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Valve World, September 2014
Rotork electric valve control contributes to Coca-Cola Enterprises’ environmental improvements
Rotork CVA electric control valve actuation technology is helping Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) to increase efficiency and reduce energy costs at its Wakefield production plant.
Valve World, December 2012
Rotork, Redefining Flow Control
In 2010, when the well known international actuator manufacturer Rotork had its last cover story in Valve World magazine, the focus was on the company’s German office in Melle and...
Valve World, December 2015
Rotork Fluid Systems ready to meet all challenges
Rotork’s Fluid Systems division recently completed the first shipments of three new products, one of which – the SkilmaticSI 3rd Generation – is built at their new manufacturing facility in...
Valve World, December 2010
Rotork in Germany strengthens worldwide manufacturing and operations
Since it was first founded in England in 1957, Rotork has flourished to become an established leader in actuation technology with a global network of manufacturing plants and sales offices....
Industry & Chemistry, March/April 2016
Rotork Instruments announces new products and services
As a specialist manufacturer of products for flow control, pressure control, flow measurement and pressure measurement serving diverse duties and a wide variety of applications, Rotork Instruments delivers solutions that...
Valve World, May 2007
Pedigree and specialisation - Rotork's strengths in the nuclear power generation industry
In common with other power generation technologies, nuclear energy relies heavily on electric valve actuators for safe and efficient plant operation. In particular, electric valve actuators are used for crucial...
Valve World, December 2009
SIL explained - Understanding the use of valve actuators in SIL rated safety instrumented systems
The requirement for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) equipment can be complicated and confusing. In this document, the author sets out to explain SIL and its consequent impact upon the provision...
Valve World, April 2011
Subsea valve actuation – reliability in depth
Subsea valve actuation is an important part of Rotork’s flow control activity. With an installed base dating from the early 1990s, operating at depths down to 2500 metres, Rotork Fluid...
Valve World, October 2014
Tailor-made controls for hazardous, corrosive and subsea environments
With the oil and gas industry in general facing pressures of extracting from marginal fields on and off-shore, it is vital that every platform is designed to be as energy...
Valve World, December 2016
Meeting Emission Control Through Improved Actuation
Reducing fugitive emissions, particularly methane, is a major priority in the fight against climate change. Although valves and actuators have been the focus for reduction efforts because valve leakage accounts...
Valve World, April 2011
The Framework Agreement formula for a successful partnership
Framework agreements between equipment manufacturers and end users are a well established way of doing business in the fluids handling industries. Rotork is one of the companies that have built...
Valve World, June 2016
The impact of actuation developments on fugitive emissions
Efforts are being made worldwide to reduce emissions from industrial activity - from vehicles to virtually every manufactured product - led by policies and then by the products that lower...
Valve World, July-August 2013
The Retrofit route to large-scale refinery automation
A major petrochemical modernisation programme in Turkey includes a retrofit project that will deliver automated actuation and control for over 900 valves at a refinery’s tank farms. The retrofit project,...
Valve World, June 2007
Valve actuators: vital elements for reliability and plant safety
In any hazardous area installation the requirement for safety is paramount and recent accidents at refinery and tank farm sites offer vivid illustrations of the catastrophic consequences of such events....
Valve World, April 2015
Wireless monitoring and control – where did it come from and where is it going?
The benefits of digital network monitoring and control systems are widely acknowledged. Reduced cabling complexity, reduced installation costs and the desire to obtain increased levels of information from the plant...
Water & Sewarage, 2015
Wireless networks take control
Wireless monitoring and control can provide benefits for new installations or retrofit projects.
Valve World, April 2013
Wireless valve control – a ‘perfect fit’ for tank farm automation
During construction, MMLP decided to upgrade and introduce the capability to handle a second product. This necessitated the requirement of isolating the tanks to avoid cross-contamination. To achieve this, MMLP...
Industry & Chemistry, March/April 2015
Your partner for automation and control
Automation and control are the key areas of activity for the market leading companies that make up Rotork Instruments.These companies – each with their own area of expertise – enable...
Valve World, December 2016
Major fuel terminal upgrade
Independent tank storage provider Vopak is increasing and enhancing fuel capacity at the Vopak Terminal Durban in South Africa, an important site where activities encompass the import, export and distribution...
Valve World, November 2016
Fast network control for valve actuators
Reliable and comprehensive data communications are essential elements in the modern process plant. Plant managers demand more information, more quickly than ever before. Process operators must have the ability for...
