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Equilibar is happy to introduce Jason Kelley, Assembly and Testing Technician, who joined the team in November of last year. Jason previously worked as a mechanic for Carowinds, a large theme park near Charlotte, where he performed maintenance on roller coasters and other high-speed rides. Not surprisingly, an extreme attention to detail and safety protocols Read More

The June issue of Processing Magazine features a useful and detailed article on innovative vacuum control for chemical processes that was written by Equilibar President Jeff Jennings. The article gives an overview of the impactful role that vacuum technology has played in industry. For more than a century–from Edison’s light bulb to silicon chips–vacuum technology Read More

An exciting case study featuring oil well injection in the Bakken Basin of North Dakota was published in the June 2020 issue of Flow Control Magazine. Co-authored by Diane Jacober of Equilibar and Christopher Duffield of Intermountain Electronics, the article explains how direct-sealing diaphragm valves offer practical advantages for difficult flow control applications, especially those Read More

After months of intense research and development efforts, Equilibar is pleased to announce that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted Emergency Use Authorization for the BioMedInnovations (BMI) SuppleVent™. SuppleVent™ is a ventilator system that utilizes Equilibar® patented back pressure regulator technology, licensed to BMI for medical devices. Equilibar and BMI have a long-standing Read More

In a new video, Equilibar founder Jeff Jennings demonstrates computer automation of high vacuum control using an Equilibar® vacuum regulator (EVR). This technology can be especially useful in vacuum distillation and analytical chemical applications. In the video, an Equilibar EVR-3 is automated using an electronic pressure controller in a closed-loop PID setup. Jeff reviews the Read More

Equilibar continues efforts to make new pressure control products available to ventilator designers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most significantly, our technical team has introduced the RV-22, an ultra-sensitive back pressure regulator. The device is a modification of Equilibar’s existing dome-loaded technology with ports suitable for medical tubing. Its instantaneous response to setpoint changes makes it Read More

Since Friday March 20, 2020, Equilibar has focused on working to modify the design of our fluid control valves to enable them to serve as building blocks for medical ventilator systems. Our technical team has made rapid progress. Based on collaboration with bio-engineering and medical experts, we believe we have developed designs that can contribute Read More

To our Equilibar customers and partners, Regarding the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, I would like to assure our customers and other partners that Equilibar has adopted several measures to ensure that we can continue to support you as we move forward. Our engineers are working and welcome your inquiries. They are ready to answer questions and Read More

Listen to Equilibar founder Jeff Jennings tell the story of how he came up with the idea for a revolutionary fluid control valve, started assembling valves in his basement, and developed a bare-bones website that led to his first customer in Switzerland on the podcast Clocking In with host Phil Mintz. Phil Mintz is the Read More

A video recently filmed in the Equilibar laboratory demonstrates a new method of maintaining consistent flow control over a wide range of flow rates–typically 100:1. This is accomplished by using an Equilibar® back pressure regulator with a pilot pressure controller and a flow meter in a PID (proportional-integral-derivative) control loop. This approach is especially useful Read More