Valcor's New Micro Pump Series Offers Reduced Envelope, Multiple Configurations

SPRINGFIELD, NJ - Valcor Scientific, a division of Valcor Engineering Corp. is offering its new SV700 Series of inert, solenoid operated micro pumps. Celebrating its 50th year, Valcor Scientific has been a leader in the design and manufacture of a broad range of pumps and valves for analytical chemistry, biomedical, medical instrumentation, and light industrial applications.

Typical applications for Valcor's new SV700 Series are dispensing reagents in clinical instrumentation, dispensing dilutants in analytical instrumentation, dispensing lubricants in various other industry-specific applications.

The SV700 Micro Pumps feature:

• Small size to meet market demands
• Compatibility with wide range of fluids and standard materials
• Positive shut-off to prevent siphoning when not in use
• Easy to set required dispense volumes.

Less than 3" high, with a diameter of 1.10", and a dispense volume of 50 to 250 �l, Valcor's new SV700 Series is specifically designed to meet the demands of the instrumentation marketplace.

It can reliably dispense small volumes of low-density fluids with a low wattage solenoid (5.3 watts). A broad selection of standard materials of construction is available to allow for a wide range of fluid compatibility.

Manufactured with a glass-filled polypropylene pump head, and either EPDM or Viton Elastomers, the SV700 is available with a variety of fluid connections. These include: �-28 flat bottom ports, tube stubs, and a surface mount manifold configuration. Offered in both 12 and 24 VDC, the standard electrical connection is 10" TFE insulated flying leads. Amp and Molex connections can be provided.

Valcor's SV700 series of Micro Pumps was specifically designed to be user friendly in both its ease of installation and settability. Several configurations of the SV700 Micro Pump-Series are being offered, all versions based on a core group of components. This allows for ease of field service and conversion between both elastomeric compounds and port configurations.

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USDA NASS: US 2009 fall potato acreage up slightly

Area planted to fall potatoes in 2009 is estimated at 932,900 acres [=377,540 hectare], up slightly from the 2008 crop year [930,500].

Harvested area is forecast at 922,700 acres, also up slightly from 2008.

Idaho potato growers increased planted area 5 percent from last year but these [last year] are the lowest acres planted since 1986. As of July 5, crop conditions were rated 95 percent good to excellent.

Washington potato producers planted 6 percent fewer acres than a year ago. Cool, wet conditions delayed planting throughout the State. Significant planting did not begin until early-April but high temperatures late in the month enabled progress to advance quickly. By late-May, virtually the entire crop was in the ground.

Oregon potato growers increased planted area 2 percent from last year. The crop got off to a good start without any widespread delays to planting. In Colorado, planted area dropped 2 percent from the previous year as growers continued to voluntarily limit acreage for water conservation and supply management. Planting finished slightly ahead of schedule and the crop was rated in mostly good condition.

Fall potato planted area remained unchanged from last year in California, Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Potato growing areas in Maine received frequent and intense rain events during June after a cool, dry planting season. Northern areas of Aroostook County did not receive as much rain as southern locations and excellent crop conditions were reported. Further south, conditions ranged from fair to good, depending on moisture levels.

Michigan’s planted area increased 5 percent from 2008. Plants were in good to excellent condition, benefitting from above normal rainfall this season. Planted area also increased in Nebraska, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Growers in North Dakota planted 2 percent fewer acres than last year. Planting began later than normal and remained behind average throughout the planting season. As of June 28, crop condition was rated 63 percent good to excellent.

Planted area also decreased from last year in New York and Minnesota.

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New valves provide complete hermetic separation

Miniature fluid isolation valves are designed to control acids and basic fluids and reagents in applications where the fluid must be completely separated from the valve control mechanism

The new Asco Scientific 110 Series of miniature fluid isolation valves is designed to control acids and basic fluids and reagents in applications where the fluid must be completely separated from the valve control mechanism.

Rated for a minimum of 1 million cycles operating life, the Series 110 valves are designed high levels of reliability in equipment such as medical and gas analysers and also biotechnology operations.

The 110 Series are direct acting type valves, a design that enables hermetic separation between the fluid and valve parts to prevent contamination, and also ensures reduced heat exchange between the valve coil and fluid.

Ideal for both shut-off and fluid diversion tasks, the 110 Series valves are available in both 2/2 normally closed and open versions and also 3/2 universal types.

The 110 series achieves high levels of reliability via a direct acting rocker design, which is both highly efficient and ensures a very small internal volume within the valve to deliver maximum accuracy in analytical operations.

In addition, the combination of the stainless steel rocker mechanism and an EPDM diaphragm poppet means that no metal parts that could cause contamination come into contact with the fluid.

To enable them to resist the corrosive mediums with which they are used, the 110 Series valves have Trogamid bodies and covers: the latter being transparent, enabling the flow of fluid within the valve to be observed.

In addition all internal valve parts, excepting the diaphragm poppet, are manufactured from stainless steel.

Integration of the 110 Series into analytical machines is simplified by the availability of plain, push-on connections for flexible tubing.

Electrical connection is also simplified by the use of spade connectors on the moulded solenoid coil.

The coils themselves offer the reliability benefits of class "F" installation, and the bonus for mobile use of operation on both 12V and 24v DC.

In addition to providing the Series 110 valves as discrete units, Asco Scientific also provides the valves as a pre-assembled system, mounting up to five of them on support plates.

This is part of wider service designed by Asco Scientific to provide bespoke multi-function modules for use in application areas such as dentistry, microbiology, analysis and respiratory control.

This approach, with assemblies designed and delivered as fully functional units, both reduces costs and speeds-up the overall construction time of the equipment to which the pre-engineered systems are applied.

Further information regarding the Asco Scientific new medical and analytical range of valve products is contained within a new 80-page catalogue produced by the company.

Free copies of the catalogue are available on application to Asco Joucomatic.

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