Electric Actuators Articles
Electric actuators, also known as electric machines are electromechanical devices that convert electrical energy into mechanical torque. No oil is used which makes it a very clean type of actuator. This is usually enabled through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to create force. In some cases, electric actuators can also be used as generators to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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Rotork supplies actuators to the Northern Lights Project
Rotork electric actuators selected for Norwegian ‘next generation’ carbon capture storage project
Rotork has been awarded a contract to supply IQ3 and Skilmatic SI range actuators to an essential and unique industrial decarbonisation project in Norway.
Northern Lights is developing the world’s first open-source CO2 transport an...
Valve User Issue 81
AUMA commit to continued fast-track actuator delivery
A UK-based supplier to the water industry is committed to fast-track product delivery for customers that sees UK stock actuators despatched within five working days from receipt of order.
AUMA Actuators Limited - part of the global AUMA Group - based in Clevedon, south of Bristol, holds a comprehensive range of electric actuators and component par...
Valve User Issue 81
AUMA Adding Value with Advice, not just Supply
The desire for speed of supply in the water and power utilities sectors can often mean that actuator specifications are repeated, based on a like-for-like replacement. Likewise, many specifiers may be unaware of design advances and innovations that, if known, would influence product selection.
Colin Borrows is Operations Manager at AUMA Actu...
Valve User Issue 78
Flowserve’s Limitorque® MX Series B Smart Electric Actuator: The next generation in smart actuation
Electric actuators have to perform reliably in severe environments and harsh conditions. Actuator failure can compromise valve performance, plant productivity and employee safety.
The Limitorque MXa electric actuator has been the industry standard since its introduction in 1997. The MXb actuator is Limitorque’s next-generation, high-performa...
Valve User Issue 77
Inefficient actuators upgraded to Rotork intelligent electric actuation at a water adventure site
IQ3 actuators from Rotork have improved and modernised the flow control system at a White Water centre in the north-east of England, UK.
The Tees Barrage International White Water Centre is an activity and sports site. Visitors can go white water rafting, canoeing, kayaking, power boating and paddleboarding. It is part of the Tees Barrage Pa...
Valve User Issue 76
ASL’s Quarter-turn Electric Actuators now SIL Rated as Standard
The HQ Series of quarter-turn electric actuators has been sold in the UK by Actuated Solutions Ltd (ASL), for nearly 20 years and remains one of the most popular electric actuators on the market today.
These compact, hard-wearing actuators remain our best-selling line, and when you consider how many features they offer for such a great price...
Valve User Issue 76
Emerson’s New Electric Actuators : Offers Superior Application Flexibility, Precision and Repeatability
Featuring three different screw technologies, AVENTICS Series SPRA rod-style electric actuators offer unmatched versatility that can better meet exacting application requirements.
Emerson has launched its new AVENTICS™ Series Servo Profile Advanced (SPRA) Electric Actuators, a line of precise and highly repeatable rod-style cylind...
Valve User Issue 75
Rotork actuators improve efficiency and reliability at Jersey Water treatment works
Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, clean water and sanitation, and keeping the world flowing for future generations.
Rotork has worked with Jersey Water to replace obsolete actuators at two water treatment sites on the Channel Island. Rotork IQ3 intelligent electric actuators have given Jersey Water increased levels of reliability and e...
Valve User Issue 74
Retrofit of legacy actuators provide Indian airport with critical performance data
An aviation fuel station at a major Indian airport has been enhanced with the installation of intelligent electric actuators from Rotork. The customer wished to upgrade to the latest in intelligent actuation technology, benefitting from the ability to gather data to plan for maintenance activities in advance, as well as a high degree of accuracy an...
Valve User Issue 74
Rotork Supplying Flow Control Solutions for Multi-Million Upgrade Project: Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation, and keeping the world flowing for future generations.
Intelligent electric actuators have been ordered by Wessex Water to support a £50 million project to reconstruct the Durleigh Water Treatment Centre, which provides drinking water to over 40,000 UK residents. This is part of a framework agreement between Rotork and Wessex Water.
Durleigh Water Treatment Centre in Somerset is Wessex Water&rsq...
Valve User Issue 72
Rotork: Control of Flow : Providing control at water resource recovery facility
Rotork IQT part-turn electric actuators have been specified for use at the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) in East Lansing, Michigan USA. This activated sludge/tertiary filtration plant has the capacity to process approximately 18.75 million gallons of water every single day and provides wastewater treatment for the City of East Lansing, Mi...
Valve User Issue 71
Zoedale: New Design: Valpes Atex Electric Actuators
Valpes’ range of ATEX electric actuators has evolved with a new design and dimensions. Valpes took the opportunity offered by compliance with the latest requirements of the ATEX directive (2014/34/EU) for installation in potentially explosive and hazardous atmospheres.
New certifications are also achievable for new markets with EACEx (Russia...
Valve User Issue 70
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
CK Atronik increases integral control versatility of modular electric valve actuators
Rotork has increased the versatility of the CK range of modular electric valve actuators with the introduction of the CK Atronik, an intermediate level integral control option, providing a readyto- operate actuation solution to meet the standard requirements of many plant specifications.
The CK Atronik control module houses a reversing contacto...
Valve User Issue 51
Intelligent actuators improve wireless functionality at UK crude storage hub
Rotork intelligent electric actuators have been chosen to increase the number of wirelessly controlled actuators at a liquid storage provider in the UK.
Rotork IQ3 multi-turn actuators have been commissioned for two Navigator Terminals road fuel and crude storage tanks at its North Tees hub in Middlesbrough.
The site, which is split into In...
Valve User Issue 51
Emerson smart NEW INNOVATION: To improve safety, reduce operational costs, and improve production
Emerson Automation Solutions launched multiple NEW products at this year’s Valve World Americas Expo & Conference, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, from June 19-20.
Emerson launched its NEW Bettis XTE 3000 Electric Actuator - a compact, high-reliability absolute encoder, which guarantees position detection even without ...
Valve User Issue 50
The new J4CS by J+J - Available from stock at Hydravalve
The new J4CS series of electric actuators from the innovative European manufacturer J+J is now available from stock at Hydravalve, who are the only official UK and Ireland distributor for J+J.
With its unrivalled and patent pending 24-240V AC/DC multi voltage technology, the impressive J3C series philosophy has got developed further and include...
Valve User Issue 50
Actuation Valve release fi rst in series range of AV Actuators® brand with the AV-LITE™
Actuation Valve release basic on/off range of AV-LITE™ quarter turn electric valve actuators as part of a wider development of the AV Actuators® brand with further products set to follow later this year.
The initial off ering provides a quarter turn solution for most small bore ball and butterfl y valves with torques available to 40NM.
The ...
Valve User Issue 50
Australian sewage treatment plant using Rotork intelligent actuators to automate penstock gates
Rotork intelligent electric actuators are controlling penstock gates at a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Australia.
Third generational IQ multi-turn electric actuators have been installed on eight penstock gate valves to control the flow of wastewater entering the STP in Murrumba Downs, a suburb in the country’s state of Queensland.
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Valve User Issue 50
Smart just got smaller and simpler!: SmartAct® launch the small energy efficient Smart Electric Actuator
Almost ready for shipping and filling back orders is the Small Smart Actuator from The Smart Actuator Company. The first model in this small range will operate between 0 to 30Nm and for orders placed in the first 26 weeks will come with Failsafe already switched on ‘Free of Charge’.
SmartAct® Actuators are the world’s most Energy Efficient Actu...
Valve User Issue 50
