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Saunders Polymer Pneumatic Actuator Helps Reduce Energy Cost

Crane now offers an improved version of its Saunders P345 Polymer Pneumatic Actuator, designed to reduce operating pressure requirements to 4.5 bar, which in turn, can reduce your carbon footprint and energy cost by 11%. The lightweight piston-type pneumatic actuator has been developed to deliver sustainable performance for sterile biopharm applications.

Actuators Valves

August 24, 2022

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Neles Q-Disc Helps Improve Process Performance in Control Valve Applications

Valmet expands its versatile butterfly valve product range. The Neles Q-Disc joins Valmet’s lineup of the modular Neles Neldisc and the Jamesbury Wafer-Sphere butterfly valve platform.

Actuators Controls Valves

July 21, 2022

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The Diverse Role Valves Play in the Chemical Industry

The chemical industry is extremely diverse with more than 60,000 known products. Like all process industries, the chemical industry needs valves designed for safe, efficient and reliable process operation.

Actuators Chemical Controls General Valves

July 6, 2022

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Valve Basics: Electric Actuator Controls

Electric valve actuators control the opening and closing of valves. With a motor drive that provides torque to operate the valve, these actuators are frequently used on multi-turn valves such as gate or globe and also on ball, plug and other quarter-turn valves.

Actuators Automation Controls General Valve Basics

July 6, 2022

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Emergency Shutoff Valve Automation with Cowan’s E2H-ESD Actuator

“We designed this product around the modular concept to allow the customer to have the flexibility to remove the hydraulics and controls in the field with very minimal work since an important reason for failure of electric and electrohydraulic actuators is vibration in the pipe transferred to the process valve,” says Maria Aguirre, director of Business Development.

Actuators Automation Controls General Manufacturing

May 12, 2022

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CASE STUDY: ValvTechnologies’ Purge Design Saves More Than Half a Million Dollars

Coker inlet feed valves at a bitumen upgrader in Canada’s Oil Sands were experiencing run-time and reliability issues due to coking up. The severe internal damage to the valve body and actuation reduced the plant’s efficiency and significantly affect daily operation output and performance for the client.

Actuators General

May 2, 2022

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CASE STUDY: Predictive Maintenance with Retrofitted Electraulic Actuation

Electraulic Actuation is a brand of electro-hydraulic actuation unique to REXA. It combines the simplicity of electric operation, the power of hydraulics, the reliability of solid state electronics, and the flexibility of user-configured control.

Actuators General MRO Valves

April 19, 2022

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Control Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards Include Several VMA Members

Awards were bestowed to Bray International, Neles, Flowserve, Emerson and Baker Hughes across the magazine’s Final Control Elements category.

Actuators Controls General VMAnews

January 26, 2022

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Understanding Torque for Quarter-Turn Valves

Valve manufacturers publish torques for their products so that actuation and mounting hardware can be properly selected.

Actuators Controls General Thought Leadership Valve Basics Valves

January 11, 2022

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Actuator Issues? Use This Checklist!

While there may be 40 reasons valve actuators may stop working, there really is only a handful of components that can cause the problems. So, if you have an actuator on the fritz, here are the five things you need to check.

Actuators MRO

January 3, 2022

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CASE STUDY: Zero Emission ESD Valve Actuator System for API Midstream Pipeline Distribution Networks

Emergency shutdown valves are specifically designed to shut the process, often carrying hazardous media, in the case of an undesirable event.

Actuators General Supply Chain

December 15, 2021

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Lightening the load of multi-material manufacturing with 3D printing

The rise of 3D printing transformed the manufacturing industry, enabling manufacturers to quickly and precisely create specialized parts for any application.

Actuators General

September 22, 2021

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