Product category:
Valve positioners and actuators
News Release from: Festo | Subject: IWEX event
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 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
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 Specifically developed to overcome the limitations of electrical drive technology - traditionally used in the water and waste water sectors - the actuators provide a more robust, maintenance-free control solution, and require virtually no operational monitoring
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 3 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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They are particularly cost-effective for processes covering large physical areas or sited in remote locations.
All products in this new component family feature high standards of environmental protection and are ATEX compliant.
The range includes a wide choice of quarter-turn actuators for driving butterfly and ball valves, and linear actuators for gate valves and penstocks.
A complementary family of high performance ball valves, together with a new series of overload-proof position feedback sensors, rounds out the range.
Visitors to IWEX should have no trouble identifying the Festo stand - it features a fluidic muscle actuated animatronic character, which will introduce them to the new products on display.
Festo will also be launching a series of local controllers and remote I/O systems for use with its new process industry components.
Compatible with leading industry-standard fieldbus protocols for ease of system integration, the controllers facilitate remote or manual operation of pneumatic valve actuators.
IWEX will take place on 18-20 October 2005 at the NEC, Birmingham, Festo will have stand C2 in Hall 4.
The Festo product range includes rotary and linear actuators, ball valves and position sensors that are ideal for use in the water and waste-water treatment industries. Request a free brochure from Festo ...
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