Valve oil, chemical, power station, long distance pipeline, shipbuilding, nuclear industry, a variety of low-temperature projects, aerospace and marine oil and other economic sectors not indispensable fluid control equipment. The industrial development and needs, promote the development of industrial dinosaur model. In recent years, to meet all new requirements of high parameters, while the valve structure, materials and production processes, etc., on how to achieve better performance, reliability and lower costs, also pay close attention. Valve is involved in many categories, species complex, a wide range of large products, its quality, technical level directly affects the development of all sectors of the national economy. Therefore, the valve requires strict internal quality control. Some of the valve needs to be internationally recognized authority in order to open the market. For example, some power engineering valves, nuclear valves to get ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) was authorized to purchase tags. ASME has been using the “N”, “Nv”, “NPT” and other five markers. Valves for the oil industry to get the American Petroleum Institute “API” mark to open the hex nut market.
Foreign valve industry conditions:
With the class representatives of foreign countries the rapid development of big industry, valve industry, the development of production is also very fast. People in about 50 years ago, a number of countries to form an independent professional and trade system, the valve, the brass ball valve with the valve industry professional organizations or academic organizations. For example: two in Europe, the United States and Britain have the valve industry associations; Japan and the valve of the valve industry will; move the valve in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Design institutes. The valve industry and professional organizations, are intended to improve the production technology and the needs of foreign competition set up. Major industrial countries as the current composition of the valve industry.
Valve Industry Workers (In 1990) The United States has 77,500 employees, of which 70% of workers, research and managerial personnel, 30%; United Kingdom 80,000; 52,500 people in Germany; Japan, 35,000; Italy l5000 people; France 11519 people.
The total number of U.S. valve manufacturer 900, the maximum number of 3,500 enterprises; Japan, 1507, the maximum number of 900 enterprises; German 450, the maximum number of 3300 enterprises; English 490, the maximum number of 1,100 enterprises; France 400, the maximum Company Number 1000; Thus, the valve largest number of kitchen faucet manufacturing enterprises in Japan, the largest number of workers in the United States. Valve industry workers in Japan is only one half of the United States, and nearly twice the U.S. total number of enterprises. Compared with the United States, Japan, the valve industry, small and medium-dominated, there are about 250 large enterprises. Into 80 years, the number of countries in the valve industry has a small staff with the degree of single-phase motor, and reduce the range of most people in France, 21,000 people from 80 down to 80 at the end of (1988) 1l519 people.
Valve Output (In 1990) U.S. $ 10,740,000,000 7.958 billion DM in Germany 484.143 billion yen in Japan of about 6.1 billion francs, Fatou (1987) UK 601 million pounds (1986).