Articles relating to Manual Actuators

Kinetrol launches new manual fail-safe units for larger valves

Kinetrol are proud to launch the D-Line, a range of damped manual fail-safe units that allow controlled, manual operation of larger rotary valves ...
Valveuser Issue 91

Rotork Master Station launched for increased valve actuator control

Rotork’s latest generation of its innovative system for controlling and monitoring valve actuators and plant equipment has been launched. The ...
Valveuser Issue 49

Versatility Meets Design

Modular, resilient, versatile – these are the core properties of the quarter-turn actuator DFPD from Festo. This rack and pinion combination is thus ...
Valveuser Issue 49

AVA open new UK Facility following a successful 2018

Following a very successful 2018, AV Actuators (AVA) are opening a new facility here in the UK to allow its next stage of development. AVA has spent ...
Valveuser Issue 48

‘Supply chain agility crucial to capitalise on recovering market’ claims Actuated Solutions: Actuated Solutions Ltd emplore the Oil & Gas sector to embrace agile supply chain practices

In February, a month after Brent crude surpassed the $71 marker for the first time in three years, specialist provider of value automation products, ...
Valveuser Issue 44

New Rotork Gears ABAW Worm Gear Operators Meet AWWA Specifications

The latest Rotork Gears ABAW AWWA worm gear operators are designed in accordance with AWWA (American Water Works Association) specifications C504 and ...
Valveuser Issue 43

Plants based on the Lego principle: modular automation is the answer to volatile markets in process industries

Shorter production runs and increasingly varied requirements from the same plant: these are the market demands which more and more process plant ...
Valveuser Issue 43

AV Actuators Launch New Product and Officially Launch in USA

Following a successful 2016 launching in the UK, and huge interest in the product at Valve World in Dusseldorf, AV Actuators brings new products to ...
Valveuser Issue 41

Next Generation Subsea Rotary Actuator – Product Range Extended

Small bore subsea valve specialist LB Bentley Ltd, part of the Severn Glocon Group Plc, has continued the development of its advanced rotary ...
Valveuser Issue 41

Rotork SPI Delivers Smart Position Indication for Manually Operated Valves

Designed for manually operated valves, the Rotork SPI Smart Position Indicator mechanically displays the position of the valve and electronically ...
Valveuser Issue 41

Smart Valve Gearbox Delivers Swift Detection of Fugitive Emissions

A significant percentage of the fugitive emissions generated in a process plant comes from the valves. Plant operators are incurring increasing ...
Valveuser Issue 40

Innovative Rotork Gearbox with SafeOperator Flexible Extension Enables Critical Subsea Valve Operation

The innovative combination of Rotork gearboxes and SafeOperator flexible extensions has successfully and economically enabled the manual operation of ...
Valveuser Issue 39

Adding Value to the Motor Operated Valve: Part 3

The valve control market faces increasing pressure from commoditisation of its products. Here’s how to avoid a race to the bottom.In the third of ...
Valveuser Issue 38

Utilising subsea expertise to take technology to the surface

Extensive product development and superior technical expertise has helped propel BEL Valves to become a world leading high integrity valve ...
Valveuser Issue 38

Ultravalve Acquisition Strengthens Bonomi’s UK Operation

Leading process valve and actuator supplier Bonomi (UK) has announced the acquisition of one of its largest UK distributors, Ultravalve ...
Valveuser Issue 38

Manually energised solution for failsafe valve actuators

Flow control engineering group Rotork has introduced an innovative range of manually energised spring-return actuators to provide an economical ...
Valveuser Issue 21