June 2020, Vol. 247, No. 6
Tech Notes
Actuators Specified for Long-Haul Pipeline in India
A currently under construction 435-mile (700-km) pipeline from southern India to a key refinery has selected hundreds of Rotork actuators for the project, according a company spokesman. The pipeline company chose the CML-1500 and CML-3000 actuators “primarily for their fail-safe, motor-operated valve (MOV) and modulating globe valve operation,” Rotork said. The actuators will be installed at remote locations, where manual operation is not practical. Electro-hydraulic SI actuators will also be installed to provide safety critical fail-safe duties on the pipeline. These were selected due to certification requirements and high-torque output, the com

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