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Low power, high speed valve targets oil industry

Edited by the Processingtalk editorial team Sep 4, 2003

Camcon Technology, the inventor of the Camcon binary actuator, shows the world's first valve specifically developed for the oil industry at Offshore Europe, Aberdeen, 2 - 5 September, 2003, stand 465

Camcon Technology, the inventor and developer of the Camcon binary actuator, will demonstrate the world's first valve specifically developed for the oil industry at Offshore Europe, Aberdeen, 2 - 5 September, 2003, stand number 465.

The high speed, low energy consumption and long life characteristics of Camcon rolling swing valve may have a potential huge impact on the oil production offshore, where power consumption is a major issue.

The Camcon rolling-swing valve has been developed for applications in the unfiltered fluids environment, in which its unique hardened roller attachment can be used to crush small solid particles.

The rolling-swing valve, based on the principles of ground-breaking Camcon binary actuating technology, utilises a catapult-like technology based on high power permanent magnets and a spring-loaded armature.

A very short electrical pulse (~2 milliseconds) disrupts the magnetic field and causes the sprung armature to switch from one position to another, thereby opening or closing the valve.

During changeover action the whole armature rolls from one stable position to the opposite position.

No power is required to hold the valve in either an open or closed position.

"Our rolling-swing valve will revolutionise the unfiltered fluids industry," said Wladyslaw Wygnanski, inventor of the Camcon binary actuator and Managing Director, Camcon Technology.

"The Camcon binary actuator is being used by customers for designs in which they need to overcome existing product constraints".

Camcon recently received a SMART Award from the Department of Trade and Industry to undertake a potentially world-beating feasibility study aimed at greatly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from gas and liquid fuel turbines.

Camcon rolling swing valve characteristics are: fast reaction time of three milliseconds; low energy, less than one joule per change over; zero current consumption while in either of its two stable positions; bi-directional flow permitted; high pressure capability; large orifice size; suitable for unfiltered fluids.