Burkert Fluid Control Systems

Burkert’s new Type 8681 control head offers the key advantage of universal fitment onto third- party hygienic valves: single seat valves, double seat, mix proof, and also quarter turn ball and butterfly valves that have linear stainless steel actuators. The 8681 comes complete with a full range of communication networks, such as ASi and DeviceNet, and is enclosed in a robust polycarbonate and polyamide housing that is IP65 and IP67 rated, enabling it to be washed down and cleaned safely.

Burkert UK is extending the scope of its recent free Hygienic Processing Training courses, with a series of mobile clinics that are dedicated to customer specific issues in Hygienic Processing. Similar to seminars, but customised to whatever issues the customer wants to discuss, the clinics are provided onsite at customers’ premises - at a time that suits them - by technical experts in Hygienic Processing in 30-minute rolling presentations.

There are so many different flow measurement solutions on the market today that discussing all the possible options is an impossible task. However, as with all technologies, some designs of flowmeter are more widely used than others. In this article we look at five of the most popular units, discuss their advantages and disadvantages and highlight their major areas of application.

Bürkert’s new TwinPower actuation technology has solved the problem of making solenoid valves considerably more compact, while retaining the same power output. Compact, powerful, and energy-efficient, TwinPower actuation technology increases power density in solenoid valves by means of two coils. This innovative design is being used for the first time in Burkert’s newly launched types 6624 and 6626 media-separated, miniature solenoid valves.

Burkert’s new 8681 control head has been developed specially for use with pneumatically controlled hygienic process valves in decentralised automation applications. The Type 8681 compliments Bürkert’s clean line ELEMENT series of control heads, digital positioners and process controllers, for diaphragm, angle seat, globe, ball and butterfly valves, effectively expanding Burkert’s extensive hygienic processing range for the food/beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

Burkert’s new 8681 control head has been developed specially for use with pneumatically controlled hygienic process valves in decentralised automation applications. The Type 8681 compliments Bürkert’s clean line ELEMENT series of control heads, digital positioners and process controllers, for diaphragm, angle seat, globe, ball and butterfly valves, effectively expanding Burkert’s extensive hygienic processing range for the food/beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

Bürkert is addressing the problems of skills shortages, sustainability and environmental and regulatory compliance in process markets, by introducing a second series of training courses dealing with the critical subject of Hygienic Processing. In common with Bürkert’s highly successful Steam Training courses - more of which are to be run shortly - the Hygienic Processing courses are free of charge.

Customised Valve Solutions Revolutionise Steam Sterilisation: Reducing Equipment Costs, Assembly Time & Installation Space

Global fluid control specialist, Burkert is supporting the new Sensors + Systems show (formerly Instrumentation) held at Farnborough on September 14th & 15th September 2011, with participation both as an exhibitor, showing the innovative ELEMENT range of hygienic and process control products, and mass flow controllers, and as an information provider – and industry improver - via the exhibition’s Workshop and Seminar programme.

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has expanded its ELEMENT modular stainless steel range of products for total solutions in process measurement and control, with new Type 8026, 8036 and 8076 digital flow transmitters.

Burkert globe valves equipped with Top Control positioners are providing precise control of water height on a prestigious new water feature currently being commissioned in the centre of Copenhagen. Supplied by a Burkert premier partner, Fine Controls, the valves control 40 individual vertical water jets, each valve receiving a position signal from a central PLC to control the height of the water jets in time to music.

The Institute for Materials Engineering (IWT) in Bremen, Germany, is engaged intensively with the hardening of steel using the Nitrogen-Methanol Process as an alternative to gas carburising with endogas. In this process, liquid methanol is directly introduced into a furnace, the precise regulation of the methanol controlled by Bürkert’s v (LFC). The advantages of this method are that dosing of the methanol is achieved with high precision and is transparent: recording the reproducible consumption and flow values is carried out through the LFC and can be fully documented.

....a basic primer from Burkert answers these & many more questions. Cleaning in Place (CIP) has been around for approximately 50 years, and is commonly used in hygiene critical industries, such Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical, to clean a wide range of plant. CIP refers to the use of a mix of chemicals, heat and water to clean machinery, vessels or pipe work without dismantling plant. The process can be one shot, where everything goes to drain, or recovery, which recycles most of the liquid. Overall, CIP can be a very efficient way of cleaning.

At The GIFA – The Bright World of Metals exhibition, held in Dusseldorf from 28th June to 2nd July 2011, Burkert is showing (in Hall 10, stand 10A70), its latest advances in modular valve and sensor technologies for improving diecasting applications. These developments deliver innovative cooling in diecasting operations, helping to improve quality and process efficiency to meet the demanding standards of the global automotive industry.

Companies operating in the competitive global market for food and beverage additives, such as concentrates and flavours, have to ensure that their production processes are not only safe and hygienic but also as efficient as possible. This has led to an increased demand for automation solutions at process level. However, the conventional approach of centralised automation of process valves cannot adequately meet the ever more stringent requirements of the industry. Intelligent process valves with integrated automation functions offer a viable and efficient alternative.

Bürkert’s new stainless steel 2000 INOX angle seat valve is designed to control a wide range of media - including water, alcohols, oils, steam and air - at temperatures up to +180 degrees C. The combination of the valve’s high temperature and high corrosion resistance means that is ideal for hygienic processing applications, and provides a robust compact and reliable solution for isolating fuels, hydraulic fluid, saline solutions, alkaline solutions, organic solvents and neutral gases.

Burkert’s Type 8611 universal controller for flow, pressure and temperature, cuts OEM system costs substantially, by controlling both proportional and process valves across a wide range of gases and liquids. Designed to integrate easily into compact systems, the Type 8611 incorporates P.I. and cascade temperature control, has multiple input and output possibilities, and offers the facility for either internal or external setpoint programming.

Burkert’s new Type 6650 miniature solenoid valve, with its patented flipper technology, has proved to be a winner for KBioscience, a dynamic British life sciences company that has developed its own machine, the Meridian, to provide improved performance, reliability and operating life in the genotyping pipeline.

Bürkert has expanded its clean line, stainless steel ELEMENT range of products for total loop process control – hygienic or aggressive - with the launch of ELEMENT Neutrino analytical transmitters. These units, the 8202 (for pH or redox potential) and 8222 (for conductivity) combine high-performance with economy. Versatile in use, they are designed for operation with different sensor types, offering easy adaption across the widest range of applications where measurement of pH, ORP or conductivity is required.

The cost-down pressures inherent in all process industries mean that plant operators are consistently required to improve efficiency, at the same time as ensuring repeatable product quality. These requirements are not exclusive to general processing environments; they also include production sectors where hazardous environments - with their complex, demanding standards in terms of safety provision - predominate. In these environments companies are prepared to invest heavily in new plant and equipment in pursuit of efficiency savings. However, in many cases, real savings and efficiency improvements can be achieved relatively simply and at low cost by focussing on cutting down on energy usage.