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 available in the market place, particularly if Electric units are the preferred mode of operation.
With many Hygienic Valve manufacturers only offering their own range of S/S Pneumatic upright “Heli-...
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 Rotork Master Station provides a high integrity link between the Distributed Control System and field devices, enabling the control and monitoring of devices including mixers, pumps and transmitters, as w...
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 ICON smart electric multi-turn actuators family, at the Industrial Valve Summit (IVS) in May.
The new ICON3000 electric actuator will be on display at Biffi’s booth, A16, at the valve and flow con...
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 the perfect actuator for many requirements in the process industry.
Thanks to its versatility and flexibility, the DFPD can be used in a variety of sectors and markets. Its modern, simple and compa...
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 wondered what materials SmartAct use and why?
We put a lot of thought into our Innovative products and their material science. We decided to use some very modern manufacturing materials and processes...
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 the last 2 years working with new customers and the factory to develop its range of electric actuators. Working with customers all around the world in a wide variety of applications, AVA has taken its ...
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 Director at Albion Valves (UK) Ltd., explores the options for those specifying and supplying actuated valves.
With the process market increasingly reliant upon actuated valves for accurate and efficie...
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 quarter turn actuators from Quifer
The KEH electro-hydraulic features a compact modular design, incorporating a spring return actuator and closed loop hydraulic pump. The springs provide a true failsa...
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 new Small (0-40 Nm) electric actuator to market
The long-awaited launch of the Small actuator has been eagerly anticipated by our Distributors and we have ensured that the timing of this full launc...
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, pulp and paper and water treatment industries, has announced that it has acquired Zenith Supply.
Founded in 1946, Pennsylvania-based Zenith Supply is a leading master distributor of Velan valves – ...
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 support from customers’
Following the already new additions from Haitima that includes the FW range of stainless steel 1, 2 and 3 piece ball valves and the 2013KMDR reduced bore 3 piece firesafe appro...
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 machine type and equip it with different features to meet customer requirements
The brand new VTEM Motion Terminal from Festo propels pneumatics into the era of Industry 4.0 with apps that can repl...
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 voyages is vitally important from both environmental and commercial points of view.
The controlled release is often undertaken when the gas pressure approaches a pre-set point. However, it is not always...
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 electric valve actuators
The new valves are equipped with Rotork CKc double-sealed watertight actuators to provide reliable on/off control, position monitoring, alarm signalling and datalogging of ...
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 on time, and runs the real risk of errors being made due to everyone rushing around.
The J3C-S Series of electric actuators, designed and manufactured in Spain by J+J, are almost immune to the usua...
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, provide full control of the motor speed at any time.
Variable speed offers significant advantages for challenging valve control tasks, since it allows the optimum operating speed to be selected for ...
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 field in the Middle East.
These actuators operate 220mm (9”) gate valves on skids requiring a High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) certification manufactured for the Hasbah Offshore Facili...
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, Actuated Solutions, is calling on the oil and gas sector to embrace agile supply chain practices to capitalise on the anticipated demand the recovering market is likely to yield. Keen to keep their fin...
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 of pneumatic valve actuator for quarter turn failsafe valves (ball, butterfly and plug) and dampers.
Actuator sizing depends on the various valve torque values, minimum supply pressure and actuator...
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 dust explodes. It is no surprise, then, that the topic of safety when handling bulk materials is at the top of the list of many companies. Festo has a wide product range and the necessary expertise for...
Valve User Issue 44
