Bürkert Fluid Control Systems are the leading manufacturer of process control and measurement systems for fluids and gases. Our products have a wide variety of applications and are used in a number of industries such as pharmaceutical and food & drink production. We cover several segments including water treatment, cooling systems, gas handling, microfluidics and steam.
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- Pneumatics & hydraulics
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News from Burkert Fluid Control Systems
Bürkert has augmented its Type 8742/46 range of mass flow controllers/meters (MFC/M) for gas applications with the addition of analogue communications onboard. Characterised by their high measuring accuracy and repeatability, the Type 8742/46 range now also includes an option with PROFIBUS-DP (
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A valves distributor in the South West is providing same-day availability of specialist products through its build-on-site service. Valves Online provides end-users and system integrators in the region with the fastest availability of Bürkert products through the capability of its in-house (
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Automated control of water systems, whether in swimming pools, washrooms, or drinking water supplies, needs reliable equipment that minimises water hammer and the effects of dezincification. Bürkert’s Type 6213 solenoid valve achieves this and can be specified to meet even the most (
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Damien Moran, Field Segment Manager, Hygienic, Pharmaceutical at Bürkert, looks at some of the basic differentiators of process valves as well as some recent design developments.
Control valves are used to manage the flow rate of a liquid or a gas and in-turn control the temperature, pressure (
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For Marstons brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, replacing control valves on the main chiller system would improve reliability. However, the process control components were initially looking expensive – until a much more cost-effective solution was revealed.
Replacing ageing (
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Bürkert has released the latest update to its FLOWave flowmeter, which offers greater functionality and widens its appeal for the pharmaceutical sector as well as food and beverage applications. The list of new capabilities includes the ability to detect different fluids, which will open-up new (
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Bürkert UK has invested massively in its product stockholding to ensure fast delivery times on standard items such as ball valves, butterfly valves and quarter-turn valves.
With over 100,000 catalogue items covering solenoid valves to high precision flow meters, Bürkert offers a (
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Ian Webster of Burkert looks at how two top spec flow measurement technologies match up: coriolis flowmeters and surface acoustic wave flowmeters.
Flow measurement of liquids is an essential requirement for the control of many manufacturing processes, since accurate control improves efficiency and (
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Automated process control has delivered a host of benefits to industries such as water treatment, food and beverage and pharmaceuticals. Increasing productivity, safety and cleanliness are just a few of the advantages to controlling a range of processes with either centralised or distributed (
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Manufacturing processes that operate under hygienic conditions are arguably under more pressures to increase efficiency and reduce waste due to high relative operating costs. However, this specialist area is required to prioritise cleanliness and precision ahead of other considerations, which can (
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The food and beverage industry has embraced automation – partly due to the necessity of reducing production costs, but also to help meet food safety standards and personnel safety legislation. By taking a modular approach to automation, plant owners can gradually introduce new technologies and (
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Greg Wainhouse of Burkert offers an explanation on the various level sensing technologies available on the market today.
Level sensing is one of the most common functions for process control but it also uses a wide range of different technologies to achieve the same goal; it is therefore important (
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Bürkert, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of control and measurement systems for liquids and gases, has announced the launch of its new Virtual Water Treatment Works (VWTW). Designed to allow easy online access to the latest Bürkert water industry products, the virtual site (
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Bürkert Fluid Control Systems has developed a concept of segmentation in order to allow better focus on customer applications. By applying this approach across the entire company operation, it is expected to deliver an improved focus on solving application based problems and delivering (
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A project to replace the old remote Ex rated I/O panels and pneumatics in a whisky bottling plant in Glasgow - the fastest whisky bottling plant in the world - meant replacing the panels in situ, without major disruption to the existing infrastructure. The hazardous Ex rated nature of the project (
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The cost-down pressures inherent in all process industries mean that plant operators are consistently required to improve efficiency, while ensuring repeatable product quality. Moreover, these objectives have to be achieved within the required environment of high hygiene standards, where reliable (
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Burkert's new MicroFluidics catalogue highlights how automation and miniaturisation are coming together in integrated systems that provide distinct advantages in critical applications. (
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Burkert says its new fluid control systems catalogue provides the widest range of innovative control and sensing solutions across processes such as water treatment, gas handling, hygienic processing, cooling systems, steam and microfluidics. Extending to a massive 466 pages, the new, freely (
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