Festo introduces that ball valve assemblies designed to deliver a host of process application benefits have been launched. This new process-based program provides customers with a high-quality solution across multiple plant locations and ensures first-class Festo support.

 

Now assembles, warrants, and supports from Festo are ready to install ball valve assemblies that can include the ball valve, Namur solenoid, actuator, positioner, and sensor. Until now, most ball valve assemblies have been locally sourced and built for each plant. This leads to variations in part numbers, components, quality, support, and higher than needed inventory levels. Consistency plant-to-plant is an issue for large multi-national corporations and major OEMs. The new ball valve assemblies ensure consistency, especially for the components, that allow precise control of the ball valve – Namur solenoid, actuator, positioner, and sensor.

 

"Festo held a significant number of meetings with key customers to learn how our company could improve process applications from the simplest components to the more complex integrated process actuation systems," said Craig Correia, Process AutomationIndustry Manager for Festo. "We found Festo would streamline operations and improve 

process control by assembling and supporting ball valve assemblies that had consistency in the actuation, communication, and sensing parts of the assembly."

 

All of the components in this Festo program meet ISO Namur and VDE standards. Because these components are all international standards based, Festo can include, at a customer's request, non-Festo components that meet international standards. This gives the customer utmost flexibility, a one stop shop, and Festo support.