Integrated Valve Solutions Save More Than Money

摘要

Water and wastewater treatment plants are potentially some of the largest benefactors of the cost savings that can now be made by using modular electrically controlled solenoid valve terminals to actuate pneumatic process valves. By adopting this integrated system approach, instead of using individual solenoid control valves, operators can implement decentralised control schemes very cost-effectively. But the benefits of these latest-generation fieldbus-equipped solenoid valve terminals go way beyond reducing capital investment. They also enable operators to shorten plant commissioning times, and to implement advanced, internet-based, monitoring and remote diagnostics facilities to reduce maintenance costs and to all but eliminate unscheduled system downtime.