Product category:
Valve positioners and actuators
News Release from: Rotork Fluid Systems | Subject: GP350
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 December 2005
Pipeline shutdown actuator is largest
to-date
Rotork Fluid System has built the largest ever Rotork pneumatic actuator, for delivery to a natural gas pipeline project in Thailand
Rotork Fluid System has built Rotork's largest ever pneumatic actuator, for delivery to a pipeline project in Thailand The model GP350 spring return actuator will operate a 42 inch Class 900 Cooper Cameron ball valve to provide mainline shutdown duty on the Third Transmission Pipeline Onshore Project, constructed for the Thailand Oil and Gas Authority
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 18 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Reliable valve operation is essential for this vitally important function.
Designed to close the valve in 30 seconds, the GP350 actuator provides a massive break torque of 533,000Nm and 155,000Nm of spring end torque.
It has been supplied together with sixteen other model GP actuators designed to operate Cooper Cameron 30 inch and 36 inch Class 300, 600 and 900 ball valves.
The Thailand Oil and Gas Authority project involves the construction of a third main pipeline route, from Rayong to Bang Pakong, which will facilitate additional gas supplies and secure higher gas distribution capacity in the future.
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