Texas water treatment plant installs 400 new actuators

Flow control company Rotork recently announced that a water treatment plant in Texas has ordered hundreds of Rotork’s K-TORK rotary vane actuators for its ultrafiltration system.

San Felipe Springs Water Treatment Plant is based in the City of Del Rio, Texas. It is supplied by water from the nearby East and West San Felipe Springs and uses an ultrafiltration system to process the water. The center has an incoming flow of 18.2 million gallons per day. The treated water serves the population of Del Rio and the nearby Laughlin Air Force Base. The primary process used is ultrafiltration to remove unwanted particles from the water. Membrane systems such as this provide treated water that has been pushed through a thin membrane that removes solids and contaminants, resulting in water suitable for drinking.

Nearly 400 K-TORK rotary vane actuators were ordered for the San Felipe Springs Water Treatment Plant to aid in the ultrafiltration process. These units are to replace existing actuators to ensure reduced maintenance and replacement costs. They do not need to convert linear motion to rotary motion, which means they offer significant rotary control.

The client chose Rotork and K-TORK actuators because of the benefits of reduced maintenance and lower replacement costs compared to their previous units. The majority of the actuators have now already been installed.

Kevin Froneman, Gulf Coast Sales Manager – Municipal Water & Power, Rotork, said: “We worked very closely with our local channel partner WWatertech, Inc. on this project to provide continuous support. We advised on processes changes and initially installed a demonstration K-TORK actuator for a period of eight months to demonstrate its abilities, before the large order was placed.”

SOURCE: Rotork