Valve Automation Articles
Hygienic Butterfly Valve Actuation just got easy!
For many years the task of Automating a Stainless Steel Hygienic Butterfly Valve has been somewhat onerous with very little flexibility being made ava...
Valve User Issue 51
Rotork Master Station launched for increased valve actuator control
Rotork’s latest generation of its innovative system for controlling and monitoring valve actuators and plant equipment has been launched.
The Roto...
Valve User Issue 49
Biffi Italia introduces the new CON3000 electric actuator at IVS Bergamo 2019: Innovative electric valve actuation solution display at show
Biffi Italia, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of highperformance valve actuation systems, will introduce ICON3000, the newest release of the ...
Valve User Issue 49
Versatility Meets Design
Modular, resilient, versatile – these are the core properties of the quarter-turn actuator DFPD from Festo. This rack and pinion combination is thus t...
Valve User Issue 49
SmartAct Actuators break the mould when it comes to materials used
At the Smart Actuator Company, we believe in using the best and most applicable materials for the manufacturing of our products.
Have you ever won...
Valve User Issue 49
AVA open new UK Facility following a successful 2018
Following a very successful 2018, AV Actuators (AVA) are opening a new facility here in the UK to allow its next stage of development. AVA has spent t...
Valve User Issue 48
Albion Actuated Valves
Actuation is set to play an increasing role in process industries globally, according to a recent report. Here, Les Littlewood - Sales & Marketing Dir...
Valve User Issue 48
Electro-Hydraulic Quifer KEH Failsafe Series launches in the UK
The UK’s leading independent provider of valve automation products, Actuated Solutions, has announced the exclusive availability of the KEH series qua...
Valve User Issue 45
New SmartAct® Small Electric Actuator Launch
Fresh from receiving the Queens Award and National Family Business Championship in 2017, The Smart Actuator Company team has worked hard to bring the ...
Valve User Issue 45
AIV acquires Zenith Supply
AIV, LP, a Houston-based global wholesale distributor of valves and actuators for the oil & gas, power generation, chemical, petrochemical, refining, ...
Valve User Issue 45
Hydravalve (UK) Now Stock WRAS Approved Bronze Ball Valves
Hydravalve’s Process Valves & Actuation catalogue was released on the 8th January and since then are pleased to announce the positive feedback and sup...
Valve User Issue 45
Festo's VTEM Motion Terminal - Revolution in AutomationFesto's VTEM Motion Terminal - Revolution in Automation
Revolution in automation: Festo’s new VTEM Motion Terminal enables the activation of new functions via apps, so machine developers can create a basic ...
Valve User Issue 45
Rotork Valve Actuation Robust & Accurate: Robust and accurate Rotork valve actuation at the centre of advanced oil tanker VOC emission control system
Minimising the emissions of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) from oil tankers during the fluctuating ambient conditions experienced during sea voyage...
Valve User Issue 45
Rotork CK Actuators at Mexican WWT Plant Following Upgrade
A gate valve upgrade project at the Los Horcones waste water treatment plant in Sinaloa, Mexico has enabled the operator to install Rotork CK modular ...
Valve User Issue 45
J3C-S Series J+J Electric Actuators - Flexibility Offers Unrivalled Delivery Times: In many cases these days, orders seem to be being placed nearer to the ‘required on site date,' despite quotations confirming delivery times
This typically results in suppliers having to exert pressure on manufacturing colleagues to pull ‘rabbits out of hats’ to get the products delivered o...
Valve User Issue 45
Auma Launches Explosion-Proof Variable Speed Actuators: Electric actuator manufacturer AUMA has launched explosion-proof variable speed valve actuators for use in potentially hazardous environment
The new SAVEx actuators for open-close duty and SARVEx multi-turn actuators for modulating duty, combined with intelligent ACVEx actuator controls, pr...
Valve User Issue 45
Customised Rotork Actuators Fulfil Critical Offshore Safety Duties
Rotork Fluid Systems customised linear hydraulic spring-return valve actuators meet the critical safetyrelated specifications for an offshore gas fiel...
Valve User Issue 44
‘Supply chain agility crucial to capitalise on recovering market’ claims Actuated Solutions: Actuated Solutions Ltd emplore the Oil & Gas sector to embrace agile supply chain practices
In February, a month after Brent crude surpassed the $71 marker for the first time in three years, specialist provider of value automation products, A...
Valve User Issue 44
Trends in Pneumatic Spring Return Valve Actuator Selection
The demands for safety, efficiency and environmental responsibility from the oil, gas and energy industries have significantly impacted the selection ...
Valve User Issue 44
Safety For Your Plants: The safety and reliability of technical processes are of vital importance for companies in the process industries
Bulk materials and powders in sectors such as the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries and others can be very dangerous. One spark – and the d...
Valve User Issue 44
ATI Introduces Electro-Hydraulic Control System: Direct mount system for use with linear and quarter-turn hydraulic actuators
Automation Technology (ATI) has introduced an electro-hydraulic control system, adding to its broad range of valve actuators and controls. The product...
Valve User Issue 43
F31K2– Valve Position Sensing with a Global View: Traditionally, limit switch boxes with mechanical, magnetic or inductive contacts are used to detect the position of the valve in valve actuators.
However, open solutions are also gaining in popularity on the market due to their compact design and easy installation. The F31K2 dual inductive senso...
Valve User Issue 43
Customer Service Developments at AUMA UK
To mark 40 years of UK operations, AUMA UK, the electric valve actuator specialist, have made a number of significant developments to develop faciliti...
Valve User Issue 43
Total Flexibility In An Electric Actuator From J+J UK, From Stock
In today’s fast paced life, more and more emphasis is placed on delivery times and the demand for the availability of a wide range of products from st...
Valve User Issue 43
Versa Extend their Direct Acting Solenoid Valve Range
Last year Versa introduced the D-316 direct acting side ported solenoid valve. This is a range of high flow 3-way valves (3/2), and is a multi-purpose...
Valve User Issue 43
