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Butterfly Valves

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Namur Solenoid Valve

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Rotary Globe Control Valv

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3 Way Globe Valve

Butterfly Control Valve

Hot Cold Water Mix Valve

Low Cost VBall

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Flush Bottom Tank Valve

Sampling Valve

Safety Selector Valve

Safety Excess Flow Valve

Gate Globe Check Valve

Water Leak Detection

Customers and Application

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Customers and Applications

Our Main Everyday Business is Satisfiying Customer Requirements for  Ball Valves, Butterfly Valves, Check Valves, Automated Valves, Control Valves, and Measuring Instruments.  We Also Often Get Asked To Solve Problems.  


   Some of Our Recent Customers :


Space Exploration

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- "New Project - Mars Lander" - High Pressure, Fast Acting, Air Operated Ball Valves for Testing of Inflation Concept for Landing Balloons to Slow Down the Decent of the Mars Lander.

NASA Glenn
- High Pressure Stainless Steel Full Port Ball Valves

Raytheon - Actuated Valves with Cavity Fillers for Material Used in Manufacture of RF Absorbers for Space and Airborne Systems


General Process Industry

3M Company
- Chemical Reactor Valves, Air Operated Ball Valves, Deadman Ball Valves, Line Blinds to Safely and Easily Isolate Chemical Reactors by Operators, Explosionproof Rotameters with Alarm Contacts, Sampling Valves, High Performance Butterfly Valves, Chemical Containment System, Sanitary Triclamp VBall Control Valves

Graco
- Special Ball Valves and Level Controls for Paint Systems in Automobile Plants.  High Shock Pressure Transducers for Destructive Testing of Paint Wands.

Darcole Products
 - Automated Valves for Concrete Additive

Cummins Filtration
- Non-Particle Generating Sanitary Butterfly Valves for Testing and Reducing Diesel Emmissions  

Ford Motor Company - Established Condeming Limits and Instituted Process Monitoring and Machine Repair Scheduled Maintenance using Ferrographic Analysis and Vibration Analysis of Mission Critical Plant Equipment on Air Compressors and Hydro Electric Turbines

Food
General Mills - Control Valves for Precision Product Temperature Control, Assisted with the Implimentation of a Corporate Vibration Monitoring Program for Predictive Maintenance

Hormel
- Stainless Steel Air Operated Ball Valves for Steam, Precise and Rugged RTD Temperature Sensors, Valve Repair

Sand Creek Brewing
- Sanitary RTD Temperature Sensors to Make Better Beer

3M
- Sanitary Vball Control Valve, Ultra-Sensitive Sanitary Flush Tank RTD that can be Removed without Shutting Down Process

Malt-o-Meal
- Instrumentation Racks for Twin Screw Extruders, Precision Control Valves for Better Temperature Control to Save Energy and Make a More Consistant Product

Nestle Foods
- 3 Way Ball Valves used in Factory that made Slim Fast for Oprah, Precise Retort Temperature Sensors, Chart Recorders and Controls for Legal Pasteurization.

Kraft Foods
- Teflon Lined Butterfly Valves for Food Processing Sanitary System, Sanitary Temperature Sensors, VBall Control Valves to Improve Temperature Control of Process

BioPharm

Life Core
- Hot Oil Valves with Secondary Seal for Jacketed Tanks

Genentec
- Precision Flow Through RTD Temperature Sensors, High Purity, Non-Intrusive Design, Meeting All BioPharm Standards

A&B Process Systems
- Sanitary Temperature Sensors and Wells for BioPharm Applications


Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals
- Telfon Lined Flush Bottom Tank Valves for Batch Chemical Reactors

Sigma Aldrich Chemical - Temperature Sensors with Temperature Wells Contructed of Special Corrosion Materials, Temperature Sensors Designed to Withstand Autoclave/ Sterylizer Environment with High Moisture Content.

Colleges and Universities- Special Projects

Colorado State University
- Turbine Valves

University of Minnesota
- Flow Test Lab - Large Butterfly Valve w/ Gear Operator

Packaging Equipment - Limited Space Requirement

A Packaging - 
Air Operated Sanitary Ball Valves, 3-way Sanitary Ball Valves

Facilities Management - Reducing Energy Use - Better Control

Westin Hotel
- St Louis MO - Energy Saving VBall Control Valves for Seasonal Load Changes using 1/3 and 2/3 Control Strategy

Honeywell
- Texas - Control Valves for Wide Load Changes

Childrens Hospital
- Texas - Control Valves for Precise Wide Range Temperature Control using 1/3 and 2/3 Control Stategy

Seagate
- Flow Meters for Control of Heat Recovery Unit at Semiconductor Facility

Siemens
- Control Valves - Various Facilities

Johnson Controls
- Control Valves and Temperature Sensors - Various Facilities

Mayo Clinic
- HVAC Controls in Various Medical Facilities

Military

Raytheon - Actuated Valves with Cavity Fillers for Material Used in Manufacture of RF Absorbers for Space and Airborne Systems

BAE Systems - Research, Design, Development and Manufacturing of Special RTD Temperature Sensors for Future Combat Systems Tank and Mortor including Special Ice Point Resistance and High Gs of Force for Cannon Barrels and other Temperature Sensing Applications - Weed Instruments div Ultra Electronics

Oshkosh Fire Truck
- 3" High Pressure 3 Way Ball Valves for Fire Fighting at Military Aircraft Facilities   

General Atomics
- Special Air Actuated Ball Valves used in the Manufacturing of the Predator Drone used in Iraq, Afganistan, Pakistan and other Military Missions

Exlar
- Special Ohm RTD Temperature Sensors for Stepper Motors for Future Combat Systems

Oil Exploration, Oil Drilling, Oil Shale

Conoco Phillips - Eliminated Problem with Water Hammer of Explosion Proof Electric On/Off Ball Valves on Brackish Water (salt water). VBall Valves Open Slower than Full Port Ball Valves, Reducing the Effects of Water Hammer. Valves Used Included 150#, 600# Flanged and 3-Piece Stainless Steel Ball Valves 

Pumps and Controls - Explosionproof 3-Way Ball Valve for Drilling Platforms

Cameron Drilling Systems
- Manual and Air Operated Ball Valves for Pumping Systems for Off Shore Platforms in Salt Water Environment

Tool Pusher Supply - Various Valves for Oil Drilling Industry

O'Day Tank - 3way Ball Valves for Mix Tanks

Pascals Oil Field Equipment - Various Ball Valves

McJunkin Redman - Special Valves and Deadman Handle Ball Valves for Oil Drilling and Refineries

Power Plants

Westinghouse
- Air Actuated Wafer Ball Valves for Nuclear Plant Simulation and Testing

Basin Electric
- Flush Bottom Tank Valves for Lime Storage

Dunns Testing Machines
- Ball Valves for High Pressure Testing Machines for Testing Safety Relief Valve for Power Plants 

NMC Montecello
- Special Temperature Sensors for Radioactive Cask Storage

NMC Prairie Island
- Ferrographic Analysis and Lubrication Analysis Equipment

New Power Plant in Asia
- Partnered with Ferguson to Provide Various Valves and Automated Valves

XCEL Energy - Black Dog Plant - Integrated Calibration System including Benches and Instruments

XCEL Energy - Various Plants - Valves, Calibration Pumps, Ferrographic Analysis of Rotating Equipment

Geothermal and Environmental

Colleges and Universities
- Grooved Butterfly Valves 2 way and 3 way w/ Damper Actuators and Industrial Actuators

UC Davis, CA - Exact Replacement Flanged Valves to Replace Leaking Valves in Highly Critical Bio-Pathogenics Laboratory Program 

Filtration and Separation
Many different customers from Food Industry to Oil Water Separation Industry

Membrane Systems Technology - Sanitary Ball Valves with Air Actuators, 3 way Cavity Filled L-Port Sanitary Triclamp Ball Valves with Air Actuators

GI Tank
Special Electric Butterfly Valves to Control Water Runoff from Parking Lots to Oil/Water Separator Tanks

REI Systems
Balast Water Oil/Water Separation with 3way Valves

Automotive Industry

General Motors
- RTD Temperature Sensors

Graco and Distributors
 - Paint System Level Transducers, High Pressure Paint Valves and Air Operated Paint Valves, High Overload Pressure Transducers for Paint Wand Testing

Dove Industries
- Paint System Level Transducers and Ball Valves

Twin City Fan
- Vibration Analysis Hardware and Software, 3D Modal Analysis Software and Hardware 

Ford Motor Company
- Vibration Analysis of Mission Critical Equipment and Condensation Reuse Control to Save Energy.  Previously all condensate went to sewer.

Marine Vessels and Luxury Ships

Star Ship
- Ft Lauderdale, FL - 3 Way Valves for Switching Water on Luxury Ship w/ Helicopter Pad 

General Marine
- Korea - Explosionproof Electric Ball Valves for Fuel System on Luxury Ship

Veolia
- Europe - 3 Way High Performance Butterfly Valve to Control Flow Rate in Hose used to Bury Pipeline in Ocean by Divers including a Control System and Feedback of Valve Position

Commercial Fishing Vessels
- Level Controls and Automated Valves for Alaskan and Canadian Fishing Industries.

Emulsified Fuel Systems - The "Cottell Process" Saves Energy and Eliminates Soot - Supplied 3Way Air Operated T-Port Stainless Steel Ball Valves w/ Spring Return Actuators, Limit Switches and Solenoid Valves.


Refining and Chemical Plants

Conono Phillips Refining
- Deadman Handle Fire Safe Ball Valves, Many Valves for Oil Drilling Operations 

Interplastics
- Camset Line Blinds to Provide Quick Method which Prevents any Leakage to Chemical Reactors

Cargill Mosiac - Safety Excess Flow Valves for Emergency Shutdown

Various - Distillation Column Divert Valves
Butane and Propane Tank Drain Valves

McJunkin Redman - Firesafe Deadman Handle Ball Valves, Various Ball Valves and Actuated Valves for Refineries, Drilling Rigs and Chemical Plants.

Waste Water Treatment Plants and Water Purification Plants
De-aerator Control Valves with Stainless Steel Contruction and Memory Stops

Commercial Laundry Equipment

Laundry Equipment Company- Control Valves, Automated Ball Valves, Magnetic Flow Meters,

Distributors and Resellers

Affiliated Steam - 4 way control valves
Allied Valve - Safety Selector Valves / Changeover Valves
Apex Industrial - Automated Valves
Applied Industrial - Many Different Valves
BDI - Ball Valves
Cactus Pump - Irrigation Valves
Central States / Mueller Sales - Ball Valves and Air Actuators
Crane Engineering - Ball Valves
Dowco Valve - Changeover Valves
DMS
Duncan Company
- Ball Valves, Electric Actuators, Vball Control Valves, Valve Actuation Accessories
Durable Controls - Ball Valves, Actuated Ball Valves
Fastenal - Ball Valves, Air Operated Ball Valves, OSHA Safety Exhaust Valve for Air Tools - Many Different Locations
Ferguson Enterprises - Ball Valves, Butterfly Valves, Air Actuators, Namur Solenoid Valves, Speed Controls, V-Ball Control Valves, 3-Way T-Port Ball Valves, Special Purpose Valves 
First Supply - Ball Valves, Air Operat
Goodin Company - Various Valves and Actuator Packages, Ball Valves, Butterfly Valves, Control Valves, 3way  Valves.
GWS Supply
Hanley Products -
Ball Valves, Air Actuators, Butterfly Valves, NAMUR Solenoid Valves
Hart Industries
HD Supply
Jack Crowley Supply
Johnstone Supply
McJunkin Redman
Midway Industrial Supply
National Utilities
Pump and Control
Quest Engineering
Tool Pushers Supply
many others.........
If we left you out, let us know who you are and what you purchased!



S&K Automation is a Leading North American Valve Integrator and Supplier of Ball and Butterfly Valves, Air Operated Ball and Butterfly Valves, Electric Ball and Butterfly Valves, Globe Style and Vball Control Valves

SK-Automation is a Leading US Supplier of Valves, Actuated Valves and Control Valves