Archive: Sep 2012

The Newest Member of the DFT Family: The Doosan Puma 700

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Who doesn’t love a new piece of machinery for the shop? Here at DFT Valves, we’re excited to announce the addition of the Doosan Puma 700 turning center to our in-house valve machining capabilities. As you can see, it’s a pretty serious piece of equipment. The picture below shows the new Doosan at work, machining a 16” 600# PDC check valve body. What’s more, this is barely approaching the limits of the Doosan’s capacity – we can now manufacture valves up to 24”, in-house and ready to ship to our customers, direct from DFT.

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Saving Salmon with a Simple Water Valve

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At DFT, we know that high quality water valves can do many different things. However, one story out of Auburn, California caught our eye. It seems that a man by the name of Robert Hane has found a way to use a water valve to help bring more water to the local salmon and steelhead population and improve their flow. Hane is a Christmas tree farmer who has been using a special two-valve system to accomplish his task. The two water valves allow Hane to take his water outflow and put it back into the local ravine for up to 12 hours per day. His innovation adds an extra 12,000 gallons of water flow, which helps the local salmon and steelhead population. However, Hane did not stop there. He has been sharing his idea with his agricultural neighbors in Auburn, which he hopes will increase the water flow even more.

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