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Accurate valve control on chocolate bar production

 User application article   "Chocolate bar production is complicated" says Mark Smith, Process Engineer at Cadbury's Bournville factory, after installing a Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuator in a moulding plant

News from Rotork Controls (21 October 2005)

New robust pneumatic valve actuator range

The new Festo range of pneumatic valve actuators includes rotary and linear actuators, ball valves, position sensors and local controllers, ideal for process industries and water/wastewater treatment  Brochure available  

News from Festo (19 October 2005)

New distributor to serve UAE market potential

Midland ACS furthers global growth in oil and gas markets with a new distributor - Petrotech Enterprises - for the UAE region: offering the latest IMPACT 2000 stainless steel valve actuation system  Brochure available  

News from Midland ACS (13 October 2005)

Emission reduction programme uses Jordan actuators

 User application article   Rotork Jordan electric modulating valve actuators have been introduced at the 4000MW Drax Power Station during the latest part of the station's environmental upgrade programme

News from Rotork Exeeco (12 October 2005)

Smart electro-pneumatic positioners come of age

008 "Smart" electro-pneumatic positioners from K Controls have now completed more than three years successful service in a variety of different applications

News from K Controls ( 4 October 2005)

Pneumatic upgrade for sewage treatment valves

 User application article   Europe's largest sewage treatment facility makes extensive use of Festo pneumatic valve actuators to provide intrinsically safe and maintenance-free valve operation  Brochure available  

News from Festo (26 September 2005)

'Zero failures' of electro-hydraulic control valve

 User application article   Protracted problems with control valves have been successfully eliminated by the introduction of electro-hydraulic alternatives at the Scottish Power Longannett Power Station in Clackmannanshire

News from Rotork Skilmatic (29 August 2005)

The application of fieldbuses to valve automation

 Technical background article   Fieldbus systems and their application to valve automation, and associated instrumentation: this review showshow these systems fall into one of three categories

News from K Controls (16 August 2005)

Process safety specialist expands in China

Process safety specialist Smith Flow Control has consolidated its position in China by appointing KXTEC as its exclusive Chinese distributor  Brochure available  

News from Smith Flow Control (15 August 2005)

Rotork actuators pass the test with flying colours

 User application article   Unprecedented dockyard ship movements during Portsmouth's Royal Fleet Review, Trafalgar and International Festival of the Sea celebrations provide major test for 73 valve actuators on docks and locks

News from Rotork Controls (10 August 2005)

Smart valve positioner talks with all protocols

The new SP300 smart positioner from Spirax Sarco offers extensive digital communications capabilities enabling it to be used in a wide variety of process automation environments.

News from Spirax-Sarco ( 4 August 2005)

Actuators help NOx reduction at UK power station

 User application article   Rotork Jordan electric linear actuators have been selected for the operation of specialised dampers for an environmental upgrade project at the EdF West Burton power station at Retford in Yorkshire

News from Rotork Exeeco (27 July 2005)

Rotork valve actuators protect aircraft refuelling

 User application article   Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators are performing crucial leak detection and isolation duties on a new automated jet fuel storage and refuelling installation at a strategic NATO airbase

News from Rotork Controls (21 July 2005)

Process industry pneumatic valve actuators

Festo has chosen IWEX 2005 as the UK launch venue for a comprehensive range of pneumatic valve actuators and associated components for the process industry  Brochure available  

News from Festo ( 8 July 2005)

Water treatment plant filter improvement project

 User application article   Rotork IQT intelligent electric actuators for quarter-turn valves are a central feature of a filter improvement project at the Severn Trent Ogston water treatment plant in Derbyshire

News from Rotork Controls ( 4 July 2005)

Contaminated land remediation and pumping system

 User application article   Thanks to a unique control system built and installed by Burkert, the once-polluted land of a brownfield site in the heart of the Midlands is now the location of a brand new Tesco superstore.  Brochure available  

News from Burkert Fluid Control Systems (29 June 2005)

BP uses Rotork electro-hydraulic valve actuators

 User application article   BP Exploration has specified heavy duty electro-hydraulic actuators manufactured by Rotork for a critical valve upgrade on the BP Unity platform, a vital unmanned facility in the North Sea.

News from Rotork Fluid System (22 June 2005)

Major offshore orders for Skilmatic valve actuator

The Rotork Skilmatic SI valve actuator - combining IQ actuator intelligence and 'non-intrusive' infra-red technologies, plus electric modulating and failsafe control - has received major orders

News from Rotork Skilmatic ( 7 June 2005)

Actuators in Airbus super-jumbo production plant

 User application article   Rotork IQ and IQT intelligent electric actuators with Pakscan 2-wire digital control have been installed on a specialised area of the plant that manufactures the Airbus A380

News from Rotork Controls (20 May 2005)

Failsafe operation for quarter-turn valve control

Market-leading Rotork IQT intelligent direct drive actuators for quarter-turn valves are now available with failsafe options, enabling valve operation during mains power failure

News from Rotork Controls (17 May 2005)

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