Intelligent valve actuation
Camcon Technology, the UK inventor and developer of the Camcon binary actuation technology, has given a presentation on Intelligent Valve Actuation (IVA), a technology critical to the development of the camless engine, at the 100th SAE Congress in Detroit, USA.
New LVDT valve position sensors
Macro Sensors (USA), a manufacturer of LVDT-based linear and rotary sensors, gauging probes, support electronics and related instrumentation, is now a vendor for the new LVDT position sensors used on Westinghouse steam turbines.
Intelligent direct drive actuators
Rotork (UK) IQT intelligent direct drive actuators for quarter-turn valves are now available with failsafe options, enabling valve operation during mains power failure.
South Africa: valves for modular reactor facility
Velan (Canada) has been selected for a supply of valves for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) in South Africa.
Retrofit valve actuation
Working with Rotork’s (UK) new specialist retrofit valve actuation, engineers Bahr Pump OU, Rotork’s representative in Estonia, has completed the second part of an unusually demanding project on belt conveyor systems at two of the country’s power stations.