- 29 April 2008 -

Rotork wins supply contract for electric valve actuators

Rotork has won a framework agreement for the supply of electric valve actuators to a UK water and wastewater services company, Thames Water. The exclusive agreement is set to run for a minimum of three years.

The majority of actuators supplied will be the IQ and IQT models. Thames Water was amongst the first of the UK 's water companies to use Rotork's IQ ‘non-intrusive' intelligent actuator technologies when first launched in 1993. Rotork's two-wire control capabilities, particularly regarding Profibus networks, were also important contributors to the Thames Water decision.

The Rotork IQ actuators have been implemented on the inlet penstocks at Reading Sewage Treatment Works, a new-build project that is one of Thames Water's sites. Approximately 150 Profibus-enabled IQ and IQT actuators control the sequence of sewage treatment through the works, from the fully enclosed inlet screens to the tertiary filters.

www.rotork.com

www.thames-water.com

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