Drives and control
Actuators are used in a wide range of valves, gate valves and butterfly valves;
depending on the type of auxiliary energy, electric, pneumatic and hydraulic actuators and combinations thereof can be distinguished. The control section is directly related to the topic and includes positioners and other accessories for actuators.
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Oct
2023
SAMSON: Building permit granted, work begins
SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT has received the official certificate of completion of the building permit procedure for its new factory in Offenbach am Main. Prior to this, the second necessary building permit for ...
Sep
2023
Rotork takes over manufacturer of miniature drives
Rotork, a global supplier of industrial drive and flow control systems, has acquired Canadian company Hanbay, Inc. The Montreal-based company designs and manufactures precision miniature electric actuators. The ...
Sep
2023
Pneumatic quarter-turn actuators for extended end position settings
The squaring of the circle does not have to be limited to the opening angle of 90° for shut-off devices, but other end position settings can be individually set. The bar-agturn actuator series with angle extension up ...
Aug
2023
KSB launches new quarter-turn actuators on the market
In the first half of 2023, the KSB Group launched a new generation of pneumatic 90° quarter-turn actuators. The double-acting and single-acting pneumatic actuators of the ACTAIR EVO and DYNACTAIR EVO type series are ...
Aug
2023
German and British actuator manufacturer agree on cooperation
ARIS Stellantriebe GmbH is expanding its worldwide distribution. In May this year, the company concluded a cooperation agreement with the English actuator manufacturer KINETROL. With its headquarters in England, ...
Jul
2023
Versatile end position feedback for system operation
Position feedback systems are used on quarter-turn valves in piping systems. They must match to the application conditions and quarter-turn actuator sizes. The bar-miniswitch optical/electrical limit switch feedback ...
Jul
2023
Watertight actuators for underwater hydro turbine control
An AUMA electric actuation solution ensures high-precision guide vane adjustment for a fully-submersible hydro turbine from Natel Energy. It is located at the Sauerbrunn hydropower plant near Graz, Austria. The ...
Jun
2023
Rotork: New addition to the electro-hydraulic actuator range
Rotork has unveiled a compact and robust quarter-turn design for its Skilmatic SI range of independent electro-hydraulic ...
Jun
2023
AUMA: Old acquaintance returns to the management board
Ferdinand Dirnhofer has resumed his position as Managing Director at AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG once ...
May
2023
Endress+Hauser aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero
Endress+Hauser supports the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree target and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero until ...
Mar
2023
Turkish glass factory equipped with actuators
Rotork electric actuators have been installed at a glass factory in Turkey, enabling efficient combustion and reduced emissions. A glass plant in the Mersin area of southern Turkey, run by Şişecam, installed 33 ROMpak ...
Nov
2022
Flexible actuators proven in Cape Town water treatment
AUMA’s new PROFOX actuators have been in operation for more than a year at Zandvliet wastewater treatment plant in Cape Town, South Africa. The customer is particularly happy with the reliability of the new actuators ...
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Industrial Valves – 2022
Year: 2022What steps are important now to enable a stable but sustainable economy? The international edition of “Industriearmaturen+Dichtungstechnik” would like to accompany you in these steps and show you what is already possible today in ...
Electric actuators: Insights into the black box
Author: Michael Herbstritt
Topic: Industriearmaturen
Year: 2012
Once all settings are customised, electric actuators take up their day-to-day duty behind the scenes. Fit & forget, the sought after turnkey solution for operators. Modern plant concepts however claim a more thorough glance at device parameters ...
Compact, autonomous electrohydraulic valve actuators
Author: Marcus Grödl/Babak Farrokhzad
Topic: Industriearmaturen
Year: 2012
Hydraulic valve actuators have an ambivalent image on the market. On the one hand, system planners and valve manufacturers welcome their power density, high rigidity and easy integration of safety functions. On the other hand, users see considerable ...
Safety shut-off devices for industrial plants
Author: Uwe Krabbe
Topic: Industriearmaturen
Year: 2010
The article describes safety shut-off devices that must be used in the industrial sectors of energy generation, chemicals, petrochemicals, metallurgical plants, water management, tank facilities and other industries here plants are subject to high ...
Safe communication, simple diagnosis: Electric actuators in a steam power plant
Author: Michael Herbstritt
Topic: Industriearmaturen
Year: 2010
The Rhine port steam power plant blocks one to three, built in the 1950s and 1960s, are equipped with classic actuators – geared motors with mounted electric motor and mechanical sensors for recording both valve end positions and torque. ...