Severn Glocon, a global leader in industrial valve engineering and manufacturing, is proud to announce the opening of its new Engineering Centre of Excellence. Located in Halifax, the Engineering Centre of Excellence is set to drive innovation, enhance engineering expertise, and reinforce Severn Glocon’s ongoing commitment to delivering best-in-class-solutions to customers across the energy, oil & gas and process industries.

The new Engineering Centre of Excellence will serve as a hub for advanced engineering projects, fostering collaboration across disciplines and enabling the development of cutting-edge valve technologies that meet the most stringent of industry standards and customer demands. By leveraging the latest in design, simulation, and testing capabilities, Severn Glocon is positioned to continue offering high-performance, bespoke solutions that deliver reliability, performance and efficiency in the most challenging operational environments.

Jonny Walker, UK Engineering Director, Severn Glocon, commented:

The launch of the Engineering Centre of Excellence marks a pivotal moment for Severn Glocon. This facility will be the engine that drives our next phase of innovation, combining industry-leading expertise with the latest technological advancements. Our team of highly skilled engineers will have access to the tools and resources they need to push the boundaries of what’s possible in valve design, development, and performance. It’s a significant investment in our people and processes, reinforcing our commitment to engineering excellence.

This new facility will support Severn Glocon’s commitment in developing solutions that drive operational efficiency and assist in reducing environmental impact as part of the effort to meet the evolving needs of modern industry.

John Long, Divisional President, Severn Glocon, added:

At Severn, we pride ourselves on being engineering-led and solutions-focused. The establishment of the Engineering Centre of Excellence is a testament to our dedication to maintaining that ethos. This investment enables us to deliver more innovative, robust and customised solutions for our clients. Our customers operate in demanding sectors where reliability and precision are paramount, and this facility strengthens our ability to meet – and exceed – their expectations.

The Engineering Centre of Excellence will also play a critical role in Severn Glocon’s training and development programs, offering a unique environment for upskilling future engineers and deepening expertise across the organisation. It will support the company’s talent pipeline, ensuring Severn Glocon remains a leader in valve engineering and manufacturing for years to come.

As the global demand for energy continues to evolve, Severn Glocon’s new Engineering Centre of Excellence is set to drive the next generation of valve technology and provide best-in-class engineering solutions to customers around the world.

Severn’s engineering heritage and technical expertise have led to the OCT TOV Butterfly Valve being future-proof for changes in the process conditions to provide increased versatility for the end user seeking reliable high‑performance triple offset butterfly valves, industrial isolation valves, and severe‑service valve solutions.

From the outset, Severn made flexibility a key driving force in the design of the Oblique Cone Technology (OCT) Triple Offset (TOV) Butterfly Valve. Due to Severns extensive diverse engineering heritage and excellence, our expert team of engineers understand that processes and application product demands change over time, whether it is the process conditions or the overall requirements of the valve for the end user. Due to this understanding, the Oblique Cone Technology Triple Offset Butterfly Valve has been designed to incorporate multiple seal options, all fully interchangeable with each other, providing maximum application diversity and usability to ensure safe operations and minimum downtime making it ideal for oil & gas isolation, refinery valve applications, petrochemical process valves, and critical shutdown and control operations.

The Laminate seal is the “traditional” Triple Offset Valve seal and consists of multiple metal and graphite layers providing isolation sealing for high‑temperature, high‑pressure, and severe‑service applications.

The OCT HS seal is a hybrid polymer metallic seal, this seal benefits from a primary metal seal and secondary polymer seal, this provides a reliable and repeatable bubble tight seal time after time. This can also be paired with PTFE packings when graphite being in contact with the line media is a concern. The polymer seal is fully compliant with EN ISO 80079-36 (ATEX) making it an excellent choice for ATEX‑rated butterfly valves, hydrocarbon service valves, and zero‑leakage industrial valves.

The OCT SW Valve takes the hybrid sealing to the next level with its versatile high performance. Severn utilises the OCT-HS seal and has designed a valve that ensure there is no graphite in contact with the line media to remove the risk of costly galvanic effects such as internal corrosion leading to valve failure. Whilst doing so the OCT-SW also maintains firesafe certification making it suitable for Firesafe Triple Offset Valves, API 607 certified valves, and critical isolation applications in hazardous environments.

Should the sealing requirement not become as critical, and process conditions become more arduous, the Laminate and Hybrid seals can be changed for the OCT-SS solid seal. As the name suggests it is a solid metallic seal, that can be made from hard-wearing alloys to add longevity to the sealing life of the valve in arduous conditions and can offer a control valve seat leakage ideal for erosion‑resistant valve applications, abrasive service, and high‑cycle industrial operations.

Based on Severns comprehensive history of severe service control, our team of engineering experts work closely with operators and end uses to identify the correct seal and material selection to provide the maximum reliability and productivity further ensuring minimum downtime supporting industries such as LNG, chemical processing, power generation, and midstream pipeline operations.

All the OCT seals are interchangeable and can be upgraded without the need for main valve components being replaced, further emphasising the OCT TOV Butterfly Valves versatility. The fully in field serviceable valve can be upgraded on-site without the need for specialist tools or knowledge, this further ensures that costly unplanned downtime and site waste is kept to a minimum, along with potential loss in production for the end user. All the seal options can be changed on site within a small space of time to ensure site maintenance costs are reduced by upgrading the existing valve rather than discarding and replacing with a commodity product each time making it a cost-efficient solution for industrial valve maintenance, asset lifecycle extension, and retrofit valve upgrades.

Each OCT valve is specially designed to be versatile and ensure it has multiple purposes for multiple conditions whilst still delivering maximum performance. With the introduction of the interchangeable seal, these can be easily swapped out to match the end users’ requirements, should they change ensuring adaptability for future process changes, sustainability improvements, and long-term operational efficiency.