Supply chain excellence built on collaboration - The ISM Difference Strategic procurement and supply management Planning and organizing purchases is vital in business. Purchases affect facilities maintenance, design development and the production of final products. The best suppliers bring specialized experience and technical skills to all these challenges. Supplier expertise contributes enhanced part sourcing plus it adds options for specialized...

A look at the brasses used to make miniature ball and check valve bodies

Brass miniature valves are useful, reliable and economicalWrought brasses, alloys of copper and zinc, are frequently used as the body material for metal mini check valves and ball valves. A major reason for this is brass performs well at temperatures ranging from about -325 to ...

ISM production department gets a precision high speed tubing cutter Expanded ISM custom services The ISM production department has added a new piece of equipment to their toolbox: a high speed automated tubing cutter. This countertop cutter is able to cut up to 100 feet of tubing per minute. That’s fast! Even with very short lengths of tubing that...

The ISM Difference is a focus on quality and customer satisfaction What is ISO certification? ISO certification identifies companies committed both to quality standards and the quality management systems needed to meet these standards. Achieving and maintaining certification is based a system of voluntary, independent audits. This accountability helps organizations maintain and improve the quality of their products and services. ...

Some guidelines for selecting the right material for your application This is the first in a new series of ISM blog posts about miniature valves and ball valves in particular. Why use a ball valve? Ball valves are durable, reliable and securely shut off flow even after sitting idle for long periods of time. Because of this, they are frequently...

What does FDA compliant mean?
FDA compliant is a shorthand way of talking about materials that are safe for direct food contact. These materials are also called food contact substances (FCS).

An FCS is any material that comes into contact with or is used for manufacturing, packing, packaging, transporting or holding food. Both the plastics and the pigments used in making colored plastic fittings and cooking utensils are examples of food-contact substances.

FDA stands for the US Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

New from ISM Design - Pressure relief valves for in-line flow and low clearance areas

NRV and NVRT plastic air and gas pressure relief valves
The featured new products in this post are the NRV nylon relief valves and NVRT in-line relief valves. They are designed for pressure relief venting of gases, gas mixtures or vapors that do not represent health or safety risks and are not reactive under normal atmospheric conditions*.

NRV and NVRT pressure check valve performance ...

First of all, I think it makes better sense to call this customer support instead of service. Why? It’s most important to help customers solve problems. The old homely “the customer is always right” is a distraction. It is actually worse than that; overuse has turned it into a cliché. What really matters is helping people solve problems.

At its core, useful and customer friendly support is innovative, positive, precise ...

Resources and resource pages are collections of useful and informative technical reference information, articles and guides. Experiencing the ISM difference means access to useful technical information. It makes choosing fluid and gas flow control components faster, safer and easier.

Engineers and designers usually need to refer back to relevant technical reference information when developing projects or maintaining existing ...

Searching for parts at ISM is easy and intuitive By Travis Scott Just over a year ago, we launched our redesigned website that featured e-commerce capabilities plus an easier user interface. In order to offer online purchases, we needed software suitable for an industrial distributor like ISM. Magento is the name of the software we chose. It’s feature-rich...