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Big chemical factory

COMPRESSOR ANTI-SURGE CONTROL VALVE

CHALLENGE Valve is required to provide a very quick response to rapidly changing pressures and flows. 16 Inch globe control valve has 8.25 Inch travel and must open in less than 2 seconds. SOLUTION L Series linear actuator was designed to directly adapt to valve with no modifications. Provided exceptional control and exceeded customer performance…

Deaerator or boiler machine

MAIN STEAM ISOLATION

CHALLENGE High pressures and temperatures combined with large pipe sizes make globe valves and ball valves impractical. The industry has adopted Parallel Slide Gate Valves for this service. Automation is challenging for these long travel valves. SOLUTION QTRCO’s L Series linear actuators are custom designed to be a direct bolt-on solution for any manufacturer’s valve.…

Industrial plant

SULFURIC ACID PLANT

CHALLENGE A polymer resin manufacturer uses acids in the production of their final product. Current valve actuators were experiencing corrosion affecting reliability. SOLUTION The stainless steel L-Series actuator solves the corrosion issues and is compatible with all current controls and accessories. RESULTS The customer is actively retrofitting problematic actuators with new units, improving uptime and…

Chemical

CHEMICAL STORAGE ISOLATION

CHALLENGE A global specialty chemicals company was experiencing significant time and expense to biannual shutdowns by having to remove valve actuators and installing lockable hand levers each outage. SOLUTION Actuators with Top Mounted Lock Out (TMLO) option allows the automated valves to be locked in the open or closed position in just seconds to ensure…