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The summer issue of Valve Magazine features a comprehensive overview of plastic valves by Alan Black, Equilibar’s lead application engineer and product manager. During the 1950s and 1960s, plastics represented a future filled with progress and possibility, as was famously captured in Dustin Hoffman’s first movie, The Graduate. “I have one word for you,” a Read More

For years, Equilibar’s direct-sealing diaphragm technology has been popular among scientists and engineers working in cryogenics. Historically, Equilibar’s cryogenic applications have included work in radio astronomy, pharmaceuticals and aerospace products. More recently, our engineers have reported exciting new cryogenic applications related to cryogenic fuel pump testing for rockets and liquid hydrogen storage for green energy Read More

Over the past year, Equilibar’s engineers have reported an increase in inquiries regarding process control of liquid cooling loops. These systems–also called chiller loops–are used to circulate cooling fluids to keep a process at a desired temperature. They play an important role in semiconductor manufacturing as well as hydrogen fuel cells, brewing and fermentation chambers, Read More

At a May 14 ceremony in Washington, DC, the U.S. Department of Commerce honored Equilibar with the 2024 President’s “E Star” Award in recognition of the company’s continuing notable contributions to an increase in U.S. exports. The “E Star” Award recognizes at least four years of additional export growth by American companies that previously received Read More

Oligonucleotide drugs are made up of short sections of genetic sequences and are used to target disorders in the genetic code. The first drug of this type was used in 1998 during the AIDS epidemic. Since then, the field has accelerated rapidly and today many oligonucleotide drugs are in clinical trials, promising improvements in treatment Read More

From single-use valves for TFF to a redesigned sanitary safety relief valve, Equilibar and Steriflow have been exploring synergistic ways to combine two distinct technologies to create better fluid control solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry since 2021. As they prepare for the April 2024 INTERPHEX show in New York City, Single Use Technology Manager Ryan Read More

Every March, the Equilibar team gets a fun reminder to focus on our university research customers when the NCAA basketball tournament teams are announced and our office bracket contest heats up. The tournament is also our cue to do an informal annual survey of research publications citing Equilibar fluid control devices. This includes work conducted Read More

A collaborative paper by Ryan Heffner, Equilibar’s Single Use Technology Manager, and researchers with PSG Biotech reports on a promising method of preventing push-through flow in diaphragm pumps, particularly when feed tanks are at levels higher than the process area, as is often necessary due to clean room space limitations. While this study focuses on Read More

As more and more hazardous materials are being produced around the globe, the need to find better ways to eliminate toxic waste has gained urgency. Stuart Moore, a researcher in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Washington-Seattle, is exploring a promising new method that uses a supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) reactor to destroy Read More

  What is valve authority? A new Equilibar video and web page answer this question and demonstrate specific advantages of dome-loaded direct sealing diaphragm technology for addressing valve authority concerns. In short, Valve Authority is a concept used to determine the optimal size of a control valve. It describes the correlation between control valve resistance Read More