Automated car wash systems require precise dosing and flow control to operate efficiently. Using the right fluid control valve is the key to achieving precision and optimal performance. For OEMs and operators/maintenance professionals,...
Laser Marking Solutions for the Valve Industry
Laser marking stands out as a superior solution for valve industry needs, offering a range of advantages, including branding, identification codes, warning labels, and user instructions. Unlike traditional marking techniques such as pad printing,...
Custom Valve Streamlines Customer Assembly
Challenge: Streamline Operations and Enhance Efficiency Holiday House Distributing, North America’s leading distributor of office coffee service (OSC), water, and vending parts faced inefficiencies while integrating The Specialty Mfg. Co’s stock...
Tailored Engineering Meets Miniaturization Requirements While Containing Costs
Challenge: Engineering for Reliable Diesel Exhaust A global diesel equipment manufacturer faced a challenge when they needed to reduce the size of a valve on a diesel exhaust system. This change necessitated sourcing smaller valves that could fit...
Custom Solutions for Backflow Prevention
Challenge: Addressing fuel line backflow in industrial equipment A major industrial equipment manufacturer encountered significant challenges with fuel line backflow in their forklift tractors, prompting a search for a more effective valve solution...
Case Study: Push-button Relief Valve
Challenge: Redesigning a Replacement Valve for Aerospace Application In response to a need within the aerospace industry, a customer needed to find an alternative source for a custom push-button relief valve used in helicopter seats. The abrupt...
Three Factors in Selecting a Valve Material for Your Fluid Transfer System
When it comes to selecting or designing a valve, selecting the right material is crucial for ensuring efficiency, longevity, and safety. Factors like operating pressure, temperature fluctuations, and fluid type all affect valve performance. If a...
Check Valve Types: How To Choose the Right Option for Your Fluid Power System
Is There a Difference Between A Check Valve vs. Ball Valve? While both apply to fluid control, there are significant differences in their design and intended application. Check valves, also known as non-return or one-way valves, play a crucial role...
Product Spotlight: Cartridge Check Valves
The Specialty Mfg Co. supplies a wide range of specialty valves to customers across various industries, and one lesser-known type that we have the capability and skill set to customize and manufacture is a cartridge check valve. Cartridge check...
Product Line Overview
Where Dental Valves Are Used
If you look at a dentist or dental hygienist’s patient workspace, you will find various components and tools. From HVEs with suction tubes to hand held scrapers and probes. Most of what you see relies on some form of valve to control the flow of...
Keep Media Flow on Track With the Right Check Valve Mechanism
Across industries, check valves play an essential role in preventing reversal flow of a media. Check valves remain open when media is flowing in the proper direction, and close when the flow reverses. The most common flow control mechanisms within...
Valves for Food Handling
In the food and beverage industry, all process and automation components must be built to withstand continuous use and stress in a variety of conditions. This is especially true for Valves. Typically, valves are needed to control the flow of media....
Looking Back: Specialty Mfg. Co. Celebrates 120 Years of Manufacturing in the Custom Valve Industry
Saint. Paul, MN, September 2020: With a host of achievements to look back on, The Specialty Mfg. Co. is adding one more to the list by celebrating 120 years of service this September of 2020. A top manufacturer of custom and customized miniature...
The Specialty Manufacturing Company: One Of The World’s Greatest Valve Manufacturers
Featured on the popular ION television network’s World’s Greatest series, The Specialty Manufacturing Company is profiled as one of the world’s greatest valve manufacturers. The presentation showcases why the company is a trusted source of products...