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Taco’s new 3350 valve is used to automatically feed water to a hydronic system whenever pressure in the system drops below the pressure setting of the valve. The 3350 PRV reduces incoming pressure and automatically maintains system pressure to the valve’s adjustable set point. If the system pressure drops below the valve’s set point, it will automatically add water to the system. The 3350 is suitable for systems with fill pressure requirements between 10-50 PSI and features a fast-fill button with automatic reset. The valve automatically exits the fast-fill mode once the system is full and the desired set pressure is reached. Gone are the days of holding the valve open or locking it in an open position, possibly over-pressurizing to the point of setting off the relief valve. All parts for the cartridge-style pressure reducing valve are contained in a one piece cartridge that can be easily removed and ...
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The national television program “This Old House” will feature the installation of high-efficiency equipment from Lochinvar® on an episode scheduled to air on Thursday, January 10. Both the KNIGHT® Heating Boiler and the Squire™ Indirect Water Heater are featured on the final episode for the Cambridge House series, which highlights the transformation of an outdated, 1887 Queen Anne in Massachusetts into an open, airy, Scandinavian-inspired home. Viewers who tune-in to the show will get a look at the high-efficiency heating system, as well as a report from an energy auditor on the home’s performance after the renovation.This is Lochinvar’s second appearance on “This Old House.” Based on the size of the home and the specs of the project, Trethewey and the Lochinvar team chose to install a fire-tube KNIGHT Wall Mount Boiler with an input of 85,000 Btu/hr (WHN085), as well as a 40-gallon Squire Indirect Water Heater (SIT040). "We ...
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The National Association of Oil & Energy Service Professionals (OESP) is still accepting applications for the Dave Nelsen Scholarship Program. “The oil and energy industry is continually looking for qualified technicians,” says Judy Garber, OESP Executive Director. “OESP’s mission is education and we’re taking the lead by supporting our future technicians through annual scholarships.” The Dave Nelsen Scholarship fund was established in 1999. Since then, over $191,000 in awards have been presented to students interested in pursuing their careers in the energy-service industry. This marks the Scholarship’s fourteenth year and OESP, along with industry partners, plans to award a minimum of four $5,000 awards. The Scholarship is funded by an annual golf tournament held during OESP’s Annual Convention. Each scholarship applicant is required to write a 500-word essay answering the following questions: “What are your goals in the oil-and-energy service field, and what appeals to you about the ...
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Lochinvar has selected the winners of the VIP Installation Showcase and the VIP Drawing for November. Mustafa Aydin of American Plumbing Heating Service in Avon, Colorado, was named the VIP Showcase winner, and Joseph DiPietro of DiPietro Heating & Cooling, Inc. in Bradford, Massachusetts, was selected in the monthly drawing. As their prize, both contractors receive an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Nashville for the world’s largest country music festival in June. An Impressive Installation Aydin’s entry in the VIP Showcase highlighted the installation of a 285,000 Btu/hr KNIGHT Wall Mount Boiler at a 10,000 square-foot Colorado home. To accompany the KNIGHT, Aydin and his team installed Lochinvar’s new SMART SYSTEM™ Multi Temperature Loop Control (MTLC). The MTLC accurately controls up to three separate space heating loop temperatures while maximizing the efficiency of the boiler, simplifying multiple temperature hydronic heating systems The home has subfloor radiant heating on the second ...
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One of Taco’s most powerful FloPro Team services is the newly enhanced design software package that’s almost as intuitive as a sketchpad, but greatly more capable. The free-of-charge program and heat loss design suite enables contractors or designers to define building exterior and interior spaces, external influences, and to build and specify components for a host of hydronic, radiant heat, water heating and HVAC applications. With every change, the program dynamically changes calculations and their impact on other components within the system. With FloPro Designer, you simply draw the floor plan, drop in windows and doors and, in an instant, installers or designers have accurate heating and cooling loads. The program also performs system design for baseboard loops and radiant manifolds, sizes pipe of all types and variety, and specifies boiler, expansion tank and circulator models. Another valuable function is the program’s running tabulation of all ...
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Webstone is pleased to announce the addition of Press Ball Valves to its Pro-Connect line of solderless products. Available in lead free and standard brass construction in sizes 3/4” through 2”, compatible with all standard press tools and guaranteed for life. This line is promised to grow rapidly, so look for additional Pro-Connect Press items in the coming months! Founded in 1954, Webstone is recognized as an industry leader for innovative design of residential and commercial valves used in plumbing, hydronic, radiant, solar and geothermal applications. These designs focus on time and space saving concepts that simplify future maintenance and upkeep of all piping systems. Some of Webstone's trademarked and patented items include; Hydro-Core™, The Isolator®, Isolator EXP™, Pro-Connect™, and Pro-Pal® step saving valves.
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Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has unveiled the ‘Let’s Cash in on Efficiency’ promotion for customers purchasing the Bell & Gossett ecocirc® 19-14 auto and vario circulators from participating wholesalers. The ‘Let’s Cash in on Efficiency’ promotion, available now through January 31, 2013, rewards contractors who purchase the ecocirc circulators with a $10 Visa gift card. The ecocirc circulator pumps feature the revolutionary ECM (Electronically Commutated Motor) technology that enables users to realize significant energy savings while delivering hot water throughout commercial or residential properties. Featuring a patented spherical motor design, the Bell & Gossett ecocirc auto and vario pumps eliminate the need for conventional shaft, seal and bearing assembly. The rotor/impeller is the only element of the pump that moves as it is magnetically balanced on a stationery ceramic bearing inside the pump housing, which ...
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Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has released a video case history detailing how an innovative Bell & Gossett variable speed system helped the Monarch Centre in Atlanta become an award-winning building. Featuring interviews with the engineers who designed, installed and maintain the innovative variable speed pumping system, the video case history chronicles how an inefficient chilled water system was retrofitted into an energy-efficient “star”. Constructed in 1983, the Monarch Centre consisted of a very big “energy” hub, according to chief building engineer Ralph Kowalke. The two condenser pumps and two chilled water pumps were inefficient and had trouble servicing the two chillers and providing a reliable supply of water to the top floor. Engineers from James M. Pleasants Company, Xylem’s local Bell & Gossett representative, worked with the consulting mechanical engineering firm to replace the chillers ...
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A trip to Denmark and a chance at more than $12,000 in prize money awaits a team of University of Kansas School of Engineering students who recently claimed a top spot at an engineering competition sponsored by a worldwide leader in advanced pump solutions. Cole Bittel, of Bonner Springs, a junior in mechanical engineering; John DiBaggio, of Overland Park, a senior in chemical engineering, and Dave Minnick, of Sterling, Ill., a second-year doctoral student in chemical engineering, were on the KU team that finished in one of the top two spots at the U.S. division of the Grundfos Challenge. (more)
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Today, InSinkErator®, a business unit of St. Louis-based Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) and the largest manufacturer of food waste disposers and instant hot water dispensers, announced its support for the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (PHCC) Educational Foundation’s 2013 “Invest in Your Future” annual giving campaign. It’s the company’s 25th consecutive year of helping fund education programs for contractors and scholarships for future industry professionals. InSinkErator presented a $25,000 donation to the “Invest in Your Future” campaign at CONNECT 2012, the 130th PHCC-National Association convention held October in Philadelphia. “Our programs provide work force development, technical training and management education to advance the growth of industry professionals. Together with the PHCC National Auxiliary, our scholarships alone have helped nearly 2,000 students pay for their education,” said PHCC Educational Foundation Chairperson Bill Jones. “This campaign and the programs it supports would not be possible without annual support and matching gifts from InSinkErator.” PHCC ...
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