Tag: actuator

ATI introduces electro-hydraulic control system

Texas-headquartered Automation Technology Inc (ATI) has introduced an electro-hydraulic control system, adding to its broad range of valve actuators and controls.

Rotork actuators specified for tank farm expansion

Rotork, a global actuator manufacturer and flow control company with multiple US locations, has announced that the latest generation of Rotork Skilmatic SI3 electro-hydraulic actuators have been supplied to one of India’s leading state owned oil companies to operate 42" and 48" triple offset butterfly valves on vital safety-related tank farm duties.

Rotork secures major order for its actuators

Rotork, a global actuator manufacturer and flow control company with multiple US locations, has secured a major order for 1,300 of its RC200 actuators.

New actuators offer haptic feedback for HMIs

Texas-based Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the PowerHap™ piezo actuators from TDK EPCOS. These piezo actuators integrated a sensor functionality feature with force and response time performance to offer haptic feedback for human-machine interfaces (HMIs) in industrial equipment, medical devices, cars, smartphones and tablets, household applications, ATMs, vending machines and game controllers.

Bimba launches IntelliAxis actuators

Bimba, a supplier of pneumatic, hydraulic and electric motion solutions, which is headquartered in Illinois, has introduced IntelliAxis multi-axis electric linear robot actuators for either X-Z or X-Y motion applications.

Rotork generates actuator solution

Rotork, a global actuator manufacturer and flow control company with locations throughout the US, has received an order for 220 pneumatic actuators for the NASR Phase II full field development project in the UAE.

AUMA actuators pass corrosion tests

A new TÜV certificate has confirmed that Pennsylvania-based AUMA’s electric actuators have passed demanding corrosion protection tests and meet the requirements of EN ISO 12944-6 for corrosivity categories C5-M long (marine, coastal and offshore areas) and C5-I long (industrial areas with high humidity and aggressive atmospheres).

The basics of the Electric Linear Actuator

What is an electric linear actuator? • An electric linear actuator is a device that converts the rotational motion of an electric motor into linear motion (push or pull movement).

Rotork actuators used for Brazilian plant upgrade

The upgrade at the Rio Manso WTP at Brumadinho in the south east of Brazil involved the building of an additional filter plant, the replacement of obsolete actuators on existing plant and the introduction of a Profibus digital control network.

Easytork recognized for product innovation

Missouri-based Easytork Automation, a manufacturer of patented high-performance quarter-turn rotary pneumatic vane actuators and associated valve automation products, has been named recipient of the Frost & Sullivan North American New Product Innovation Award in the pneumatic actuators market for the valves industry.