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Vale Actuators
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Vale Actuators

Vale Actuators

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What does an actuator do on a isolation valve?

RE: Vale Actuators

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Closes it or opens it depending either which way you turn the wheel or which button you press....

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RE: Vale Actuators

Actuators provide mechanical power to a valve to help open or close the valve. This way a person will not have to walk out to a vessel to open the valve when one needs too. I have been speccing out a lot of Bettis actuators lately which use gas to push against a diagphram to open or close a control valve

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RE: Vale Actuators

@LittleInch...you win.

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