New Actuators Improve Valve Control Plant Safety

Oil and water don’t mix. Neither do oil leaks and EPA regulations. At Florida’s City of Cocoa Claude H. Dyal Water Treatment Facility, this posed a problem. The accumulator system used for the hydraulic actuators contained more than 100 gallons of hydraulic fluid which frequently leaked. “We had a common hydraulic tank that we utilized to actuate those four ball valves on our high service pumps,” said Jeff Childers, the Dyal plant’s Assistant Superintendent.

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