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Rotork provides valve actuators for Severn Trent
Rotork has supplied more than 250 Profibus network-enabled IQPro intelligent electric actuators for valve control throughout Severn Trent Water's Minworth sewage treatment works.
News from Engineeringtalk, 28 October 2009
Navy warships equipped with Rotork actuators
Royal Navy warships are being equipped with the latest Rotork intelligent electric valve actuators for rapid-reaction fire-protection duties.
News from Engineeringtalk, 21 October 2009
Rotork supplies actuators to chemical plant
Rotork actuators with thrust compensators assure reliable operation of high-temperature chemical valves.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 July 2009
IQ actuators control barrage butterfly valves
Rotork actuators are being used at the Cardiff Bay Barrage, an environmental protection mechanism designed to regulate the freshwater level in Cardiff Bay and prevent the ingress of seawater.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 June 2009
Rotork unveils Rompak electric actuators
Rotork has introduced the Rompak range of electric actuators to offer the marine industry a lightweight solution for the operation of quarter-turn valves and dampers.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 March 2009
Qinzhou Refinery orders Rotork valve actuators
More than 1,000 Rotork intelligent electric valve actuators have been ordered for the Qinzhou Refinery project in south China.
News from Engineeringtalk, 29 January 2009
Rotork supplies IQPro actuators to Saudi airport
Almabani General Contractors (AGC) will use Rotork IQPro intelligent electric actuators for an expansion project at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
News from Engineeringtalk, 16 December 2008
Rotork adds wireless to digital control
Starting with site trials in 2009, Rotork is extending the capabilities of the Pakscan digital-control system with the addition of a wireless option.
News from Engineeringtalk, 14 November 2008
Rotork IQPro actuators used by Skarvik 1 project
Rotork has announced how it has supplied more than 80 ATEX-approved IQPro intelligent electric actuators with factory fitted Profibus cards for the Vopak Skarvik 1 project in Gothenburg.
News from Engineeringtalk, 24 October 2008
Revolution begins in valve actuation
Rotork has launched a revolutionary new electric actuator for the operation of process control valves.
News from Engineeringtalk, 22 August 2008
Electrohydraulic actuators run on solar power
Modbus-enabled Rotork electrohydraulic actuators operated by solar powered battery packs control valves in the inhospitable Neuquen area of south-west Argentina.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 August 2008
Valve actuators chosen for huge Chinese project
Over 140 Rotork IQPro actuators with Rotork secondary gearboxes have been ordered for the Dahuofang Water Supply Project in China.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 July 2008
Low-maintenance actuators to control Aussie water
Australian valvemaker John Valves has been awarded one of the largest contracts for the Northern Pipeline Interconnector, and is using Rotork actuators on 14 valves.
News from Engineeringtalk, 28 March 2008
Valve testing eases preventative maintenance
By analysing performance data over a number of tests the user can also predict any degradation in performance and schedule maintenance accordingly.
News from Engineeringtalk, 25 February 2008
Acquisition to add actuation options
Remote Control Sweden is the latest acquisition in Rotork's expanding Fluid Systems Division, providing it with a range of complementary products and market opportunities.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 February 2008
Actuators cut maintenance costs for sewage plant
Fourteen RGF and twenty GAC filter beds at the water treatment works has been retrofitted with Rotork IQ multiturn actuators and IQT direct drive quarter-turn actuators.
News from Engineeringtalk, 31 January 2008
Double-sealed actuators survive flooding
Rotork provided two site service technicians who inspected and checked actuators in vital areas including the low lift pump house, which had been submerged to a depth of 3m.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 October 2007
Valve actuators chosen for water treatment
44 Rotork double-acting, scotch-yoke pneumatic actuators have been installed throughout the two project stages of the Los Horcones water treatment plant.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 October 2007
Automation project completed for sewage facility
The hoists and chains were replaced with threaded rising stems, operated by Rotork IQ Pro Model 35 actuators and IB7 bevel gearboxes.
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 September 2007
Actuators chosen for gas projects
Six hundred IQ actuators have been ordered for a project in the United Arab Emirates, together with up to sixteen Rotork Pakscan two-wire digital control systems.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 June 2007
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