ensures that customers get the value for the cost by providing these extra services before and after the sale.

 

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The manual valves can be operated with the help of a hand wheel, lever or pedal. But the automatic valves are operated by the changes in the pressure, temperature or volume of the fluids. These differences trigger the piston or diaphragm and which then activates the valve. For instance, the safety valves found in steam boilers or hot water systems are automatic industrial valves. Some of the complex control systems in the industry also require valves and they cannot alone control the flow, based on the external input. So for this purpose these systems require an actuator. This actuator will knock the valve based upon its inputs and this in turn helps the valve to be set in an appropriate position.

 

Different types of industrial valves

 

The classification of the different kinds of industrial valves has to be based on two different criteria. The first criterion is the variation in their designs and the second one is based on the differences in their operation. Some of the common kinds of valves that are differentiated based on the first criterion are gate valve, poppet valve, check valve, butterfly valve, ball valve and pinch valve. The valves that are classified based on the operation are manual valves, solenoid valves, hydraulic or pneumatic valves.

 

Any kind of valve usually has the following important parts. They are body and bonnet which form the main casing of the valve and ports which allow the flow of fluid in and out of the valve. Other parts may include seat, stem, spring and valve ball.

 

Advancements

 

Some of technical advances have touched these manifold valves too and have in turn resulted in more sophisticated valve systems for the use of various industries. For instance, one such advancement is the manifold valve with two separate valves in which it enables the operation of one valve while it disables the operation of the other valve. Such a manifold valve will have a main passageway, a subdivision passageway diverging from the main one and valve openings and closings for both the passageways.

 

Needle valves are used in flow metered purposes and have their significance in regulating the flow of the liquid in such cases. These are extremely useful when the flow rate is needed to be less and the rate of flow of the fluid or the liquid is desired to be at a constant rate throughout for optimum usage of the respective application.

 

Needle valves are unsuitable for simple shut down applications as they require many turns of the screw that is prevalent in the valve for the flow to be kept at a desired level required for the particular application. Sometimes the small needle valves have their usage in the water heating applications. In this context they are used as bleed valves. It is very difficult to say whether a needle valve is open or shut. The particular position of the handle of the needle valve and its examination is not adequate to conclude that such a valve has been kept open or it has been closed. In case of other valves the position of the handle or the rising stem is enough to come to the conclusion that the relevant type of valve is open or shut. In this case however caution has to be exercised to ascertain the position of the valve.

The standard control oil valves are used extensively in thousands of applications all over the world. Everyday, the design of these valves gets simpler and simpler and facilitates the straightforward use of maintenance procedures, reduction in operation time and are available at low costs. Many of the world class parts production industries have invested their time, resources, talented staffs and money hugely for creating more sophisticated designs of oil and gas valves that can be used widely fields. This increase in production capabilities is attributed to the ever growing demand for these valves among the various industries. Some advanced abilities like thermal resistance, cast valve body, improved opening and closing are found in the newer valves.

 

Applications of oil valves

First of all, the oil valves can be used in the petrochemical and other refinery plants for the regulation of oils. Other applications of these valves may include water treatment plants, sewage plants and power generation plants as well.