Electrical valve actuation professional AUMA Actuators Restricted (AUMA UK) has added Southern Water to its rising record of profitable frameworks with main UK water firms.
Southern Water offers important water companies to 2.5 million prospects and wastewater companies 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, preserve and change a variety of actuators throughout your complete 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 unpolluted water to our prospects. Our 39,808 kilometres of sewers and three,321 pumping stations accumulate wastewater from our prospects’ houses 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’ gear, in addition to a ‘replacement in advance’ for vital actuators.
Paul Hopkins is AUMA UK’s Managing Director. He says: “Southern Water continually screens its water and wastewater websites and networks, conducting upkeep and creating new infrastructure the place obligatory. We have now 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 provision 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 accessible at brief discover. AUMA’s intensive vary of excessive efficiency actuators is designed utilizing a modular strategy to actuator parts. Actuators may be shortly mixed to offer a bespoke actuator meeting constructed to the precise necessities of purposes.
AUMA is creating a singular on-line Southern Water Data Base, which can be accessible to all registered Southern Water engineers and technicians. It will present 24/7/365 entry to important data, video tutorials and technical data. As well as, AUMA has launched plenty of improvements – from decreasing its environmental affect by means of the usage of sustainable packaging, to enhancing well being and security by decreasing time on web site enterprise 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, preserve 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.
