Electrical valve actuation professional AUMA Actuators Restricted (AUMA UK) has added Southern Water to its rising listing of profitable frameworks with main UK water firms.
Southern Water supplies important water companies to 2.5 million clients and wastewater companies to greater than 4.7 million clients 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 exchange a spread of actuators throughout the whole Southern Water area, which covers virtually 4,450km2.
MIchael Upcraft is Southern Water’s Framework Supervisor. He stated: “With a 13,929 kilometre community of pipes and 205 service reservoirs, Southern Water delivers a steady provide of unpolluted water to our clients. Our 39,808 kilometres of sewers and three,321 pumping stations acquire wastewater from our clients’ houses and companies and from exterior drains.
“AUMA’s capability to supply and provide its complete vary of top quality, excessive efficiency electrical actuators and significant spare elements from throughout the EU is a serious profit to us. It means we’re in a position to reply rapidly, serving folks and companies all through our provide area.”
As a part of the brand new framework settlement, Southern Water now has entry to AUMA’s distinctive ‘fast response’ service to switch each AUMA and different producers’ gear, in addition to a ‘alternative prematurely’ for important actuators.
Paul Hopkins is AUMA UK’s Managing Director. He says: “Southern Water always displays its water and wastewater websites and networks, conducting upkeep and growing new infrastructure the place essential. We have now constructed a detailed and constructive relationship with the corporate, which has resulted in securing our framework with this essential water utility.
“The water firm performs a important function that goes past offering an important public service. It goals to assist deal with the local weather emergency, help the communities it serves and contribute to the expansion of the south west’s regional financial system. It’s nice to be a 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 out there at brief discover. AUMA’s intensive vary of excessive efficiency actuators is designed utilizing a modular strategy to actuator elements. Actuators could be rapidly mixed to supply a bespoke actuator meeting constructed to the precise necessities of purposes.
AUMA is creating a singular on-line Southern Water Information 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 various improvements – from lowering its environmental influence by means of using sustainable packaging, to enhancing well being and security by lowering time on website enterprise repairs.
AUMA can be offering full coaching to Southern Water upkeep workers through 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 gear in step with the producer’s suggestions. Accredited ACE Technicians are supplied with ID playing cards to show their stage of competency.
