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Low Maintenance Low Cost Magnetically Actuated Valves
Navy SBIR FY2010.2
| Sol No.: |
Navy SBIR FY2010.2 |
| Topic No.: |
N102-160 |
| Topic Title: |
Low Maintenance Low Cost Magnetically Actuated Valves |
| Proposal No.: |
N102-160-1025 |
| Firm: |
Trex Enterprises Corporation
10455 Pacific Center Court
San Diego, California 92121-4339 |
| Contact: |
Edward Davis |
| Phone: |
(808) 442-7030 |
| Web Site: |
www.trexenterprises.com |
| Abstract: |
Modern warships contain thousands of valves for purposes as diverse as freshwater distribution, wastewater, firefighting, cooling water, ballast control, bilge, fuel, hydraulics and more. These valves entail significant maintenance burdens requiring crew members' time, spare parts, and removing important systems from service while maintenance and repairs are conducted -- This can have severe impacts on mission availability, reliability, maintenance, and logistics. Trex Enterprises is proud to propose a new concept for magnetically actuated low maintenance, low cost valves to the US Navy. These valves contain a completely sealed magnetic coupling where the stem once penetrated the gland packing offering numerous advantages over traditional valves including: |
| Benefits: |
Anticipated benefits of this magnetic valve handle approach include:
Potential for very low maintenance / High reliability & availability valves
Valves that require no stem seal, and hence exhibit
o No stem seal leaks
o No stem seal misalignment
o No stem seal drag
No lubrication required (for the stem)
No physical contact between the handle and the valve mechanism is required
Completely sealed valve casing impervious to dust, sand, salt fog & corrosive atmosphere with no rotating seals - can even be actuated across a sealed window!
Other industries may also benefit greatly from magnetic valve handles - Examples include systems that handle hazardous, explosive, or poisonous liquids or gasses, the commercial power & HVAC / boiler room industries, where large quantities of valves are present in their systems and high reliability & availability of the valves is desired. Commercial ships as well as various consumer & automotive applications where reduced leaks and maintenance is desired may also be good markets. The business case analysis in Phase II will likely help us better quantify these opportunities.
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