COVER STORY
For October’ s cover story, we welcome SMS TORK, where the company shares its expanding capabilities in electrical actuation, green growth and preparing its Turkish manufacturing base for the next stage of development.
By Lyndsey Denton Fray, Valve World
SMS TORK: Building the next generation of actuation
Having featured in several previous cover stories, SMS TORK has already introduced readers to its broad portfolio of valves and actuation technologies. This time, however, the focus is shifting towards what comes next. In our exclusive interview with Ömer Kaya, he explains that the company is increasingly concentrating on electrical actuation, while continuing to invest in manufacturing technology, lean production, digitalisation and sustainability. The result is a story less about individual products and more about how SMS TORK is developing the way it designs, manufactures and supplies them.
Growing demand for electrical actuation
SMS TORK began its actuation activities with pneumatic actuators around 40 years ago. However, over time the company has seen increasing demand for electrical alternatives, prompting it to develop its own range.“ Our first electric actuator was a 60 Nm partturn model,” explains Mr Kaya.“ The range has since expanded to include 40, 80, 150 and 200 Nm versions, with 300 and 500 Nm models currently under development.” The actuators are designed for industrial applications and feature aluminium bodies and have high resistance to corrosion. They also
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