Valve Magazine - Spring 2012

Flowserve ValveSight for

Limitorque

Limitorque MX and QX.
Prevention delivered.
Reduce downtime with
proactive diagnostics for even
the toughest environments.

Stop reacting. Start optimizing. Everyone knows that Limitorque MX and QX electronic actuators are built to handle the most demanding applications. Now these trusted actuators provide increased reliability with the Flowserve ValveSight™ diagnostic solution constantly monitoring the status, alarms, and health of each valve and actuator. ValveSight diagnostics help plant maintenance staff minimize unplanned downtime and prioritize maintenance during scheduled outages to increase productivity and profitability.

ValveSight seamlessly integrates into host control or plant asset management systems for facilities using the Foundation Fieldbus protocol. Combined with the intelligent features of the MX and QX actuator families, the resulting package enables plant operators to fine-tune their process control through the use of the Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) function blocks, and continually monitor actuator health by way of the Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) features.