Hybrid actuators are a good choice when operating valves in hazardous locations. On/off flow-control valves are the traffic lights of piping systems, controlling movement of air, gases, and ...

Typically a valve would be either electrically actuated or pneumatically actuated, but we’re going with a junk bin hybrid approach and using both. The operation is dead simple.

Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are metals that deform when heated and return to their original shape when cooled. Team 15 was sponsored by Festo, an industrial automation leader, to develop an ...