Articles relating to Controllers

Festo: Reliable and optimised complete solution

From the individual component to the complete automation solution, you’ll find the entire package for process automation at Festo. The ...
Valveuser Issue 83

Real-World Benefits of Digital Transformation

A large petroleum refinery off the coast of Wales digitally transformed their operations using Emerson’s TopWorxTM DXP discrete valve ...
Valveuser Issue 79

Emerson’s New Emergency Shutdown Discrete Valve Controller Improves Safety, Uptime in Hazardous Applications: TopWorx DX Partial Stroke Test with HART 7 provides detailed valve assembly data & diagnostics, enabling predictive maintenance & reliable operation.

Emerson has introduced the TopWorx™ DX PSTwith HART® 7. Units provide valuable valve data and diagnostic information, enabling the digital ...
Valveuser Issue 74

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

A Valve Operating System for a New Age – Emerson Bettis™ VOS-PAC: Fully engineered and tested, the Bettis VOS-PAC integrates the digital tagging of parts, creating on-demand documentation

Engineering a valve automation system that will provide reliable execution under extreme conditions in the most remote locations is no simple task. ...
Valveuser Issue 47

Auma Launches Explosion-Proof Variable Speed Actuators: Electric actuator manufacturer AUMA has launched explosion-proof variable speed valve actuators for use in potentially hazardous environment

The new SAVEx actuators for open-close duty and SARVEx multi-turn actuators for modulating duty, combined with intelligent ACVEx actuator controls, ...
Valveuser Issue 45

‘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

Challenge of Monitoring Shut Down Valve Condition on Existing and Ageing Assets: Shut down valves perform a vital safety role on many process plants, both onshore and offshore.

They are designed and positioned such that, in the event of a potential problem, they operate to ensure the process is stopped in a way that prevents ...
Valveuser Issue 44

Efficient Motorized Actuator For Globe & Diaphragm Valves: The new GEMÜ eSyDrive motorized actuator sets new standards in the areas of compact design, speed and accuracy.

Pneumatically operated valves are increasingly being replaced with electric versions and GEMÜ has designed this new actuator as an answer to ...
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

PROFINET extension for AUMA actuators

A new interface for AC .2 actuator controls now allows AUMA actuators to be integrated into PROFINET networks, giving the actuator manufacturer a ...
Valveuser Issue 40

Powerful Performer: Robust, flexible, powerful – the heavyduty quarter turn actuator DFPD-HD is the latest addition to the quarter turn actuator range from Festo.

Designed in accordance with the scotch-yoke principle, the quarter turn actuator DFPD-HD is exceptionally reliable. With torque ratings of 9,000 to ...
Valveuser Issue 40

Rotork Introduces Flexible Ultra-Fast Network Control for Valve Actuators