Pneumatic Actuators Articles
Pneumatic actuators are devices that convert energy from a gas(pressurised) into energy. Pneumatic actuators can produce rotary and linear motion and are usually powered by an electric compressor. They are more reliable, cheaper and safer than other types of actuator.
SMC’s ZH Series - Smaller & Offers Greater Functionality
SMC has refreshed its ZH body ported type vacuum ejector so that it is more compact, lightweight and easy to mount. It also has an improved maximum su...
Valve User Issue 43
HP pneumatic actuator range remains best buy
The UK’s leading independent provider of valve automation products, Actuated Solutions, has hailed the HP Pneumatic actuator range a ‘best buy’ for th...
Valve User Issue 43
Efficient Motorized Actuator For Globe & Diaphragm Valves: The new GEMÜ eSyDrive motorized actuator sets new standards in the areas of compact design, speed and accuracy.
Pneumatically operated valves are increasingly being replaced with electric versions and GEMÜ has designed this new actuator as an answer to increasin...
Valve User Issue 43
The Puzzle Solved
The AC Valve Alliance Group is made up of six privately owned, individual companies, each of which is an expert in their own field and built together ...
Valve User Issue 43
Plants based on the Lego principle: modular automation is the answer to volatile markets in process industries
Shorter production runs and increasingly varied requirements from the same plant: these are the market demands which more and more process plant manuf...
Valve User Issue 43
Actuated Solutions - built on experience & a commitment to unparalleled service: Actuated Solutions was started in 2003 as a joint venture between two friends and colleagues, Paul Slaughter and Chris Hickey.
The pair previously held senior sales positions for one of the largest multinational providers of valve automation products. When the firm closed its ...
Valve User Issue 42
AV Actuators Launch New Product and Officially Launch in USA
Following a successful 2016 launching in the UK, and huge interest in the product at Valve World in Dusseldorf, AV Actuators brings new products to th...
Valve User Issue 41
Next Generation Subsea Rotary Actuator – Product Range Extended
Small bore subsea valve specialist LB Bentley Ltd, part of the Severn Glocon Group Plc, has continued the development of its advanced rotary actuator,...
Valve User Issue 41
10% Savings: Water Supply Company Makes Use of Pneumatics
For the construction of a new ground water filtration system, water supply company Landeswasserversorgung turned to pneumatic automation technology fr...
Valve User Issue 41
J+J Partner with Power Genex
J+J Automation, a leader in valve actuation solutions in the UK for over 20 years, is delighted to announce that they have partnered with Power Genex ...
Valve User Issue 41
Hard to Find SIL 3 Compliant Pneumatic Instrumentation? Not Any More!
When designing and implementing controls for pneumatic actuators in critical control applications, it is vital that all the component parts can have a...
Valve User Issue 40
Adding Value to the Motor Operated Valve: Part 3
The valve control market faces increasing pressure from commoditisation of its products. Here’s how to avoid a race to the bottom.In the third of four...
Valve User Issue 38
Utilising subsea expertise to take technology to the surface
Extensive product development and superior technical expertise has helped propel BEL Valves to become a world leading high integrity valve supplier.Ma...
Valve User Issue 38
Ultravalve Acquisition Strengthens Bonomi’s UK Operation
Leading process valve and actuator supplier Bonomi (UK) has announced the acquisition of one of its largest UK distributors, Ultravalve Ltd.Halesowen-...
Valve User Issue 38
Orseal Valves at Filanovskogo – One of the Largest Crude Oil Finds in Decades
The Filanovskogo (Filanovsky) field, 50k offshore in the Northern Caspian Sea, was discovered in 2005. With reserves of 153.1 million tonnes of oil an...
Valve User Issue 37
Orseal Valves in Unique Offshore Project
A major offshore development in the UAE, the Upper Zakum oil field project has an estimated value of US$3.7billion and Orseal were delighted to be sel...
Valve User Issue 37
Record Breaking Order Thanks to BVAA Membership
Heap & Partners have secured the biggest order in their 150- year history thanks to their BVAA membership. Back in 2013 Heap & Partners spotted a pote...
Valve User Issue 37
Allvalves Become an SMC Systems Integrator to Provide Complete Valve Actuation Packages
Following an exploratory meeting at the Allvalves BVAA sponsored stand at Valve World in 2014 and a year of behind the scenes discussions, a partnersh...
Valve User Issue 36
Orseal Valves Utilised in BP’s £3bn Quad 204 Offshore Project
Quad 204 is the £3bn redevelopment of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, located 175 km west of Shetland in Blocks 204 and 205 of the UK Continental S...
Valve User Issue 36
New Year Success for Denholm Valvecare
International valve service supplier Denholm Valvecare continues to fight against falling energy prices and a tough trading climate, with high hopes f...
Valve User Issue 36
J+J Launch New Range Of Pneumatic Actuators
J+J Automation UK, the UK arm of the European electric actuator manufacturer J+J, has launched a new range of rack and pinion pneumatic actuators, the...
Valve User Issue 35
Advanced Valve Solutions Announce New Partnership with STI in the UK
AVS provides installation, commissioning and aftersales support for all STI products, services and diagnostics tools
STI provides control solutions...
Valve User Issue 33
ASCO Primed for New Explosion-Proof Product Certification
Emerson Industrial Automation announces its market-leading range of ASCO Numatics solenoid valves and fluid automation solutions has achieved Technica...
Valve User Issue 33
MPs view workforce enrichment initiatives at SMC
Both of the Members of Parliament for Milton Keynes – Mark Lancaster and Iain Stewart – visited SMC Pneumatics in November to find out first-hand how ...
Valve User Issue 32
SMART-LOC™ delivers the modular solution for pneumatic actuator control
Rotork Midland introduces SMART-LOC, a new high integrity modular concept for pneumatic actuator control assemblies. Constructed in 316L stainless ste...
Valve User Issue 32