Plant engineers at Eskom’s Majuba Power Station in South Africa have been continuously looking for ways to improve efficiency and reliability. The six-unit, 4,000-MW, supercritical coal-fired plant ...

A look at how modern electric actuators combine mechanical innovation with digital control, enabling rapid product ...

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions IDEA™ Drive technology is now available across the line of linear actuator products including the Size 17 stepper motor linear actuators, LRS™ and RGS® linear rail systems ...

A single power plant uses hundreds of valves to control almost every aspect of its operation. Valves, in conjunction with a controlling actuator, are used for pollution control, feed water, cooling ...

Copar rotary actuators provide pneumatic control of ball, butterfly, and throttle valves. The challenges of modern process automation are, in a sense, rather basic. Opening, closing, and adjusting ...

Advances in the control of vibrations in membrane structures have become pivotal in numerous engineering applications, particularly in aerospace, telecommunications and flexible robotics. Membrane ...

Bag valve masks, also called ambu bags (artificial manual breathing units) are used to deliver oxygen to patients who aren’t breathing on their own. But while they have saved many lives, they are not ...

They work in harsh environments, and they get little or no recognition. But their impact on power plant efficiency can be significant. Valves and actuators are critical in almost every aspect of power ...