on- & offshoreE&P

subsea

Your consultant: Maarten Nouwensmaarten.nouwens@ava-alms.nl+31 6 23791414+31 226 319999

AVA Alms Valve Agency B.V.Schuit 1

1724 BD OUDKARSPELThe Netherlands

Armaturen Vertrieb Alms (AVA) is one of Europe's largest distributors of industrial and process valves established in 1972 in Germany by Klaus Alms.

Outside Germany, AVA also stands for Alms Valve Agency.

We have warehouses in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Hungary and foreign representatives throughout Europe and the Middle East.

Our added value is in - Portfolio, we have an extensive delivery program- Large stocks consisting of 220.000 valves and

accessories- Valve experience, all our employees are

experienced people from the valve business- Service, we fulfil service requirements rapidly and

flexible. If needed, we can call in our sister company Armaturen Service Alms

- Relations, we have long term major partnerships with leading companies in the oil & gas industry

- Expediting, we have expediters in the countries we are located and one full time expediter for our factories in Italy

- Exceptional broad QA/QC system to discharge and unburden our customers

We deliver, modify, repair & overhaul, customize and inspect carbon steel, stainless steel and alloy steel valves.

Our API monogram licensed manufacturers

API 600

API 6D

API 6A

API 602

API 594

API 6DSS

Material range

- Carbon steel- Low temperature carbon steel- Low temperature alloy steel- High temperature ferritic steel- Stainless austenitic and super

austenitic steel- Duplex and super Duplex- Nickel super alloys- Titanium- Zirconium

Type range

- Ball valves- Check valves- Gate valves- Globe valves- Modular valves - Plug valves- Special valves

Operators

- Direct gas actuator- Electric motor- Gas over oil actuator- Handwheel / lever- Hydraulic actuator- Manual gear- Pneumatic actuator- Subsea actuator

Ends

- Butt weld ends- Compact flange NORSOK L005

- Flanges ANSI B6.5 / B16.47 (MSS-SP-44) / API 6A

- Hub ends- Integral flanges- Threaded ends

Testing

- Cryogenic - Cycle- Fire- Fugitive emission- Hardness- High pressure gas- Hydrostatic- PMI (Positive material identification, with Niton®)- Radiographic- Surface crack testing / liquid penetrant examination- Surface thickness of coatings and roughness of

facings- Third party inspection (customer and/or notified body)- Ultrasonic examination- Visual examination

Certificates & approvals

- AD 2000 - API 6D / ISO 14313 monogram- API 6DSS / ISO 14723 monogram- API 6A / ISO 10423 monogram- API 6FA / ISO 10497- API 600 monogram- API 602 monogram- API 607- ATEX- BS 6755- GOST-R- ISO 9001- PED 97/23/EC

Ball valvesFeatures- Actuated MOV / ESD / HIPPS- Blowout proof- Bolted body and fully welded body- Double block and double isolation bleed valve- Cryogenic design- Fire safe- Forged and cast material- Full and reduced bore- High temperature- Trunnion mounted and floating ball- Side entry and top entry- Single and double piston effect- Soft and metal seated- Two and three piece body- Underground installation / buried

Standards- ANSI B16.34- API 6A / ISO 10423- API 6D / ISO 14313- API 6DSS / ISO 14723- API 6FA / ISO 10497 / BS 6755- ISO 17292 - NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156

Gate valvesFeatures- Actuated MOV- Backseat- Bellows sealed- Blowout proof- Bolted bonnet and pressure seal- Cryogenic design- Forged and cast material- Fire safe- High temperature- Mud service- Straight and y-type

Types- Parallel gate valve- Wedge gate valve- Through conduit gate valve (Slab &

Expanding)

Standards- ANSI B16.34- API 600- API 602- API 6A / ISO 10423- API 6D / ISO 14313- API 6FA / ISO 10497 / BS 6755- ISO 17292 - NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156

Subsea ball valvesFeatures

- Blowout proof- Bolted body with double body closure sealing

and fully welded body- Double block and double isolation bleed valve- Forged and cast material- Full and reduced bore- Gland packing wit chevron packing and O-ring- Operation with subsea hydraulic actuator or

subsea gear for diver or ROV- Side entry and top entry- Single and double piston effect- Soft and metal seated

- Own factory hyperbaric chamber

Standards- ANSI B16.34- API 6A / ISO 10423- API 6DSS / ISO 14723- NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156- NORSOK M630

Positive isolation block & bleed valvesFeatures- Blowout proof- Bolted body and fully welded body- Double block and double isolation bleed valve- Fire safe- Full and reduced bore- High temperature- Trunnion mounted and floating ball- Soft and metal seated

Standards- ANSI B16.34- API 6A / ISO 10423- API 6D / ISO 14313- API 6DSS / ISO 14723- API 6FA / ISO 10497 / BS 6755- ISO 17292 - NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156

Range- Quarter turn ball valve- OS&Y globe valve- Needle valve- Modular- Monoflange- Root

Summary of benefits to our customers

- Extensive range of valves in types, sizes, pressure classes and materials

- Prompt deliveries

- High quality supplier with quality products

- Flexible

- Own service shop

- Proven experience

- Many years of exclusive sales and technology partnerships with leading global manufacturers

- Online library and availability check

Looking forward to serve you.