Web Case Study-NASA and Flowserve Collaboration Launches New Valve Technology
NASA had a problem with its high-pressure control valves, and Flowserve was called in to find a solution.
At the Stennis Space Center near Bay Saint Louis, MI, NASA engineers had a problem. Their process of testing various rocket propulsion systems was running into an expensive snag, hanging on high-pressure control valves that needed to be switched out and replaced for each test.
Stennis uses these valves, in both ambient and cryogenic configurations, for the flow control of oxygen, hydrogen, and other propulsion propellants used in their rocket engine and component test facilities. Stennis is famous as the main propulsion testing center for NASA, and it is where the Space Shuttle main engines are tested and certified.