Quickits Provide the Link

Operating as a key supplier within the valve & actuator industry Quickits Limited are renowned for their ability to design & manufacture mounting kits to suit any application; the parallel linkage kit is another example of Quickits’ diverse engineering capabilities.

Cambrian Valves based in Caldicot, Monmouthshire enlisted the services of Quickits in order to provide a parallel linkage, actuator assembly complete with braced pipework. The specifications being that the braced pipework needed to suit two 10” Ebro Z011A butterfly valves and had to be tandem linked, operated by one actuator that allowed one valve to be opened whilst the other was closed. Cambrian Valves client, Samson Controls will be installing the kit as part of a sophisticated cooling system designed to control the temperature of a high-rise London office block.

‘Over the years Quickits have provided Cambrian with an excellent level of quality & service, which is one of the reasons why we used them to supply a similar kit for a cooling system installed at the Olympic village for the 2012 games.’ Ian Chick, Managing Director of Cambrian Valves talking about previous projects supplied by Quickits.

Using the latest 3D design software Solidworks, Quickits’ Engineering Manager Niel Hufton created a 3 dimensional GA (general arrangement) drawing which allowed the customer to view and electronically operate the complete assembly prior to commencing with production. The computer generated image below shows the entire assembly complete with butterfly valves and actuator. ‘Utilising Solidworks for such designs allows us & the customer to see how everything would fit & work together at the earliest possible stage. It highlights any possible defects with the ‘interference detection’ function’ says Niel, who goes on to explain, ‘The customer specified the accuracy of the centres for the two connecting valves and these needed to be 936mm apart, which meant that the fabricated bracing arm between the pipework had to be spot on’.

With the vast amount of experience that Quickits’ design engineering team have coupled with in-house qualified welding engineers there was no doubt that the final product would be nothing short of 100% correct.

The long running relationship that the two companies share has grown over the years. But it’s Quickits’ ability to design, manufacture & test any type and configuration of mounting kit that allows them to stand-out as the choice supplier when quality & service matter.

Quickits Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1623 515545
Web: www.quickits-online.co.uk

Published: 14th May 2015