Versatile valve positioner March 2005 The FY301 microprocessor-based positioner provides fast and accurate positioning of diaphragm or cylinder actuators. The FY301 produces a pressure output as required to position a control valve according ...
Fail-safe control valves in case of fire February 2005, Samson Controls The use of pneumatic control valves can now be taken into consideration even where sensitive applications are concerned
Intelligent control technology reduces idle time February 2005, Festo South Africa More space in the control cabinet with Festo FEC controllers – wiring costs are reduced by 40% and installation costs by 50%.
Powerful actuators for the Mozambique gas line February 2005, Spirax Sarco South Africa Last year Mitech supplied the two largest actuators it has made on 900 mm ASME900# ball valves, to be used for shutting off the main gas line from Mozambique to Secunda.
The Mitech Megatorque range ...
Valve controller with valve parameter feedback February 2005 The new Gefran 800 V controller comes with valve parameter feedback making valve controlled processes uncomplicated. Procedures that are valve controlled are often difficult to control accurately as the ...
Good control requires obedient valves February 2005, Michael Brown Control Engineering A feedback controller effectively calculates the amount of product that is required to be fed into the process. If, for example, the output (process demand - PD) of the controller is sitting at 50%, the ...
Understanding steam conditioning valves December 2004, Automation Control Solutions A steam-conditioning valve is used for the simultaneous reduction of steam pressure and temperature to the level required for a given application.
Actuators for many applications December 2004 Proportional control of pneumatic actuators is an area that SMC believes it has provided a solution for just about every application. Its proportional control instruments cover a range that includes linear ...
Valve automation solution for safety systems December 2004, Emerson Automation Solutions Emerson Process Management's valve automation division is offering SIL-PAC, a final control solution as part of a safety-instrumented system (SIS), designed to help protect against process upsets or failures. ...
Safety in combustion control November 2004 The Combustion Group (TCG) is offering the Series 8000 actuator valve from Maxon in the USA. Designed to withstand the abuse encountered in an industrial manufacturing environment, each shut-off valve ...
Linear and rotary pneumatic actuators November 2004 SMC's standard type linear positioner, series IP200, is suitable for remote positioning or stroke regulation of dose units, pumps, gears, drives, velocities, proportional apertures of valves and many ...
Industrial power tubes (valves) November 2004 Denver Technical Products, which has been active in the power tube business for the last 15 years, has now been appointed the South African distributor for e2v Industrial Power Tubes. E2v was previously ...
Vehicle uses innovative new exterior lighting lamps 6 October 2004, EBV Electrolink, Electronics Technology Ford Australia's new generation 'Focus Concept' car that was exhibited in Auto China Motor Show 2004 uses innovative exterior lighting lamps based on the latest LED products from Osram Opto Semiconductors...
Solution to 'dry bedding' at UK water treatment plants October 2004, Valve & Automation, Infrastructure When Rotork Gears company Exeeco were asked by United Utilities to solve a 'dry bedding' sand filter problem at water treatment works serving the north west of England, it was able to submit a suitable ...
Economical butterfly valves October 2004 Tyco Valves & Controls has introduced a series of new, high quality, reliable and economical butterfly valves for general-purpose industrial applications.
The cost-effective PremiSeal range is designed ...
Control solutions from a single source October 2004, Infrastructure Engineers under increasing pressure to optimise plant equipment and reduce downtime, now recognise that a traditional hard-wired arrangement of valves and field devices in a plant can no longer meet the ...
Compact and practical I/O system October 2004, Phoenix Contact , Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration, Pressure Measurement & Control, Temperature Measurement Fieldline, the open-bus installation system from Phoenix Contact in the IP 65/67 protection category, will now be expanded to accommodate the Fieldline Modular design. Fieldline Modular can display complex ...
Hydraulic actuators specified for North Sea development October 2004, Valve & Automation Rotork Fluid System has won the order for heavy-duty hydraulic actuators and control panels on the Statoil Kristin production platform New Development project in the Norwegian North Sea.
The order, awarded ...
Gas over oil design wins pipeline actuation orders October 2004, Valve & Automation Rotork Fluid System's new gas over oil GO range actuators are being supplied for a natural gas pipeline network extension project in India. Fifteen actuators in three sizes have been ordered by valve ...
Are smart positioners the answer to all valve problems? October 2004, Michael Brown Control Engineering Over the many years that I have been writing these articles in the Case Histories series, the one theme that re-occurs very frequently is problems encountered with valves. In recent years I have been ...
