Actuation

Metal 3D printing hasn’t gained widespread application in the hydraulics sector because of all the challenges associated with high pressure.

Schenck Process has introduced its new PST30 Diverter Valve, which features internally shimable positive stops, inflatable pneumatic seals at each port, position indication from the tunnel itself, and external tunnel position indication.

Quebec-based Velan Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary located in Lyon, France, has been awarded important contracts for the supply of nuclear class valves to China Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (CNPEC), China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.

Automation Direct is now offering NITRA rotary actuators that are available in four body sizes, with or without shock absorbers.

Charbonneau Industries, Inc. has announced that the company has added an additional distribution facility near their Houston campus.

Festo, a manufacturer of industrial automation parts, whose US headquarters are located in New York, has developed a new range of piezo valve-based pressure regulators that aim to deliver smooth, precise pressure control and metering for a wide range of applications.

Safety and the need to avoid an environmental catastrophe led Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, the largest sewage treatment facility in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, to start repairs in 2016 on a corroded five-mile-long outfall, or pipe, and pump header that release 230 million gallons of treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean every day.

Texas-headquartered Automation Technology Inc (ATI), a manufacturer of quality valve automation products, has created a compact, mobile trailer containing working valve-mounted actuators powered by hydraulics, pneumatics and electronic controls.

Valve specialist GEMÜ, whose US headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia, is expanding its CONEXO range to include a retrofit solution for existing systems, as well as a cloud connection.

Pennsylvania-based AIRMATIC has announced the release of an updated catalog on POSI-FLATE® butterfly valves, TORK-MATE® pneumatic actuators and accessories and TRAK-LOK® limit switches and position monitors.