Automated butterfly valve actuator for hygienic processing
Streamline your flow control operations with a robust and maintenance-free solution designed to enhance process reliability and hygiene, delivering precise control for high viscosity and particulate fluids.
The Unique Control LKB from Alfa Laval offers a maintenance-free actuator solution for hygienic processing lines, integrating seamlessly with LKB butterfly valves. It features a reliable air spring actuator that operates efficiently at lower air pressures, ensuring enhanced flow control for high viscosity and particulate fluids across the dairy, food, beverage, and brewery industries. Configured for easy integration, the Unique Control LKB transitions smoothly between manual and pneumatic shut-off operations, supporting continuous, automated production processes with minimal downtime. Its durable composite casing withstands harsh environments, while the integrated intelligent control unit enables precise, on-site calibration and status monitoring. Suitable for applications like yogurt, cheese, and tomato sauce production, this actuator system ensures compliant and hygienic operations with reduced energy consumption and is compatible with all major PLC systems for streamlined automation.
Benefits
- Ensures process reliability with over one million stroke durability.
- Minimizes maintenance needs, enhancing overall uptime.
- Improves product hygiene through efficient flow control in stringent conditions.
- Fits seamlessly into existing systems to streamline automation transitions.
- Provides clear operational status with 360° LED indication for easier monitoring.
- Applications
- Food,Brewery,Particulate fluids,Beverage,High viscosity products,Dairy
- End products
- Soups with vegetables,Cheese,Chocolate syrup,Beer,Yogurt,Fruit juices,Tomato sauce
- Steps before
- Purification,Mixing,Blending,Homogenization
- Steps after
- Sterilization,Filling,Packaging,Cooling
- Input ingredients
- Output ingredients
- Automation
- Integrated control unit
- Actuation
- Air spring actuator
- Stroke performance
- Over one million strokes
- Pressure requirement
- Lower air pressure operation
- LED Indication
- 360° visibility
- Compatibility
- All Alfa Laval LKB butterfly valves
- Changeover capability
- Normally closed to Normally open
- Control system compatibility
- All major PLC systems
- Hygiene compliance
- Hygienic processing lines
- Setup time reduction
- Five times faster
- Working mechanism
- Air spring actuator
- Integrated control unit
- Yes
- Air pressure requirement
- Lower than mechanical spring systems
- Automation level
- PLC compatible
- Changeover capability
- Normally closed to normally open
- LED indication
- 360° visibility
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Cleaning method
- Hygienic design
- Cleanability
- Hygienic design for easy cleaning
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Composite casing for harsh environments
- Viscosity
- High/Medium/Low
- Particle content
- High/Medium/Low
- Hygiene requirement
- Stringent/Moderate
- Air pressure requirement
- Low/High
- Casing Material
- Tough composite
- Design
- Hygienic
- Footprint
- Compact
- Indication Light
- 360° LED
- Control Unit Type
- Integrated
- Actuator Type
- Air spring
- Integration with existing systems
- Compatible with Alfa Laval and major PLC systems
- Actuator operation mode
- Switchable between normally closed and normally open
- Valve compatibility
- Fits all manual and actuated LKB butterfly valves
- LED indicator
- 360° visibility
- Quick setup feature
- Configures and calibrates with single button push
- Air pressure adaptation
- Operates at lower air pressure with air spring actuator
- Market info
- Alfa Laval is renowned for its expertise in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling technologies, providing innovative, energy-efficient engineered-to-order solutions for various industries including food, marine, and energy.