Retrofit of legacy actuators provide Indian airport with critical performance data

21/04/2022

An aviation fuel station at a major Indian airport has been enhanced with the installation of intelligent electric actuators from Rotork. The customer wished to upgrade to the latest in intelligent actuation technology, benefitting from the ability to gather data to plan for maintenance activities in advance, as well as a high degree of accuracy and reliability.

The airport in Kolkata is known as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA). It is the fifth busiest in the whole of India and annually handles approximately 9 million passengers. It was expanded in 2013 by the addition of a new terminal. Aviation fuel is collected from nearby Haldia Refinery by tanker and delivered to NSCBIA airport. Over 30 IQ intelligent multi-turn electric actuators have been ordered for installation at an aviation fuel station at the airport. They are replacing existing K-range Rotork actuators that operate gate valves; around half the ordered actuators have now been installed at the storage tanks at the station.

客户希望升级到IQ3执行器以访问其提供的功能和好处，例如通过集成数据记录器访问操作数据。该改造项目将看到IQ3执行器代替现有的执行器，以在收据，交付和再循环线上为航空燃料提供流量控制。客户要求替换执行器是电动的，以避免对电源和现有设置进行不必要的更改。

Local engineers demonstrated the features of IQ3 actuators to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (who run the aviation fuel network at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport), highlighting operational accuracy, data logging functions and power supply options, including the ability to install without a power supply. The IQ3 is Rotork’s flagship intelligent electric actuator. IQ3 actuators are ATEX certified as explosionproof, suitable for use in Safety Integrity Level 2/3 applications and watertight to IP66/68. The high-resolution LCD display was singled out by the customer as a desirable feature, in order to visually check information.

作为Rotork终生管理计划的一部分，客户已签署了一项服务协议，确保了持续的服务支持并减少通过Heath检查和定期维护进行维护活动的停机时间。减少停机时间对客户关注至关重要，这可以通过终生管理等整体资产管理计划来协助。