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January 2016 Tube Products International 31
products & developments
Successful performance
at Shoshone scheme
Auma, an electric actuator manufacturer
offering modular device design, retrofit
abilities and training support, has
provided comprehensive services at the
Shoshone Municipal Water Treatment
Plant located in Cody, Wyoming, USA.
An initial assessment was conducted by
Auma Actuators, Inc and valve supplier
Intermountain Valves & Controls (IVC).
The scope of the project that was
determined included replacing existing
actuators and retrofitting more than 50
Auma intelligent actuators to butterfly
valves.
Auma services included the on-site
mounting of actuation technology and
training of Shoshone operatives. Fac-
tors in the selection of Auma products
included the company’s modular con-
cept, which simplifies on-site upgrades;
the ability to combine the actuators with
7m-long extensions submerged in the
filter basin; and the availability of GS
part-turn gearboxes, which automate
large-scale butterfly and ball valves.
Managed by the Shoshone Municipal
Pipeline – Shoshone Municipal
Water Joint Powers Board, the water
treatment plant has a capacity of 23mn
cubic metres per annum. The pipeline,
supported by contractors including
Auma, works to exacting standards
to operate and maintain its plant and
transmission pipelines to produce a
reliable and cost-effective water supply
that exceeds US EPA standards.
Auma Actuators Inc is headquartered
near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Full
Auma services are provided, backed
by a network of support throughout
North America, with regional offices
based in the Northeast, Southeast,
Midwest, Gulf Coast and West Coast.
Representatives and distributors are
located throughout the USA, Canada
and Mexico.
Auma Actuators Inc – USA
Auma Riester GmbH & Co KG –
Germany
Auma intelligent actuators retrofitted at the
Shoshone Municipal Water Treatment Plant