Electrical valve actuation knowledgeable 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 change a spread of actuators throughout your complete Southern Water area, which covers nearly 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 accumulate wastewater from our clients’ properties and companies and from exterior 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 interchange each AUMA and different producers’ tools, in addition to a ‘replacement in advance’ for vital actuators.
Paul Hopkins is AUMA UK’s Managing Director. He says: “Southern Water continually displays its water and wastewater websites and networks, conducting upkeep and growing new infrastructure the place essential. We now have constructed an in depth and optimistic relationship with the corporate, which has resulted in securing our framework with this necessary 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 scale 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 using a modular approach to actuator components. Actuators might be shortly mixed to supply a bespoke actuator meeting constructed to the precise necessities of purposes.
AUMA is creating a novel on-line Southern Water Data Base, which can be accessible to all registered Southern Water engineers and technicians. This can present 24/7/365 entry to important info, video tutorials and technical info. As well as, AUMA has launched numerous improvements – from lowering its environmental impression via the usage of 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 keep up tools in keeping with the producer’s suggestions. Accredited ACE Technicians are supplied with ID playing cards to show their stage of competency.
