Lunch and Learn: HVAC Controls Valves and Actuators

Join Stromquist & Company’s Tim Chamblee for this very informative class on HVAC Control Valves and Actuators.

GC Valves — Your Single Source for Solenoid Valves

GCValves2GC Valves – in partnership with Components For Automation — designs and manufactures world class solenoid valves to meet the rigors of today’s most demanding applications.

Whether building ITT General Controls designs or adapting the designs of Europe’s leading solenoid valve manufacturer, GC Valves has the solenoid valve that meets all your application needs. Most are available in brass or stainless steel construction, and many are also available in plastic bodies.

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ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending April 7, 2013

This episode of ControlTalk NOW is sponsored by DGLogik, the global leader in Visual Analytics. Visualize the Internet of Things with Drag and Drop Programming using DGLogik’s Affordable DGBox. Now YOU can Build Visually Stunning Applications and Dashboards without Code.

ControlTalk Rewind: Interview with Belimo’s Gary Weber, a proven distribution channel wizard. Also, review the Belimo ZIP Economizer and the 2012 CTA Commercial Product of the Year, the Belimo Energy Valve, as well as the MIT study on the energy savings.

Haystack Connect 2013: Connecting Community and Technology. This meeting is almost sold out. The automation control genies are out of the bottle and meeting in Tennessee. [Read more...]

More on Honeywell’s CAC – Fast Track Project Management Tool

Honeywell 180x120From estimation to installation, Honeywell’s new Fast Track program helps you keep projects on time and under budget. This easy-to-use project management and product configuration tool can help you turn estimates into orders while reducing application engineering, delivery and installation time.

KMC Controls: The Gentle Giant in HVAC Controls and Building Automation

KMC ControlsJoin Ben H. Dorsey, KMC’s VP of Marketing, as he reviews KMC and their phenomenal product quality. KMC is the gentle giant in the HVAC control and building automation industries and has been designing and manufacturing world class products in the USA since 1974. Using its Product and Cycle-Time Excellence (PACE) process to ensure successful design and product readiness, KMC illustrates an American work force churning [Read more...]

Belimo offers NEW Actuator LINKAGES

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How to Repair a Johnson Controls Metasys VMA Controller

Stromquist & Company‘s Dozier Mills shows you how to repair a Johnson Controls Metasys VMA Controller.

Cv and What It Means to HVAC Contractors

 
There has been a lot of buzz on Control Trends lately on Cv so I thought I would do my best to explain what Cv is and how does it relate to HVAC systems.

NOTE : I am not attempting to be exact on definitions only practical in field use of the Cv information.

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Product Alert: Schneider Electric Dura Drive Ball Valve Actuators

Alert: Schneider Electric is experiencing an extended lead time on their Dura Drive ball valve actuators, see product(s) series listed below :
• Model
o DuraDrive Ball Valve Actuators / Assemblies
• Part Numbers affected
o M1XXXXX actuators
o VBXXXXX+M1 assemblies

Please contact your control pros at either Stromquist & Company or Controls Group North America for updated shipping information or suitable replacements.

A look at Siemens

Over the years Control Trends has given you a look at various manufactures of controls and their products. I came across this video the other day that is quite unique in it’s own rite. And you know, it’s time to give Siemens some good old Control Trends Love… We know them… we sell them now let’s look into Siemens a little deeper.

 

In the HVAC world Siemens supplies Thermostats, Sensors, Controllers, Valves, Damper Actuators, VFDs, Switches and Realys, and so much more. In the future I will be bringing to you (being an old boiler guy) a look at the Siemens controls that deal with the boiler side of our industry. But for now enjoy the “primer” and let’s give Siemens the love they deserve.