Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
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can some one please explain the benefits of choosing plastic actuator housings over aluminum or stainless if any.
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Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
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RE: Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
High-alloy valves for corrosive petrochemical applications.
RE: Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
RE: Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
Following hsbcn: You will have to be much more exact.
The three materials will have differencies in different degrees for at least: corrosion resistance, weather (snow, water, sun) resistance, heat leading and shielding factors, construction strength, fabrication and maintenance cost, shock resistance, vibration damping resistance, radiation resistance, fire and explosion resistance, mechanical wear and abrasion resistance, detoriation over time (plastic and UV light?), weight, mounting/demounting and mounting of extra accessories and equipment, etc. etc.
In addition plastic, aluminium and steel are general descriptions which can vary and overlap in qualifications from material to material depending on exact alloy or plastic type and surface treatment/finish. Actuators type, size and applications can vary in a vast number.
There is no general answer to your question.
RE: Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
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RE: Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
I am working on a a new product design for a small multi-turn electric actuator and before having the mold made I wanted to gather some facts and opinions about the materials. The three I had in mind are-
1.) 300 series stainless steel
2.) 319 aluminum allow with nickle plating
optional (about .0008in)
3.)20fiberglass filled poly carbonate.
This actuator will be subjected to as low as -70f and the harshest environment I can think of is strapped to the side of an off shore oil rig.
RE: Benefits of plastic rotary valve actuators?
This would probably be best handeled as a market/end-user research. As ultimate offshore-products for North-Sea qualifications (or subsea) the al and SS might not qualify, and I do not know about your plastic. This is a limited market. Ask offshore north-sea related companies if this is interesting.
For the naval (merchant and navy) and industrial market you could compare with price, quality, performance and materials from a multitude of competitors.
Worldwide or local?