Since 2007, over 200 installations of Beck Actuators have taken place in Europe. This is in addition to the existing installed base that dates back to 1956.
Clients installing Beck products include the following;
Two complete glass furnace, forehearth and line rebuilds. Each rebuild using 40 actuators in various critical performance applications.
The client chose Beck as his preferred option due to experience of using the actuators in high temperature, arduous conditions where precise control is required. Despite being the most expensive option, Beck has repaid the clients faith in so far providing 2 years of maintenance free operation.
The performance has been impressive enough for the client to start a change over programme to Beck on his other lines, as actuators provided by other manufacturers fail.
The simple drop in installation of Beck, makes this a simple procedure, more cost effective than maintaining his failing actuators, and ultimately gives the client a more efficient operating system.
Upgrade of primary air damper system control on a major UK Power Station requiring 24 actuators in total.
Despite having no installed actuators on site, the client chose Beck as reliability and performance were equally important.
The position of the installation is such that non routine maintenance is virtually impossible to achieve with the unit generating.
Beck provided the actuator and valve assemblies, factory calibrated for a drop in installation, to ensure that the client had minimal work to do on site.
Upgrade of Induced Air fan control system on major UK Power Station.
The original actuators on the variable speed controls where obsolete and proving difficult to maintain.
Beck was chosen as the supplier for this upgrade, against completion from the sites normal actuator supplier/maintainer, who was offering a cheaper alternative. The promise of a much simplified installation, coupled with the better system control offered by Beck, was considered worth the extra cost.
Upgrade of fluid coupling scoop actuation on an extraction fan system installed on a primary metal manufacturing site.
The installed actuators had been in service for 15 years, and were proving to be ever more troublesome in terms of reliability.
Beck was chosen as the preferred supplier due to the experience they had in providing actuators for this type of application.
After the new installation was completed and operating on the same signal and feedback system as the original actuators, the client found that the control of the coupling scoop tube was significantly more precise than before. The combination of speed and precision of the actuator movement as eliminated the overshoot/undershoot problems previously experienced. This has give the client a further benefit of reduced energy usage, as the coupling is now not constantly modulating to find the set operating point.
Installation of fluid coupling scoop control actuator on a building material producer’s mill application.
The original actuator supplied by the fluid coupling OEM was unable to cope with the heavy vibration associated with this application, leading to multiple failures.
Beck not only supplied a suitable actuator for the application, but also provided designs for the actuator mounting plinth. Installation and commissioning was completed in one morning, and the system has run since then with no problems.
In addition there are numerous other installations dating back to the 1950’s, which are still operational, despite being in arduous, hot, and dusty environments. Many have needed next to no maintenance in this time, and continue to operate successfully today, even with the latest control technology.