Major Pipeline Contract For Rotork Heavy Duty Electro-Hydraulic Valve Actuators

Somerset, UK - The recently commissioned four billion dollar BTC pipeline heralds a new era of crude oil supply by linking the oilfields of the Caspian Sea with the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Rotork Fluid System has supplied a total of 74 heavy duty electro-hydraulic valve actuators for installation along the 1774 kilometre pipeline route through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.

The rugged scotch-yoke actuators, built at the Rotork Fluid system PCI factory in Melle, Germany, are equipped with customised control units providing special stroke times and safety functions for crude oil pipeline duties. The modular design of Rotork's self contained electro-hydraulic control package lends itself to customization, offering higher performance and lower cost of ownership than alternative solutions. Common functions such as local/remote control selection and open/close operation are provided as standard, whilst optional features such as automatic line break, high or low pressure closing and differential pressure systems are easily integrated.

SOURCE: Rotork Fluid System