Rotork Remote Hand Station

The Rotork Remote Hand Station enables safe and secure local monitoring and control of Rotork IQ3 actuators installed in inaccessible locations.

The company’s solution provides the user with an exact duplicate of the actuator’s own monitoring and control interface, at a distance of up to 100 m from the valve. Power for the station is supplied by the actuator, with which the unit shares all the benefits of the same IP68 double O-ring sealed environmental enclosure. There is no need for expensive cabling; standard comms wiring suitable for the operating environment is all that is required between the actuator and the station.

The user can remotely operate, interrogate and configure the actuator using the company’s handheld setting tool with its secure wireless Bluetooth link. Retaining all of the actuator’s functionality, the device presents an identical window into the process, showing diagnostic data including the valve torque and usage profiles along with service logs and facilitating real-time analysis directly at the unit.

Alternatively, information from the actuator data logger can be downloaded and transferred to a PC for analysis using Rotork Insight2 diagnostic software to enable valve maintenance requirements to be identified and anticipated.

Designed for wall- or pole-mounted installation, the device is available with explosion-proof certification and can also be equipped with a vandal-proof cover to prevent unauthorised interference.