Rolling swing valve handles unfiltered fluids

A Camcon Technology product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Sep 4, 2003

Camcon Technology is demonstrating the world's first valve specifically developed for the oil industry this week at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen.

Camcon Technology is demonstrating the world's first valve specifically developed for the oil industry this week at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen.

The high speed, low energy consumption and long life characteristics of the 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, uses a catapult-like technology based on high power permanent magnets and a spring-loaded armature.

A very short electrical pulse (around 2ms) 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.

"Camcon's 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.

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