Discover the differences between spring return and battery backup actuators. Learn how to choose the right valve actuator for your industrial applications.
Torque Limit Switches on Electric Valve Actuators
Discover the critical role of torque limit switches in safeguarding electric valve actuators. Learn how these switches protect against damage, enhance system reliability, and optimize industrial processes. Explore the benefits and importance of torque limit switches in ensuring safe and efficient operation.
Local Controls on an Actuator: Advantages & Best Practices
Local controls on an actuator can be useful for valve installation, maintenance, and emergencies. However, they should be used with caution and avoided for regular day-to-day operations. This blog post explores when to use local controls and their advantages.
The Advantages of Using Electric Valve Actuators for Industrial Applications
Electric valve actuators have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their numerous advantages over other types of actuators.
The Benefits of Electric Actuators
The main benefits of electric actuators are their precise control, high level of accuracy and their energy efficiency.
Looking for Valve Automation Retrofitting?
Most valve manufacturers already provide automated solutions for their valves out of the factory. However, there are many situations that would warrant a company or business going to a third party for an actuator to valve retrofitting. Sometimes the actuator may not be suitable for the application, or a manual valve already exists in-house that needs to be automated.
What is a Belimo?
Belimo manufactures mainly small damper actuators designed for HVAC systems. iVact’s iVQ actuator range offers better capabilities than a Belimo actuator, comparable sizing to Belimo actuators include our IVQ-A, iVQ-B, and iVQ-C models, which are a part of our iVQ range of electric actuators designed for quarter-turn operating applications on valves and dampers.
What is a Rotork or Limitorque?
Rotork and Limitorque are manufacturers of electronic non-intrusive actuators. iVact’s iVM actuator range offers similar products but with better capabilities than competitors such as Rotork and Limitorque.
Electric Valve Actuator: What is it?
An electric valve actuator in simple terms is an electric device that moves a valve. You can say that a solenoid valve falls in this category but in our case, we are referring to an electric motor separate from the valve. The electric motor is typically housed in an enclosure with a drive gear and two position limit switches as a minimum.
Electric Valve Actuator: Electricity is the first choice for valve control.
Centralized control of a plant involves the control of its services such as water, steam, air, fuel, electricity, etc. Of these, all except electricity involve piping, and their control involves valves, which are usually power operated.
