Technical articles and booklets written by Upstate Valve and Contol personnel
Pete Kundin and Chris Warnett have published many booklets and articles on Valves and Actuators, here are some of them:
Booklets on actuators and applications
Monroe County's water and wastewater treatment The County of Monroe, City of Rochester and Monroe County Water Authority have long been leaders in the field of providing clean water to our region. Rochester Engineering society, Monroe Co[...] Adobe Acrobat document [1.8 MB]
Power Plant Actuators How various actuators are used in the applications on a power plant Actuators in Power.pdf Adobe Acrobat document [1.0 MB]
How actuators can be used for preventive and predictive maintenance The instruments in electric and fluid powered actuators can be used to measure the condition of valves as they age in place. Actuators for PM.pdf Adobe Acrobat document [677.3 KB]
How actuators can be retrofitted on existing valves Modern actuators can be used to improve performance and monitoring of existing valves in a plant. Retrofitting actuators.pdf Adobe Acrobat document [405.2 KB]