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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Supply vessel takes on board the benefits of Schischek actuation
Nearly 200 Schischek InMax actuators have been supplied to the automation specialist company Pecol SRL for installation on an offshore oil industry supply vessel under construction in an Italian shipyard.
The InMax actuators were specified for air and fire control damper operation on the vessel after engineers from Rotork Schischek and Pecol dem...
Valve User Issue 29
Second SIPOS installation at Khoms Power Station
Following the successful installation of SIPOS 5 actuators as part of a modernisation programme at unit 4 of the Khoms Power Station in Libya in 2007, the company has received an order for an additional 284 valve control devices.
The latest contract has been placed by Babcock Power Systems for the supply of new actuators at the Khoms plant to un...
Valve User Issue 29
J+J’s J3 Smart Red Box: Has Plug & Play Function Conversion Kits
In a modern ‘just in time’ world, it is a common demand on suppliers to hold stock of every item with every option available. In the electric valve actuator sector, this is normally unrealistic as there are many possible external power supply options, failsafe options and modulating options, which for most manufacturers would require a huge value o...
Valve User Issue 29
Perfect Solution:: Allvalves Online’s partnership with Sun Yeh reaping benefits for customers
Allvalves Online, the sole UK distributor for Sun Yeh, has successfully fulfilled first orders of the highly rated Actuators. Sun Yeh, which was founded in 1986, has a long history of providing reliable, certified electric actuators to a wide range of industries.
Allvalves Online began distributing Sun Yeh products in 2013 and has already been ...
Valve User Issue 29
Biffi provides customised electric actuator for Ichthys gas project
Biffi Italia, part of Pentair Actuation & Controls platform, has successfully shipped four EGR 50K electric actuators for installation on the Ichthys gas project, the largest oil and gas development in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Working closely with engineering company McDermott, Biffi specifically customised the actuators to operate 42 inc...
Valve User Issue 29
SIPOS awarded prestigious Polish power contract
SIPOS Aktorik has won a contract to supply around 1,000 electric actuators to the Kozienice 11 coalfired power plant which will extend Poland’s power generation capability and provide a dependable electricity supply for the country’s expanding economy. Working with consortium partner Polimex- Mostostal S.A., Mitsubishi Hitachi Power System Europe G...
Valve User Issue 29
AUMA Gains National Grid Approval
AUMA, supplier of modular electric actuators to the gas, petrochemical and process industries, has achieved National Grid T/SP/VA/2 approval for its range of Ex certified actuators
The approval, which covers both actuators supplied directly to National Grid and products incorporated within permanent works undertaken by approved main works contr...
Valve User Issue 28
Rotork Schischek boosts biogas production: Rotork Schischek ExMax explosionproof actuators have been selected to assist the production of biogas for district heating systems in the German city
Biogas is produced during the effluent treatment process at the city’s largest waste water plant Klaerwerk Gut Grosslappen, situated close to the world famous Munich Allianz Arena, home to Bayern Munich football club.
The ExMax actuators have been installed in the digester and fermentation tanks, where all electrical equipment must be approved f...
Valve User Issue 28
SIPOS supports energy sector environmental initiative
SIPOS and the eels
The advanced capabilities of SIPOS’ electric actuators are supporting an environmental initiative for an eel bypass system at Unkelmühle - a hydroelectric RWE power plant near Bonn.
As part of its energy policy, the German government is supporting measures for the modernisation of hydroelectric power plants. System upgrades...
Valve User Issue 28
New explosion-proof electric actuator from AUMA
AUMA has announced that orders can be placed for its new explosion-proof version part-turn actuator. Designed for butterfly and ball valve automation, the SQEx .2 replaces AUMA’s established SG .1 range. For enhanced positioning accuracy, and an increased number of permissible starts per hour, AUMA has produced an SQREx version actuator for modulat...
Valve User Issue 28
Case Study: Providing Project Managed Services
Rotork is well known for supplying flow control equipment for new and upgraded industrial plants and processes on a global scale. In these contracts, often involving tens or hundreds of valve actuators and associated control equipment, Rotork works with valvemakers, engineering companies and end users as one of several members of a project team, ea...
Valve User Issue 28
Saco Powers into South Africa with ‘Revolutionary’ Actuator
SMART ACTUATOR manufacturer SACO is now powering into markets across the globe with the unveiling of a world-beating energy efficient actuator
The UK-based company already has a full order book following a successful trip to demonstrate their ground-breaking technology to high-ranking Government officials and business people in South Africa.
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Valve User Issue 28
Rotork assists Wessex Water’s environmental improvement scheme for leisure beaches
Rotork flow control equipment has been installed throughout a major water industry AMP5 environmental improvement project at a sewage treatment works serving Somerset’s largest tourist resort on the south west coast of England.
Wessex Water has invested Ł26 million at the site to achieve improved bathing water quality for the resort of Weston-su...
Valve User Issue 27
Smart: How James O’Donnell Revolutionised Actuator Productivity
James O’Donnell, the man who devised the revolutionary ‘Smart Actuator’, the Actuator that delivers a 75% power saving on standard models, has always been an inventor. As a child he loved tinkering with electronics kits and ‘educational toys’. Growing up with the internet, it was natural that his inquisitive mind took him into a degree in computer ...
Valve User Issue 27
SIPOS Supports Prunérov II Power Station Refurb
More than 100 SIPOS 5 HiMod electric actuators have recently been specified and ordered as part of the latest modernisation program for the Pruné ov Power Station, the largest coal-fired power station complex in the Czech Republic.
The Pruné ov II Power station is the Czech Republic’s newest fossil fuel powered station and consists of five 210 M...
Valve User Issue 27
AUMA’s potable project success
AUMA’s success establishing long term collaboration with project consultants was a key factor in the company securing a contract to supply actuation technology for valve control processes at the Káraný Water Works in the Czech Republic.
Built in 1912, the Káraný facility adopts natural, non-chemical processes to provide potable water for the res...
Valve User Issue 27
Sun Yeh appoint Allvalves as their official distributor
Allvalves Online have been awarded the official distribution agreement to represent Sun Yeh in the UK, Ireland and Germany. The agreement will see stock held in Pershore, UK and also in Alfeld, Germany, from January 2014. Allvalves Online and Allvalves Germany will offer loose actuators and actuated valve assemblies.
Sun Yeh is a Taiwanese based...
Valve User Issue 27
ECA Investment Advantage from AUMA UK
The SIPOS 5, supplied and supported in the UK by AUMA, is the first electric actuator to be included on the Energy Technology List as part of the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme.
The programme enables UK based businesses to claim a 100% first year capital allowance, (as opposed to the usual 18%), on investment in the equipment against t...
Valve User Issue 26
Flagship Position for SIPOS in Pipestone Portfolio
Colorado based Pipestone Equipment, an established supplier of municipal and industrial water products, reports the significant role played by SIPOS Aktorik‘s actuators in its porfolio. The company, which provides support from product selection through to commissioning, highlights the SIPOS PROFITRON electric actuator as a valuable addition to its ...
Valve User Issue 26
Rotork upgrade after sixty years unbroken aerospace industry service!
Some of the very first valve actuators to carry the Rotork name are being replaced with the company’s latest intelligent IQ3 actuators after sixty years of unbroken service on a demanding and critical duty in the aerospace industry.
Dating from 1953, the Rotork Model 100A actuators were part of a contract to operate the valves on one of the wor...
Valve User Issue 26
