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  • Valve Automation “Blast” from the Past

    Valve Automation “Blast” from the Past

    Retired Actuated Valves & Actuators Get New Life So, what happens to old automated valves and their actuators when their service life is over? Or if the facility they serve closes down? Most meet their fate by being hauled away and recycled — that is — melted down as scrap. In the worst case, they are laid…

  • Piggable Ball Valves

    Piggable Ball Valves

    3 Way Piggable Ball Valves Save Time and Money in Pigging Systems Problem: A major pet food manufacturer was designing a pigging system to clean process lines after product runs. A piggable ball valve that would launch a pig in two possible directions was required. Pigging refers to the practice of using devices known as “pigs”…

  • Pumpkin Chunkin Valve Assembly

    Pumpkin Chunkin Valve Assembly

    Assured Automation Butterfly Valve Assembly Enables Air Cannon To Reach New Heights Problem: A local college was designing an air cannon to launch pumpkins for their engineering class project. They were looking for a large diameter valve with a fast acting actuator to provide the air capacity they needed. Solution: Assured Automation was contacted to help find…

  • Decision Tree on Selecting Electric or Pneumatic Rotary Actuators with Quarter Turn Valves

    Decision Tree on Selecting Electric or Pneumatic Rotary Actuators with Quarter Turn Valves

    Valve Actuators: Selecting Electric vs Pneumatic It is easy to get lost in the weeds when choosing between electric and pneumatic actuators for quarter turn valves. Brian Booth, Assured Automation’s Vice President of Sales and Product Manager for thermal and remote shutoffs, recommends using the simple decision tree below when choosing which actuator is best for…

  • F Series Pneumatic Valve Actuators

    F Series Pneumatic Valve Actuators

    Spring Return & Direct Acting 90° Pneumatic Valve Actuators-Up to 1,000,000 Cycles For use on quarter turn (90 degree)ball vales, plug valves, dampers, and resilient seated and high performance butterfly valves, the F Series Pneumatic valve actuator offers a simple and cost effective solution for valve automation needs. This pneumatic valve actuator is available in…

  • Valves for Craft Brewing Applications

    Valves for Craft Brewing Applications

    Field trip to Beach Haus Brewery: the brewing process and automated valve selections What could be better than sampling beer at a craft brewery on a beautiful Friday afternoon at the Jersey shore. Some would call it playing hooky but I prefer to call it building a good customer relationship. Consisting of a production facility,…

  • Assured Automation NV Series Actuator Recognized in Best of the Best 2016 Best Practices Award

    Assured Automation NV Series Actuator Recognized in Best of the Best 2016 Best Practices Award

    NV Series Replaces obsolete belt-driven valve actuators with gear-style design actuator at less than 10% of the cost of OEM’s replacement option Much of our electricity is generated by gas turbines, internal combustion (IC) engines that produce power by burning air-fuel mixtures that throw off hot gases which in turn spin the turbines. The Combined…

  • Diverter Ball Valve for Flavor and Fragrance Application

    Diverter Ball Valve for Flavor and Fragrance Application

    30D Series 3 Way Sanitary Diverter Valve Improves Batch Times Update June 20, 2018– At a recent visit the plant engineer remarked to our sales person “These 3-way valves have not had a seat failure in the two years since they’ve been installed. We have had no line shutdowns other than those scheduled for routine…

  • Valve Actuator Terminology

    Valve Actuator Terminology

    Valve Actuator– The mechanism for opening and closing a valve: typically pneumatic, electric or hydraulic Choosing the properly sized actuator will reduce maintenance costs, increase plant safety and will increase up-time. The following are valve actuation terms which are often referenced when discussing valve actuators. Assured Automation-Awesome supplier of pneumatic and electric valve actuators Air Pressure-Available…

  • Lead Free Ball Valve Delivers Safe Solutions

    Lead Free Ball Valve Delivers Safe Solutions

    SM Series On/Off lead free ball valves for potable water Customers once concerned about lead in potable water can now rest assured using the SM Series lead free ball valve packages. The full port design of the lead free ball valve ensures maximum flow rates and is available in ½” inch through 2” NPT (National Pipe Thread).…

  • Water Meter Troubleshooting

    Water Meter Troubleshooting

    On occasion our sales team will receive a troubleshooting call relating to one of our products. The following pertains to a WM-NLC water meter that was not registering flow rates properly. Problem: The customer was using a WM-NLC flow meter to measure the blow down water on his building’s process cooling system. During his weekly inspection of the meter, he noticed that  “the…

  • Air Dryer OEM Uses Angle Valves to Replace Problematic Diaphragm Valves

    Air Dryer OEM Uses Angle Valves to Replace Problematic Diaphragm Valves

    Looking for a valve to replace discontinued Aquamatic Valves? Try Assured Automation Angle Valves PROBLEM:An OEM of heatless regenerative air dryers was having problems with their current supplier of diaphragm operated valves. The current diaphragm valves were not lasting long, due to the high cycles the valves experienced on a daily basis. The valves had…