Company Announcement - The AZ-Armaturen Group has further developed its high quality plug valve range with the positive result of a very safe, reliable and modular sealing and mounting arrangement. AZ-Armaturen is a German owned and globally leading manufacturer of plug valves, special valves and allied products. AZ-Armaturen South Africa is the only South African manufacturer of sleeved, self-lubricating plug valves and the leading supplier in Sub-Saharan Africa. The AZ Group has further production plants in Germany, Brazil and China which all manufacture the valves according to the same German design and highest international valve standards. The unique valve design sets the quality benchmark high for valves used in hazardous, dangerous and difficult applications where highest reliability is needed. The new modular valve design provides maximum flexibility so that the basic valve design can easily be modified according to customer requirements.

In detail, the new ”ISO-STANDARD” design provides advantages such as:
• Valve free of cavities & maintenance
• Improved shaft and cover sealing
• Safety sealings to prevent fugitive emission of aggressive and toxic media
• Actuator mounting flange acc. to ISO 5211
• Modular system for maximized flexibility
• Easy accessible adjustment of the plug
• Patented cardanic dihedron coupling
• Vacuum tightness
• Compliant with various international valve standards, such as fire-safe API 607

The new ISO-STD plug valve design

After an extensive and successful development, test and implementation phase accomplished by the German headquarter, AZ-Armaturen South Africa is going to supply the new valve design to the Sub-Saharan market from early 2016. The South African manufacturing plant is preparing and implementing the new production processes which are needed for the new design and is building up its stock for all the necessary raw materials and finished products in order to be able to deliver the new valve design with short lead times to the market. The implementation phase is planned step by step over a period of several month to make sure that the delivery times can be kept short.

AZ-Armaturen is convinced that the new valve design will further benefit the customer’s needs by providing higher reliability, advanced safety features, more flexibility and it will strengthen AZ’s position as leading manufacturer of high quality plug valves. sales@az-armaturen.co.za