Actuation

Rotork recently launched their IQT Shutdown Battery to provide further operational flexibility to the IQT3 range of part-turn 1-phase, 3-phase and DC electric actuators with the addition of a new integral battery option that provides fail-to-position functionality in explosionproof applications.

A test of the NEMA 6P Electric Actuator being submerged in a 6-foot column of water started at the Indelac facility, in Northern Kentucky.

The SIPART ® PS2 electro-pneumatic valve positioner is used to control the final control element of pneumatic linear or part-turn valve actuators.

The Rotork actuators are to be installed on a remote header application at one of the world’s largest exporter of crude oil and condensates.

Paladon Systems, global manufacturer of quality valve actuators and control systems, has announced that they have started to deliver the order of Pneumatic Quarter Turn Spring Return Actuators, open and close Emergency Operations, of various Sizes.

Global manufacturer, Orbinox, has introduced a new pinch valve range to meet customer needs for heavy corrosive-abrasive slurry applications.

The R Series compact quarter-turn electric actuator from Indelac Controls was specifically designed for small ball valves and dampers.

Similar to valves and other industrial water and wastewater components, quarter turn actuators need to meet strict standards to be compliant with industrial and safety regulations.

Mueller Water Products has recently acquired Pratt Industrial, located in Emporia, Kansas. Pratt Industrial specializes in the design, engineering, and worldwide distribution of technologically advanced, industrial-use valves and actuators.

Equistar Chemicals LP, a division of LyondellBasell, is planning to expand its underground ethylene storage facility and terminal in Clemville, Texas – the Markham Terminal – with help from ATI Actuators, a manufacturer of customized valve automation.