AUMA has been developing and building electric actuators and valve gearboxes for over 50 years and is one of the leading manufacturers in the industry.Worldwide users that rely on AUMA’s sophisticated products range from power to water treatment to petrochemical.

Eastern Controls has a strong reputation for being a premier service provider to the process and manufacturing industry in the Mid-Atlantic region. Our reputation and knowledge of the products aided in AUMA’s decision to invest in Eastern Controls as their newest Authorized Service Center & Service Provider!

AUMA has invested in just a few representatives as designated parts and service providers in the country. Eastern Controls service technicians and other personnel will go through extensive training to deliver the best experience for the customer.

When was the last time your tank and terminal facility was modernized? Are you using the latest instrumentation and technologies available to improve your material transfer operations?

Material transfer operations in modern tank and terminal facilities can include a mix of legacy processing systems, new technologies, and tank monitoring software.  If the facility is older and has not been updated at all, there could be millions of dollars in unaccounted losses.  Conversely, shortchanging and overcharging customers can lead to loss of business, among other issues.

Several considerations should be reviewed to improve measurement techniques to reduce unaccounted revenue. Collecting a variety of data points will help produce more accurate inventory management accounting.

Eastern Controls’ service department is no stranger to planned maintenance protocol. Our service technicians have a combined 75+ years of experience and industrial process service technicians.

Since 2008 Eastern Controls has been one of the largest ValvFast control valve manufacturing centers in the United States. Our multi-million dollar equipment inventory allows our technicians to respond to emergency situations – faster. Eastern Controls was hired to calibrate instruments but proper preparation enable the ECI team to react quickly to what they encountered when on site.

The initial scope of this job only included instrument calibrations but a turbine in the plant broke down elevating the situation to an emergency outage.

Safety is critical on a day-to-day basis for industrial operations.  As we’ve learned from natural disasters over the years, preparation is key to mitigating further risk.  Mitigation and prevention of man-made risks such as fires, explosions or hazardous materials incidents are steps companies can take, to protect themselves against possible incidents.

There are four steps to minimize your vulnerabilities:

• Mitigation
• Preparedness
• Response
• Recovery

For this article we will refer to gas and flame detection as our safety measure.

Mitigation are the steps you can take to reduce or eliminate a hazard. One way to do this would be to implement a fixed gas and flame detection system throughout the facility. Taking great care to

In 2018, Eastern Controls hosted our first Valve Automation Summit for our customer base in Virginia. The turnout and feedback was so positive we are bringing it back again with fresh content and hands-on workshops!

At our 2018 VA Summit we highlighted three manufacturers’ technologies and capabilities. First, our Valve & Automation Specialist, Kyle Dougherty, discussed control valves and positioners with attendees from chemical, pulp & paper, R&D and power gen companies. This seminar was loosely modeled after our popular Control Valve 101 training course.

Our second seminar piggy-backed off of Mr. Dougherty’s valve discussion and lead into the automation of valves using REXA’s electraulic actuation technologies.He went into detail on the precision, accuracy, and conditions to which these actuators can perform at.