Provides safer valve operation

Smith Flow Control has
ushered in an affordable way
for companies to safely
manage valve operations. The
EasiDrive portable valve
actuator securely and
effectively operates valves in
power plants, oil refineries,
paper mills and chemical
processing facilities. One
operator can efficiently
operate multiple valves with a
single tool while reducing
fatigue and injury risk.

Lightweight, portable and
adaptable, the tool is said to
be especially effective on
valves that require a high
number of turns or are
otherwise difficult to operate
because of high torque or
where adverse climates (subzero,
tropical, desert
environments) make
operations more challenging.

Smith Flow Control’s
Singapore-based agent, Triple-
Max Engineering Pte, has
supplied hundreds of the
EasiDrive Systems to large
petrochemical refineries in
the region to ease operation
and improve efficiencies.

“Workers were straining
themselves while operating
the valves and we offered the
EasiDrive System as a solution
to their problem, the
company’s Cynthia Xu said.

“It is time consuming to open
and close large valves that are
not actuated. Two operators
can spend almost 20 minutes
working together to open just
one 14″ 1500# gear operated
gate valve. By using the
EasiDrive system, the time
taken to operate each valve is
reduced to approximately five
minutes with just one
operator, making it almost
effortless.”