Rotork IQ3 Pro valve actuator

Rotork has introduced the IQ3 Pro valve actuator with full mobile app integration. The Rotork App provides control and communication capabilities for the IQ3 Pro and is designed to be a handy way to operate and configure the actuators using a smartphone.

The app introduces smart features, including a virtual Rotork Bluetooth Setting Tool (BTST), a valve configuration set-up wizard, which streamlines commissioning, and data logs from the IQ3 Pro actuators can be extracted via the app and exported to Rotork Insight 2 software or sent to Rotork’s cloud-based intelligent asset management (iAM) system.

The app features ‘PIN pairing’ between the actuator and the app to gain access, which ensures the security of the installed actuators. Once logged in, a dashboard shows the actuator details, and users can navigate to all app functions. A virtual setting tool provides full access to the actuator on-screen set-up menus.

The data logs function simplifies the process by allowing flexible download, export and upload. The IQ3 Pro data logger can record up to 3000 events, providing a comprehensive record of actuator performance. The data log files include torque and operation, temperature, vibration and event log information. Other metrics, such as partial stroke profile, maximum starts per hour and motor run time, are also available.