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Ray Herrera conducting Solenoid Valve Sizing & Selection training at ISA San Diego Section’s annual Expo and Technical Training Event on August 6, 2009, courtesy of The Valve Shop, a Division of Applied Valves and Controls, Inc. Websites: www.icexpo09.com, www.isasd.com. Video Ref. SDV 0411 SValves.

Solenoid Valves are the most commonly used valves in process automation. From basic water shutoff valves to severe service petrochemical refining applications. Unfortunately, they are too often misapplied and cause process inefficiencies, upsets, and shutdowns. This program is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the criteria used to properly size & select solenoid valves for both new and seasoned practitioners.

Instructor Ray Herrera is President of The Valve Shop, Applied Valves & Controls, Inc. He has extensive experience with sizing & selecting valves for process control and automation. Prior to founding The Valve Shop, Ray worked as an Inside Sales Engineer and Field Sales Engineer for major Manufacture Rep Companies of Control Valves, Instrumentation, and Process Control products.

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This short video was shot the day we had a guest speaker come to the college to present on Fisher FieldVue (digital) positioners. I wanted to demonstrate the hazards ociated with Ball ValvValves on a workbench by chopping a pencil in half with one as it closes.

The series of flashes you see in the first part of the video was me taking still-photos of the valve in five different positions, for use as illustrations in the instrumentation textbook I’m writing.

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