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We are pleased to announce Quifer have been awarded GOST approval for their range of rack & pinion and scotch yoke pneumatic actuators. We can now offer pneumatic actuators with GOST, ATEX, PED and SIL3 approval.

  We have recently supplied a £42k project to China for 47 HP rack & pinion & Quifer scotch yoke pneumatic actuators. 40 of the actuators were fitted with ATEX EXD Stainless steel switchboxes, solenoid valves & filter regulators while 7 pieces were fitted with the Valvescan partial stroke device.             All the actuators were spring return fail closed and ranged from 330NM up to 2065NM We can supply actuators...

  We have recently supplied a £80K project to a UK valve manufacturer for 10 x Quifer scotch yoke pneumatic actuators. Part of the project was for 2 pieces KSYM-5000 actuators which are the largest actuators Quifer have made. They are just over 3 metres in length weigh 1.7 tonne each and produce over 27,000NM Not the kind of thing you want to drop on your foot! Each actuator was fitted with Westlock switchbox, Stainless steel filter regulator, solenoid valve, quick...

  We are now able to offer Quifer pneumatic actuators with SIL certification. Both KSY heavy duty scotch yoke and KP rack & pinion pneumatic actuators are certified to SIL 3 as standard. The certificate has been issued by EXIDA in accordance with IEC 61508 standards.     SIL certification is increasingly required for critical applications and safety systems in many industry sectors and we can now offer actuators in aluminium, ductile iron or carbon steel with...

  After 3 years at Durban Road, we finally out grew the space and had to move to bigger premises. This is now our fourth move in 9 years, and hopefully the last for a while; we can't handle the stress anymore! With 2000 SQ FT office space and 5500 SQ FT warehouse; our new facility gives us the space required for new staff and most importantly larger stocks required to continue servicing our customer's needs. We are now holding in excess of £250,000 of actuators and...

  We are pleased to announce the addition of Hydraulic actuators to our range. The actuators are of scotch yoke design and are available in either spring return or double acting, with a torque range up to 25,000Nm and an operating pressure of 69 to 207 Bar. Features and Benefits Ductile iron housing and carbon steel cylinders finished with an offshore epoxy paint system. Symmetric or Canted cams offering alternative torque profiles. Namur interface for...

  We are pleased to announce the addition of Electro-Hydraulic failsafe actuators to our range. The principle of operation features a self-contained hydraulic power pack fitted to a standard spring return pneumatic actuator. The unit only requires single phase power to operate, when power is removed the actuator springs return the actuator to the failsafe position.  Available in 9 sizes from 90Nm to 1871Nm, all models share the same compact modular design and feature ISO 5211...

  Held for the first time in Dusseldorf, the 2010 Valve World Exhibition saw 536 international companies from 37 countries present the latest technologies, components and systems from the broad field of industrial valve technology.   This year HK Contromatic's stand was larger than ever with new products including; HL Series linear electric actuators and a model ETS-270 spring return heavy duty pneumatic actuator, complete with hydraulic hand pump manual override. A...

  Now in stock, a 316 stainless steel version of our popular APL510N switchbox. Rated ATEX II 2G, EEXD IIC T6, IP67 and fitted with 2 x SPDT limit switches. Sharing the same design and features as the aluminium version, our 316 Stainless Steel APL510N has captive cover bolts, high visibility beacon indicator, 2 off M20 cable entries, spring loaded cam adjustment, 2 off SPDT contacts and ATEX II 2G, EEXD IIC T6, IP67 rated enclosure. Both stainless steel and aluminium versions...

  Actuated Solutions are pleased to announce our latest success story: supplying durable, heavy-duty HQ Series electric actuators for use in emergency valve applications at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, located in central London. Our actuators are being put to use in clean room extraction systems, located on multiple floor levels and rooftops. These actuators are responsible for safety-critical applications, operating valves that enable the isolation,...

  A few months ago, we decided it was time to revamp our website, and August 2010 has seen us deliver. Our new website, www.actuated-solutions.co.uk has been redesigned and rebranded in collaboration with Hayden Digital 's team of web experts, aimed at providing a better service for all our customers. Our re-launched site contains exciting new features such as regular news updates from us, better usability, and clearer navigation, including new search facilities. To complement...