Water is a very crucial part of the Australian business, because Australia is the largest island in the world and it must find the solution to bring good quality water to all citizens. This task is not easy because Australia is a very dry country with a major part of its territory being a desert.
In order to ease and secure the work of the Australian water valves operators, Modec untrusted a dedicated retailer in order to be able to answer to the various problematics of this country.
Accompany the main actors of the water sector is a real challenge for our Australian distributor Field Machine Tools (FMT). Modec equipped FMT with the best portable valve operators configurations dedicated to the water industry. Hereafter you can see four examples of Modec’s “ready to go” configurations for the water industry.
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Rising stem valves Battery powered "Easy Duty" portable actuator with banjo head and self-centering/ self-adjusting fingers adaptors . |
Underground valves Battery powered "Easy Duty" portable actuator with telescopic "valve key" and foot held articulated reaction arm. |
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Underground wastewater valves Pneumatic portable actuator "Standard Duty" with right angle head, telescopic "valve key" and stand for underground valves. |
Penstock valves Battery powered "Easy Duty" portable actuator with telescopic valve key and square drive. |
Our distributor Field Machine Tools became well aware of the problematics the main water actors were facing in Australia.
Hereafter, you can see the construction of dams as tools for water resource management over the years; indeed, the reservoirs of these structures provided a response to the effects of droughts that Australia historically suffers from.
Water resources in Australia are characterized by significant spatial variability. This picture shows the average and annual distribution of precipitation across Australia. The most watered area is located along the coasts of the North (characterized by a tropical climate) and East of the country (characterized by an oceanic climate). The remaining two thirds of the country is considered as desert or semi-arid areas. |
This concentration of water explains why the majority of the dams were built alongside the east coast. Most of the dams were built before the 90’s and the penstock valves are as up to now opened and closed manually. Indeed the dams are usually isolated and are not provided with electric energy. The penstock valves can’t therefore be manipulated electrically. When the dams were provided with electric energy the motors were stolen for their inside materials. This is why Modec’s portable valve actuators have been well received among the water actors we have met in Australia as a tool to open and close penstock valves in isolated Australian dams. |
Our portable valve actuators are used to open and close valves with zero efforts and all the safety. They are easy to carry, to put in place and are equipped with great batteries that can hold for 30 minutes at a high torque. Those three reasons are enough to explain why the portable valve actuators are the perfect tool to activate penstock valves of isolated dams in Australia.
The power limiter and the torque limiter make it possible to adapt the actuator to any type of configuration and provide even greater operator safety.
To make our portable valve actuator easy to connect on to a penstock valve, we have developed a complete range of adaptors and interfaces. And if none of our standard solutions meets your needs, our design team can draw up a made-to measure flange to adapt the tool to your exact requirements! At modec, that’s what we call service!
Our portable valve actuators have a large torque so that they are capable of opening difficult valves if needed. In this case, it is important to protect your operators by systematically using a torque retention system.