AUMA Electric Actuators for Critical Flow Control, Safety, and Security in the Water Industry

Potable water production, distribution, sewage treatment, and disposal are core tasks of modern water management. Drinking water abstraction, distribution, sewage disposal, and purification are fundamental prerequisites for infrastructure development. Security of supply is crucial for the modern water industry, and valves and actuators play a critical role in water management.

From individual actuators for municipal sewage treatment plants to major projects combining several hundreds of units, from the small butterfly valves and ball valves to weirs several meters high, valve actuators provide critical flow control, environmental protection, and safety.

Electric actuators are the well-established standard in the water industry.  Piping of different lengths and nominal diameters with many valve types must be automated. Electric actuators are also widely used in steel construction operating weirs and sluice gates for water systems.  Decades of developments in multi-turn, part-turn, linear actuators, valve communications, corrosion protection, and service life implanted electric actuators as the water industry standard.

AUMA, a leader in the long-term development of actuators for the water industry, earned themselves an excellent reputation by meeting the unique challenges and finding the perfect water management and treatment solutions. The AUMA brand is a synonym for long service life and ruggedness. AUMA provides solutions for all customer demands. Their modular products, control technology, and integration into established PLC control concepts or the latest Fieldbus technology are easy to retrofit in an existing installation when upgrading with modern actuation.

For more information about AUMA Actuators for the water industry in Florida, contact Instrument Specialties. Call them at 407-324-7800 or visit https://isisales.com.

AUMA Electric Actuators for the Water Industry

Clean water is the basis of all life. Potable water production and distribution, sewage treatment, and disposal are core tasks of modern water management.

AUMA electric actuators ensure dependable valve automation in these areas of water, wastewater treatment, and municipal water facilities:

• Sewage Treatment Plants
• Water Treatment Plants
• Drinking Water Distribution
• Sewage Disposal
• Sea Water Desalination
• Irrigation Systems
• Civil Engineering Constructions for Water Applications (Sluice Gates, Weirs, Dams)

AUMA actuators earned an excellent reputation by meeting the particular challenges and finding the perfect solutions in the water industry. Today, the AUMA brand is a synonym for long service life and ruggedness. For several decades, AUMA actuators have provided reliable and efficient service worldwide while requiring very minimal maintenance.

From individual actuators for municipal sewage treatment plants to major projects combining several hundreds of units, from the small butterfly valves, to ball valves, to weirs several meters high, AUMA solutions meet all customer demands.

AUMA modular products are easy to retrofit in an existing installation when upgrading with modern actuation and control technology.

Whether integration in established PLC control concepts or the latest Fieldbus technology, AUMA actuators guarantee adaptability into any control system design.

For more information about AUMA electric actuators for the water industry in Florida, contact Instrument Specialties. Call them at (407) 324-7800 or visit their website at https://isisales.com.

Teledyne ISCO Water & Wastewater Webinar Library

Teledyne ISCO's Water & Wastewater Webinar Library provides a wealth of information for water and water treatment professionals and are a great way to learn about water sampling technology and flow management. Teledyne ISCO webinars offer timely information from experts and provide the flexibility to view at your convenience without the travel expense. 

Explore their recurring and on-demand webinars on various product implementation strategies and recommended practices for water sample analysis and data collection. Teledyne ISCO regularly adds new content, so check back frequently for new webinars.

VISIT TELEDYNE ISCO'S WEBINAR LIBRARY

WATER & WASTEWATER WEBINAR TOPICS

• PFAS Sampling Strategies 
• What to Consider When Collecting Water Samples 
• Cipher: Data Collection Anywhere, Anytime on Any Device
• Ask ISCO: All About Portable Sampling
• Fundamentals of Open Channel Flow Rate Measurement
• Tips and Tricks for Winter Sampling Webinar
• Measuring Flow Rates in Large Channels and Rivers
• Measuring Flow in Difficult Conditions
• Confirming the Accuracy of Open Channel Flow Data
• Advanced Technologies for Monitoring COVID-19 in Wastewater
• Confirming the Accuracy of Open Channel Flow Data
• Laser & Radar Sensors for Open Channel Measurement Applications
• Tracking COVID-19 in Wastewater
• Open Channel Sensor Diagnostics
• Increasing Safety & Minimizing Exposure with Collection System Flow Measurement
• Firmware Updates to Improve Your Performance
• Preparing for the Wet Weather Monitoring Season
• Troubleshooting and Optimizing ISCO Communication Devices
• Open-Channel Flow Measurement 101
• Collecting Samples: Placement, Setup, and Programming
• Measuring Flow in Hazardous Applications
• Ask ISCO: Measuring Open Channel Flows
• Ask ISCO: About Vacuum Sampler
• Hazardous Areas and the LaserFlow Ex
• Measuring Flow in Difficult Conditions
• Ask ISCO: Collection System Flow Monitoring
• Vacuum vs. Peristaltic Pump Samplers: Which is Right for You?
• Efficient Ways to Do Stormwater Sampling
• Things to Consider When Using Collection System Flow Meters
• ASK ISCO: Portable Sampling

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Actuator Advancements in the Water & Wastewater Industry

AUMA actuation solutions are used for open/close valve applications to divert flow to respond to the water treatment plant requirements and perform flow control duties to operate the valve. In modulating applications, the actuator precisely controls the flow to adjust the amount of medium passing through the valve into or out of the treatment plant.

AUMA has a long history as a leader in electric actuators for the water management and water treatment sectors. They maintain their leadership position through innovation and technological advancements. Here are a few examples:

Leading the Effort for Automation of Electric Actuators in Water & Water Treatment

• AUMA Cloud - Cost-Effective Asset Management and Condition-Based Predictive Maintenance
• AUMA Assistant App - Quick & Easy Setting, Comprehensive Diagnostics, Data Cloud Storage, Fast Support, Documents at Your Fingertips
• Electric Actuators for Continuous Underwater Use

VISIT THIS LINK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW AUMA IS ADVANCING ACTUATOR TECHNOLOGY IN THE WATER INDUSTRY

For more information about AUMA in the water, wastewater, and water treatment industry in Florida, contact Instrument Specialties. Call them at +1 407-324-7800 or visit their website at https://isisales.com.

Electric Actuators for the Water and Wastewater Industry

Drinking water abstraction and distribution and sewage disposal and purification are essential prerequisites for infrastructure development and security. As witnessed by recent events, the security of supply is crucial for the modern water industry.

AUMA is ubiquitous in the water industry due to its broad product portfolio, including multi-turn, part-turn, linear actuators, reliability, state-of-the-art communications, and security. In combination with high corrosion protection, they guarantee a long service life and low maintenance.

Because of this, you'll find AUMA electric actuators around the world in:

• Sewage treatment plants
• Water treatment plants
• Drinking water distribution
• Sewage disposal
• Seawater desalination

For more information about AUMA in the water, wastewater, and water treatment industry in Florida, contact Instrument Specialties. Call them at +1 407-324-7800 or visit their website at https://isisales.com.

Pinch Valves Play Vital Role at Modern Water Treatment Plant

Tampa Bay Water supplies wholesale drinking water to more than 2.5 million people in the Florida counties of Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and the cities of New Port Richey, St. Petersburg, and Tampa. The Tampa Bay Water Regional Water Treatment Facility, located in Clearwater, is considered one of the country's most modern water treatment facilities. This showcase water treatment facility is home to over 60 Onyx Valve pinch valves, which regulate everything from the precise flow of chemicals into the water to the water flow entering and exiting the facility.

Image courtesy of Onyx Valve.

Onyx Pinch Valves are relied upon for controlling the flow of disinfectants and water purifiers into the water system. These are critical applications that make it possible to deliver a high-quality drinking water supply to each of the homes in the city of Tampa Bay and surrounding suburbs.

Manually operated pinch valves and electrically (AUMA) operated pinch valves.
Images courtesy of Onyx Valve.

For more information about Onyx Valve in Florida, contact Instrument Specialties. Call them at 407-324-7800 or visit their website at https://isisales.com.

AUMA PROFOX - One Solution for Gate, Butterfly, Ball, Plug and Globe Valves

AUMA 's smart and lightweight PROFOX series is designed for applications requiring quick and precise positioning, maximum versatility and future-proof interfaces for all industries, including water treatment.

Programmed-in intelligence makes PROFOX ideal for open-close and modulating applications. The PROFOX includes adjustable motor speed, ensuring quick and precise positioning without overrun, soft-start and soft-stop functionality that improves valve life. PROFOX - compact actuators with intelligent functions – a platform concept for tailored automation solutions at three levels:

1. Valve - PROFOX is available as multi-turn, part-turn or linear actuator Wide performance range with just a few sizes
2. DCS - PROFOX masters a large variety of communication technologies and supports easy integration
3. Future-proof - PROFOX is optimally prepared to face the challenges of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Firmware upgrades allow adaptations to future requirements.

PROFOX-Q part-turn actuators

• Torques between 32 Nm and 600 Nm Range enhancement under development between 8 Nm and 1,000 Nm

PROFOX-M multi-turn actuators

• Torques between 10 Nm and 100 Nm Range enhancement under development between 4 Nm and 100 Nm

PROFOX-L linear actuators

• Under development Operating forces between 6 kN and 15 kN

For more information about AUMA PROFOX actuators for municipal water and wastewater use in Florida, contact Instrument Specialties, Inc. Call them at 407-324-7800 or visit their website at https://isisales.com.

AUMA Electric Actuators Now Support Industrial Ethernet

Ethernet enables computers to communicate over one network - in today's environment, communication between machines would not be feasible without it. First created in the 1970s and subsequently standardized as IEEE 802.3, Ethernet is the leading standard in office settings for data networks today.

"Industrial Ethernet" defines the improvements that allow Ethernet to be used in industrial automation, even for critical applications. Industrial Ethernet is Ethernet applied to an industrial environment, often requiring more robust connectors, wires, and, most importantly, better determinism. 

Industrial Ethernet (IE) is the use of Ethernet with protocols that provide determinism and real-time control in an industrial setting. Factors such as high reliability, robust communication, and device exchange during running operation are crucial. Industrial Ethernet utilizes specific protocols in combination with Ethernet to accomplish improved determinism. These protocols are already widely available and for which integration into the DCS is straightforward. PROFINET^®, EtherNet/IP^®, EtherCAT^®, and Modbus TCP/IP,  are some of the most common.

Industrial Ethernet Topology with Electric Actuators

EtherNet/IP^® is an industrial network protocol that adapts to the Ethernet standard to the Common Industrial Protocol. EtherNet/IP^® is one of the USA's leading industrial protocols and is commonly used in a variety of sectors including factory, hybrid and process control.

Electric Actuators using Industrial Ethernet in a water
treatment plant (AUMA)

AUMA, a leading manufacturer of electric actuators, is continuing to invest in pioneering Industrial Ethernet communication and now offers an Ethernet/IP^® interface.

Ethernet/IP^® is the third Industrial Ethernet standard that AUMA supports, in addition to PROFINET^® and Modbus TCP/IP.

Ethernet/IP^® offers superior connectivity and enhanced network flexibility. With bandwidths up to 100 Mbit/s, AUMA actuators with Ethernet/IP provide reliable and rapid exchange of both cyclic process data and acyclic diagnostic data from the actuators.

Industrial Ethernet has many technical advantages:

• Transmission of real-time and IT data via a common medium
• Virtually unlimited number of participants and network expansion
• Flexible topologies which can easily be scaled and expanded
• Quick transmission even of extremely large data volumes
• Integration of web servers and IoT interfaces such as OPC UA within the device
• Simple access to field level device data without proprietary gateways
• Reliable in operation, no complex termination, simple maintenance
• Future proof

For more information, contact Instrument Specialties by visiting http://isi.group or by calling 407-324-7800.

SUPERIOR Water Solutions Gas Chlorinators

The SUPERIOR Gas Chlorinator is con­sidered the industry "workhorse" of gas chlorinators. The efficient design, coupled with the long lasting materials, creates reliable water disinfection systems with a safety first, user friendly design that is cost effective to install and so easy to operate and maintain. The SUPERIOR Gas Chlorinator is the optimum choice for water disinfection, whether for drink­ ing water, sewage treatment, industrial processes, food pro­cessing, cooling water, or swimming pools.

The vacuum-operated, solution feed type SUPERIOR Gas Chlorinator can be either mounted directly on a chlorine cylin­der valve, or wall mounted. Chlorine flow rate is manually adjusted. The design is such that a number of automatic flow rate control devices can be easily added. Modern mod­ular design makes it easy and cost-effective to expand or upgrade the system.

Download the complete SUPERIOR Gas Chlorinator brochure.

For more information, contact Instrument Specialties, Inc. by calling 407-324-7800 or visiting their website at http://isi.group.

Superior Water Solutions Gas Chlorinators from Instrument Specialties, Inc.

AUMA Electric Actuators Models SA and SQ: Setting the Limit Switches

This video below explains how to set the internal limit switches on the AUMA SA and SQ electric actuators.

AUMA is the world's leading manufacturer of electric actuators and gearboxes.

• SA type actuators - range for open-close duty and positioning duty are rated for class A and B or types of duty S2 - 15 min. A special version for longer running is available for the S2 - 30 min duty.
• The modulating actuators of the SAR range are rated for class C or types of duty S4 - 25 %. Special versions for S4 - 50 % and S5 - 25 % are also available.
• SQ type actuators - range for open-close duty and positioning duty are rated for class A and B or types of duty S2 - 15 min. 
• The modulating actuators of the SQR range are rated for class C or types of duty S4 - 25 %.

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Water Quality Analysis - Constituent Survey (Part 2)

Water is a vital part of many industrial processes

It would be difficult to understate the role and importance of water in industrial processing, even our own biological existence. In the first installment of this series, the roles of dissolved oxygen and chlorides were covered.

Continuing the examination of water quality monitoring in municipal and industrial processes, another key variable which requires monitoring for industrial water use is sulfate. Sulfate is a combination of sulfur and oxygen, salts of sulfuric acid. Similarly to chlorides, they can impact water utilization processes due to their capability for corrosion. The power generation industry is particularly attuned to the role of sulfates in their steam cycle, as should be any boiler operator. Minerals can concentrate in steam drums and accelerate corrosion. Thanks to advancements in monitoring technology, instruments are available which monitor for both chlorides (covered in the previous installment in this series) and sulfates with minimal supervision needed by the operator, ensuring accurate detection of constituent levels outside of an acceptable range. Ionic separation technologies precisely appraise the amount of sulfate ions in the stream, allowing for continuous evaluation and for corrective action to be taken early-on, avoiding expensive repairs and downtime.

Another substance worthy of measurement and monitoring in process water is sodium. Pure water production equipment, specifically cation exchange units, can be performance monitored with an online sodium analyzer. Output from the cation bed containing sodium, an indication of deteriorating performance, can be diverted and the bed regenerated. Steam production and power generation operations also benefit from sodium monitoring in an effort to combat corrosion in turbines, steam tubes, and other components. Sodium analyzers are very sensitive, able to detect trace levels.

Ammonia is comprised of nitrogen and hydrogen and, while colorless, carries a distinct odor. Industries such as agriculture utilize ammonia for fertilizing purposes, and many other specializations, including food processing, chemical synthesis, and metal finishing, utilize ammonia for their procedural and product-oriented needs. An essential understanding of ammonia, however, includes the fact that the chemical is deadly to many forms of aquatic life. Removing ammonia from industrial wastewater is a processing burden of many industries due to the environmental toxicity.

Methods for removing ammonia from wastewater include a biological treatment method called ‘conventional activated sludge’, aeration, sequencing batch reactor, and ion exchange. Several methods exist for in-line or sample based measurement of ammonia concentration in water. Each has particular procedures, dependencies, and limitations which must be considered for each application in order to put the most useful measurement method into operation.

As water is an essential part of almost every facet of human endeavor and the environment in which we all dwell, the study and application of related analytics is an important component of many water based processes. The variety of compounds which can be considered contaminants or harmful elements when dissolved or contained in water presents multiple challenges for engineers and process operators.

Share your water quality analysis requirements and challenges with an analytical instrumentation specialist, combining your own process knowledge with their product application expertise to develop effective solutions.

Water Quality Analysis – Constituent Survey (Part 1)

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Of all the raw materials available for human consumption – aside from the air we breathe – the most vital component of life on earth is water. In addition to the global need for humans to drink water in order to survive, the use of water is essential in a myriad of industries relating to process control. Whether the goal is the production or monitoring of pure water for industrial use, or the processing of wastewater, the ability to measure the presence and level of certain chemical constituents of water is necessary for success.

In order to use water properly, industrial professionals combine state of the art analyzers with technical expertise to evaluate water quality for use or disposal. Two essential values of process control are ensuring elements of a control system are accurate and secure, and, furthermore, that they are accurate and secure for each product every time. By properly vetting water in industry, engineers and other personnel in fields such as pharmaceuticals, chemical, food & beverage, brewing, power, and microelectronics are able to maintain standards of production excellence and conform with regulatory requirements related to water quality.

The amount of dissolved oxygen present in water can correlate with the degree of movement at an air-water interface, also being impacted by pressure, temperature, and salinity. Excessive or deficient dissolved oxygen levels in industrial process waters may have an impact on process performance or end product quality. Likely, the most common application for dissolved oxygen measurement is in the evaluation of wastewater for biological oxygen demand. The primary function of dissolved oxygen in wastewater is to enable and enhance the oxidation of organic material by aerobic bacteria, a necessary step in treatment.

To measure dissolved oxygen, specialized sensors and companion instruments are employed that require careful maintenance and trained technical operators. The level of measurement precision varies depending on the industry employing the technology, with numerous applications also being found in the food & beverage and pharmaceutical industries. In-line continuous measurement is used in wastewater processing to determine if the dissolved oxygen remains in a range that supports the bacteria necessary for biodegradation.

Chloride concentration in wastewater is strictly regulated. Industrial and commercial operation effluent can be regulated with respect to allowable chloride content. While commonly found in both streams and wastewater, chlorides, in large amounts, can present challenges to water utilization or processing facilities. Chloride levels impact corrosion, conductivity, and taste (for industries in which such a variable is paramount). In a process system, having an essential component marred due to elevated quantities of a substance could reverberate into any end-product being manufactured. Chloride analyzers, some of which can also detect and monitor other water characteristics, serve as important tools for water consuming facilities to meet regulatory standards for effluent discharge or internal quality standards for recycling.

There are other constituents of what we refer to as “water” that are subject to measurement and monitoring for a range of institutional, industrial, and municipal applications. Those will be explored in the next part of this article series. Share your water analysis and treatment challenges with application experts, combining your own process expertise with their product knowledge to develop effective solutions.

Protecting Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants from Surges and Lightning Strikes

Reprinted with permission from DEHN

Water treatment plant are susceptible to lightning strikes.

Well heads and central processing plants found in water production and wastewater processing sites are susceptible to lightning and surge events. It is important to protect them as these events can range from disruptive at the least to damaging at the worst for your system.

As a company or utility involved in water production or wastewater treatment systems, you have invested a lot of time and money into making sure these systems run efficiently – and for good reason, because many of these systems have a large population depending on them for consistent service. Besides this population base, health and safety risks could occur if the systems are not running properly.

Furthermore, many of these systems depend on sensitive electronic equipment. The combination of

the intricacies of the systems and the importance of them means that an efficient lightning and surge protection system should be installed in the facility.

Protect against surges and strikes

The lightning and protection systems for water protection and wastewater treatment systems should be incorporated into the site’s construction, and feature an intermeshed earthing or grounding system. Ideally, these grounding systems should be designed by the engineering firm or department creating the design. Along with this grounding system, strategically placed and appropriately designed and installed surge arresters should be added to ensure the best defense against lightning and surge events.

Lightning and surge protection
by DEHN

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