Lower Valve Torques Mean Lower Automation Costs

LINUO Soft Seated
Ball Valve

LINUO ball valves are a great overall choice for any automated valve application. Their soft seated valves are extremely reliable for any process service.

The DM Series has an additional “not-too-well-known” advantage for valves 3” and above - their torques are almost half those of competitive valves.

The lower torque is a result of the carefully engineered seat design and the contact made between ball and seal.

Lower torques allow for smaller sized actuators - which saves considerable dollars when building an automated package. When using direct mounting models, and eliminating any mounting hardware, the cost-savings can be very significant.


For very competitive bidding situations on 3” and higher automated assemblies, the LINUO soft seated DM Series is your best choice.

LINUO Control Valves with Leading Brand Rotary Actuators

Leading Brand Linear Actuator
on LINUO control valve.

A power plant in Kansas City inventories a well-know manufacturer's linear actuator.  By standardizing on this actuator, the power plant is able to reduce inventory costs and simplify company-wide inventory control. The downside, they thought, was dependance on the manufacturer's mating control valve.

Once introduced to the benefits of the LINUO control valve, the power plant staff was convinced it was a great alternative. The advantages were obvious - controllability, compactness and construction.  They really wanted to use LINUO, but the mounting issue had to be overcome.

The solution was quite simple. The local distributor, PEC, designed a simple bracket and coupling that tightly integrated valve and actuator. The linear actuator now bolted up neatly up to the LINUO valve and resulted in better control and much lower cost for the total package.

If your plant standardizes on another manufacturer’s actuator, don’t think that prohibits the use of a LINUO control valve. You’ll end up with better control at much lower costs, even taking in to consideration the mounting hardware.

Advantages of Segment Valve Over Linear Globe Valve for Steam

Linear Globe

Traditionally, linear globe valves have been used most often for steam control valves. Here's a few reasons why a segment valve is a better choice.

Segment Valve

Smaller foot print and real estate - A linear valve takes up much more space due to the size of the actuator.  A segment valve uses a rack and pinion actuator which is far more compact.

Cavitation occurs inside the valve body - cavitation is contained the open area within the segment valve body and the destructive forces of cavitation is contained inside the valve - not at the first bend in the pipe line. Therefore, the valve is protecting the piping system and preventing the expense and downtime in removing the  valve and cutting out and re-welding pieces of a pipe structure.

Lower weight - reduces the requirements for pipe supports and consideration of stress on the piping system.

Can assist in plant standardization by using existing inventory - a segment valve can match up to just about any quarter-turn actuator, so facility's existing inventory of quarter-turn actuators can be used.