Electrical valve actuation knowledgeable AUMA Actuators Restricted (AUMA UK) has added Southern Water to its rising listing of profitable frameworks with main UK water corporations.
Southern Water gives important water providers to 2.5 million prospects and wastewater providers to greater than 4.7 million prospects throughout Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The brand new framework settlement will see AUMA deploy its new and distinctive course of to service, keep and change a variety of actuators throughout your entire Southern Water area, which covers virtually 4,450km2.
MIchael Upcraft is Southern Water’s Framework Supervisor. He mentioned: “With a 13,929 kilometre community of pipes and 205 service reservoirs, Southern Water delivers a steady provide of fresh water to our prospects. Our 39,808 kilometres of sewers and three,321 pumping stations accumulate wastewater from our prospects’ properties and companies and from outdoors drains.
“AUMA’s capacity to source and supply its comprehensive range of high quality, high performance electric actuators and critical spare parts from within the EU is a major benefit to us. It means we are able to respond quickly, serving people and businesses throughout our supply region.”
As a part of the brand new framework settlement, Southern Water now has entry to AUMA’s distinctive ‘rapid response’ service to switch each AUMA and different producers’ tools, in addition to a ‘replacement in advance’ for crucial actuators.
Paul Hopkins is AUMA UK’s Managing Director. He says: “Southern Water continuously displays its water and wastewater websites and networks, conducting upkeep and creating new infrastructure the place vital. We now have constructed an in depth and constructive relationship with the corporate, which has resulted in securing our framework with this essential water utility.
“The water company plays a critical role that goes beyond providing an essential public service. It aims to help tackle the climate emergency, support the communities it serves and contribute to the growth of the south west’s regional economy. It is great to be part of that journey.”
Southern Water goals to maximise the supply of actuated valve operations all through its area. The dimensions and working parameters of every set up varies, with a large mixture of actuators, controls and drive couplings required to be obtainable at quick discover. AUMA’s in depth vary of excessive efficiency actuators is designed utilizing a modular strategy to actuator parts. Actuators will be rapidly mixed to offer a bespoke actuator meeting constructed to the precise necessities of purposes.
AUMA is creating a novel on-line Southern Water Data Base, which might be accessible to all registered Southern Water engineers and technicians. This may present 24/7/365 entry to important data, video tutorials and technical data. As well as, AUMA has launched quite a lot of improvements – from decreasing its environmental impression via the usage of sustainable packaging, to bettering well being and security by decreasing time on web site endeavor repairs.
AUMA can be offering full coaching to Southern Water upkeep employees by way of its AUMA Licensed Engineering (ACE) coaching. Delivered on-site, on-line or in AUMA’s devoted coaching suite at its head workplace in Clevedon, Somerset, ACE is a structured programme that trains technicians to put in, function, keep and troubleshoot AUMA actuators, assembly asset administration obligations to take care of tools in keeping with the producer’s suggestions. Accredited ACE Technicians are supplied with ID playing cards to show their stage of competency.
