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Keeping Up With The Food & Beverage Industry
Posted by Jeff Kane on

The food and beverage industry in the United States is undergoing significant changes when it comes to trends, regulations, and tastes. Consumers are looking for healthier options, more attractive packaging, and more local ingredients. The industry has risen to the challenge and is rapidly evolving to meet these new consumer desires. Food processing has shed… Read More
Tags: beverage, check valves, check valves & control valves, food, food processing, healthy food, valves
Metering the Energy Boom
Posted by Jeff Kane on

There’s no doubt about it- the North American oil and gas industry has been booming over the past year. As technology advances, it has become possible to discover large new fossil fuel deposits and extract them from places previously thought unreachable. This is especially true of the vast shale formations across the country, namely the… Read More
Tags: bakken shale, check valves & control valves, control valves, energy boom, natural gas, oil, oil production, pipelines, valves
DFT and Valve World 2013
Posted by Jeff Kane on

DFT will be attending and exhibiting at the 2013 Valve World Americas Expo & Conference. Valve World 2013, being held June 25-26 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX, is where DFT will be debuting two new products, the DFT GLC® NAB (nickel-aluminum bronze) and Excalibur® NAB Silent Check Valves.
Tags: check valves, check valves & control valves, New products, Tradeshow, Valve World
Introducing Our New Doosan Puma VTS1620M
Posted by Jeff Kane on

Most manufacturers and businesses know how exciting it is to purchase a brand new machine (especially if it’s a Doosan!) Here at DFT, we are lucky enough to now have two of these impressive pieces of equipment. Our newest member of the family, a Doosan Puma VTS1620M, will enable us to machine and manufacture valves… Read More
Boiler Maintenance Season is Here!
Posted by Jeff Kane on

That was one long winter. Many parts of the U.S. had snowfall into the last few weeks of April, and the below average temperatures are still lingering in some regions. As we slowly transition into spring and summer, many overused boilers, especially on university campuses and in commercial buildings, are ready for annual inspection and… Read More
Tags: basic check valve, boiler maintenance, check valves & control valves, flanged silent check valve, warm weather boilker maintenance, X SCV threaded in-line check valve