Electric actuators: Safety of people and industrial facilities

The safety of people is essential in any activity of daily life, and must be monitored and guaranteed at home as well as at the workplace, without forgetting that it must also be done during our transportation. In addition to personal’s safety, it must also be guaranteed to have functional and optimal facilities with their continuous maintenance, overall if we want to be sure that nothing that puts our integrity at risk.

For these reasons, the responsible for industrial operations must monitor and guarantee to have controls and containment systems that ensure that people and facilities will not suffer any harm, or minimize it. In most industries are present fluids that must be contained due their danger to human health; and it is the reason that it becomes essential to have equipment that guarantees the containment of such fluids.

In recent years, safety requirements in process plants have become increasingly demanding. Even in case of emergency, the system must be safe for persons and the environment. Actuators play a crucial role here, since it is their task to open or close a valve in case of emergency and to ensure that the plant remains in safe condition. So we have to ask ourselves a big question: how do I guarantee that the valve opens or closes when an unsafe act occurs without putting the personnel in charge of said valve movement at risk?

We have the answer at ECN Automation through our business partner AUMA Group , since we have the FQM safety unit, which uses stored mechanical energy that generates the required torque through a constant force spring and thus ensures that our actuator electrical power can bring the valve to its safety position.

If you require more information, please contact us at info@ecnautomation.com and one of our advisors will be happy to help you with the correct selection of your actuator.