It could be said that people come to Equilibar for the technology, but they stay for the customer service. Jenna Heaton is a great example of this concept. With more than 22 years of customer care experience, including time as the owner of an automotive service company, she has taken the art of customer service Read More

The summer 2022 issue of Valve Magazine includes a comprehensive overview of the direct sealing diaphragm valve technology that is at the core of Equilibar’s patented devices. Written by Equilibar founder Jeff Jennings, the article explains the background of this unique method of fluid control and describes how it is capable of providing robust back Read More

The ability to handle extreme temperatures is one of the benefits of the dome-loaded multiple orifice design of Equilibar® valves and regulators. Each component of these devices–the body, O-ring, diaphragm, and bolts–can be made from virtually any material, which means they are infinitely customizable. As a result, the superior precision, instantaneous adjustment and frictionless operation Read More

Landfills across the world are filled with organic materials that release a mixture of gases as they decompose. This landfill gas (LFG) is roughly equal parts carbon dioxide and methane plus a few minor components. In years past, LFG was often released to the atmosphere or burned off using a flare system. If the LFG Read More

Since moving to North Carolina at the end of January, design engineer Marty Kowall has provided continuity and collaboration between Equilibar’s work in Asheville and the work of other Richards Industrials product lines in Cincinnati, helping to strengthen the technical efforts at both sites. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Marty earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical Read More

Equilibar now offers an excellent option to provide automated electronic pilot control of our back pressure regulators for extremely high pressure applications such as core analysis or supercritical research. The HP-ERC series of high pressure dual valve electronic controllers is designed to automate dome-loaded back pressure regulators up to 400 bar. Even the most challenging Read More

Every March, Equilibar focuses on the impactful role our research customers play in our daily work. The tradition began as a spinoff from our lively interoffice bracket contest for March Madness, aka the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. We began making a list of participating universities where we have customers and cheering for them in addition Read More

Design engineer Jennifer Jacober earned her degree from the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, a unique collaboration between two flagship research institutions. The experience has given her insightful experience in both engineering and medicine. “One of the projects I started working Read More

A new Equilibar customer case study focuses on exciting work that researchers are doing at the Precision Laser Diagnostics Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. Under the direction of Dr. Greg Rieker, the lab uses sensors based on laser absorption spectroscopy to determine temperature, pressure, flow velocity, and concentration of gases. The sensors are Read More

On December 25, the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched from French Guiana, giving scientists and engineers around the world an exciting Christmas present. The telescope is an international collaboration involving NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency. It will continue and expand on the ground-breaking discoveries of the Hubble Space Read More