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...<strong>FROM</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>VERY</strong><br />
<strong>BEGINNING</strong>!
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AUMA – A NAME WITH A GOOD REPUTATION<br />
Editorial by the<br />
founders of AUMA<br />
It was in 1964 as the economical advisors<br />
of the German Government, the<br />
‘Fuenf Weisen’, met for the first time in<br />
Bonn. The first annual expert opinion<br />
carried the title ‘Stable money – steady<br />
growth’. Whether forecast or goal, one<br />
likes to hear such words because they<br />
reflect optimism. This is something a<br />
young entrepreneur can build on. Riester<br />
KG was registered during the same<br />
year in the trade register of Esslingen.<br />
With a great deal of optimism we rented<br />
the first modest 300 square meters<br />
for production purposes in Nellingen.<br />
We can still recall the joking remarks<br />
made by business friends about our<br />
‘Garage company’, but not only from<br />
American garages can companies<br />
emerge with worldwide reputation. A<br />
good business concept coupled with a<br />
stable market, necessary technology<br />
and commercial determination are the<br />
basis of a good business. Back in the<br />
Sixties, the signs became clear that process<br />
automation entered industry in<br />
water, wastewater, power and chemical<br />
plants. Important processes were<br />
automated everywhere. Only consistent,<br />
fully integrated concepts make<br />
sense, especially for the efficient flow<br />
of material and media. Intelligently networked<br />
electric valve actuators, if required<br />
with their own controls, belonged<br />
from the beginning to the key technologies<br />
of modern process control<br />
systems. The business concept was and<br />
is committed to one basic idea: Concentration<br />
on electric actuators as they<br />
are far more complex than they appear.<br />
Specialization allows Know-how to be<br />
acquired to the extent that it sets standards<br />
on the world market. From the<br />
beginning, our target was the international<br />
market. By this time, German<br />
companies were market and technology<br />
leaders in the valve industry worldwide.<br />
We started very early to work towards<br />
being a ‘Global Player’ in our field.<br />
Today, AUMA is a brand name with a<br />
worldwide reputation. Our export rate<br />
of 60 % is the best evidence. In this<br />
brochure we have once more traced<br />
the path AUMA has taken since its
establishment and it was indeed ‘steady<br />
growth’. But we certainly do not owe<br />
this to the ‘Fuenf Weisen’ from Bonn,<br />
but instead to the people who have<br />
walked this path with AUMA.<br />
Werner Riester Rudolf Dinse<br />
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4<br />
<strong>THE</strong> FIRST YEARS: START IN NELLINGEN<br />
When does a business begin?<br />
A company sign on an office door<br />
or on a factory building is often the first<br />
visible indication: this is where a new business<br />
is established. But actually the business<br />
started much earlier: as an idea in the<br />
heads of the founders.<br />
It is in the mid Sixties. Automation and<br />
modern process control systems start to<br />
influence industry. Especially in process<br />
technology, the central controls of the<br />
operation processes become a dominating<br />
subject. In large industrial units often hundreds<br />
of valves are operated at the same<br />
time, not manually, but electrically and<br />
precisely sychronized.<br />
Valve and machine actuators – an idea<br />
turns into a product. On October 15th the<br />
company Riester KG is registered in the<br />
trade register of Esslingen. Werner Riester<br />
and Rudolf Dinse begin with the development<br />
of the first range of actuators.<br />
Robust and reliable – that’s how they<br />
should be. Water and sewage treatment<br />
plants are the first customers.<br />
If you want to sell, you have<br />
to advertise!<br />
The first brochure was<br />
modest in black/white<br />
print, but sales started<br />
to develop – to the<br />
extent that soon<br />
additional production<br />
space was<br />
required.<br />
The start was made.<br />
SA 8 – SA 18 is the first marketable<br />
series of actuators with the trade mark<br />
AUMA. Despite small quantities in the<br />
beginning, the basis for further developments<br />
was created.<br />
One of the first multi-turn actuators – SA 8<br />
Some of them are still in operation.
Against the trend.<br />
The years 1966 and 1967 are the<br />
first turning point. The German economic<br />
miracle is over, the first severe post-war<br />
recession begins. Growth is no longer<br />
taken for granted and especially young<br />
companies have to struggle. AUMA does<br />
not only remain on the market, but<br />
increases sales continuously. The head<br />
office at Nellingen is expanded.<br />
Multi-turn actuator SA 4 in a<br />
water treatment plant<br />
Experience comes by itself – initiatives<br />
have to be taken. In 1967 the<br />
new actuator range SA 4 – SA 70 is designed.<br />
The final breakthrough for the trade<br />
mark AUMA is the completion of this product.<br />
Good quality, easy assembly and<br />
economic viability provide AUMA with<br />
definitive advantages compared to the<br />
competition.<br />
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6<br />
<strong>THE</strong> FIRST YEARS: START IN NELLINGEN<br />
Nordic combination.<br />
In Spring 1968 many things are in<br />
motion in Europe. AUMA is also on the<br />
move: the first foreign representative offices<br />
are established. Erichs Armatur in Sweden<br />
and Grønbech & Sønner in Denmark<br />
take charge of sales in Scandinavia, traditionally<br />
countries open for German products.<br />
The first step into the worldwide<br />
market is taken.<br />
Water brings the<br />
breakthrough.<br />
AUMA owes its quick upward development<br />
to the water industry. The water<br />
supply from Lake Constance to the city of<br />
Up to now water treatment plants are<br />
one of the most important customers<br />
Stuttgart was one of the first important<br />
orders. Further projects followed: for<br />
example for the water treatment plants in<br />
Hamburg or for the Oldenburg-East Friesland<br />
Water Association.
AUMA under pressure?<br />
Space limitation at the plant in Nellingen<br />
lead to the search for a new<br />
location in the southwestern part of<br />
Germany – Muellheim. An optimized<br />
infrastructure and an attractive vicinity<br />
supported the transfer of production and<br />
people to the new premises. The planned<br />
Air hall<br />
new prodution buildings were not yet available<br />
and therefore – for a time being –<br />
AUMA’s actuators were manufactured<br />
‘under pressure’, to be exact: under the<br />
overpressure of an air-inflated tent.<br />
Foto : USIS<br />
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GOALS: MUELLHEIM, EUROPE, <strong>THE</strong> ENTIRE WORLD<br />
Main plant at Muellheim<br />
With flying colours – business<br />
headquarters move to Muellheim.<br />
From then on multi-turn actuators, bevel<br />
gearboxes and spur gearboxes are manufactured<br />
at Muellheim. Sales and service<br />
are also established.<br />
A large premises for AUMA’s new headquarter:<br />
More than 4 000 square meters<br />
are available for production and the administration<br />
was able to move into a modern<br />
building.<br />
Design. Manufacture.<br />
Worldwide sales.<br />
The first subsidiary, AUMA Benelux BV, is<br />
established in Leiden, Netherlands. To<br />
design high quality products and to manufacture<br />
them is more than a good start,<br />
but in the end sales and service must be<br />
committed and competent. Who is more<br />
committed and competent to handle the<br />
sales and service than the manufacturer<br />
himself?<br />
With AUMA on schedule –<br />
large customers in the USSR.<br />
Mechanical engineering from southwestern<br />
Germany enjoys a good reputation in<br />
the USSR. The current five year plan calls<br />
for large investments and AUMA supplies<br />
several thousand actuators for petrochemical<br />
plants, especially for the development<br />
and distribution of natural gas.<br />
.<br />
AUMA Benelux, the first subsidiary<br />
In Germany, AUMA is growing<br />
further and employs 100 people.
Ibbenbueren relies on coal – coal<br />
fired power plant relies on AUMA:<br />
The Ibbenbueren site becomes the first<br />
power plant completely fitted with AUMA<br />
actuators. Approximately 800 multi-turn<br />
and part-turn actuators do their job there.<br />
Coal-fired power plant Ibbenbüren<br />
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GOALS: MUELLHEIM, EUROPE, <strong>THE</strong> ENTIRE WORLD<br />
Success models.<br />
Success is not a question of the past<br />
– success is a concept for the future. The<br />
new design is called SA 6 – SA 100. Modular<br />
and compact, favourable output speed<br />
ratio and modern production methods<br />
make this range a real winner.<br />
Multi-turn actuators SA 12 on gate valves<br />
Switch-off.<br />
But with the right touch.<br />
To start an actuator to operate a valve is<br />
not a problem. The key is to design the<br />
actuator in such a way that it automatically<br />
switches off at the right position. This<br />
should for example be when the end of<br />
travel is reached or if an excessively high<br />
torque is produced which could destroy<br />
the valve. Therefore measuring systems are<br />
required to register the valve travel with<br />
high precision for a long period of time.<br />
The motto is to switch off at the right time<br />
with the right ‘touch’.<br />
All actuators of the range SA are available<br />
not only in the standard version AUMA<br />
NORM but also in a COMPACT version.<br />
The new features of this version: Included<br />
torque and limit sensing in addition to<br />
integral electric motor controls. The installation<br />
is simplified.<br />
Expanding with a feel for<br />
the market.<br />
Two new subsidiaries are established: Oy<br />
Aumator AB in Finland and in the United<br />
States AUMA Actuators Inc. in Pittsburgh,<br />
PA. A further step is taken towards worldwide<br />
presence.<br />
AUMA USA, the largest of the<br />
AUMA subsidiaries
Nuclear power plant Loviisa in Finnland<br />
Where security counts,<br />
you can count on AUMA.<br />
Doel and Tihange in Belgium are the first<br />
nuclear power plants which are equipped<br />
with AUMA actuators. Many more follow.<br />
Nuclear power plants set high standards<br />
for the security and reliability of technical<br />
equipment – AUMA sets the highest standards<br />
for its actuators and components: a<br />
perfect combination.<br />
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GOALS: MUELLHEIM, EUROPE, <strong>THE</strong> ENTIRE WORLD<br />
To show one’s capabilities.<br />
For the first time AUMA is present<br />
with its products at an exhibition in Germany:<br />
The appearance of AUMA at the<br />
ACHEMA 1979 at Frankfurt is a big success.<br />
Who would have guessed back then that<br />
15 years later AUMA would participate<br />
annually at more than 20 exhibitions worldwide?<br />
ACHEMA 79<br />
The octagon:<br />
The demand for product innovation<br />
led to the opening of the architectural prize-winning<br />
octagonal laboratory and type<br />
testing building at Muellheim, the so called<br />
‘Octagon’. Ideal spatial conditions for<br />
long-term load tests and many different<br />
type tests under various climatic conditions.<br />
Worm gearbox GS<br />
No actuators without<br />
gearing.<br />
Valve gearboxes are not in the limelight<br />
but nonetheless they are indispensable.<br />
Applications with special requirements or<br />
difficult mounting positions can only be<br />
automated by suitable gearbox versions<br />
whether be it to increase the torque, to<br />
transform from rotation to swivel movement<br />
or to reverse the drive shaft. In this<br />
year the worm gearbox of the range GS 32<br />
– GS 125 replaced the range GS 00 –<br />
GS 7, which had been built since 1967.<br />
The octagon with type testing department and training center
200 employees –<br />
a commitment, too.<br />
AUMA employs 200 people in its German<br />
plants. This is a great success in times of<br />
economic difficulties, resulting from a<br />
wider customer base. In the meantime<br />
AUMA products can be found in large<br />
industrial plants of all types – from steel<br />
mills to sugar refineries to paper mills.<br />
Worldwide demand for AUMA products<br />
guaranteed stability for the following<br />
years.<br />
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14<br />
NEW LOCATIONS, NEW PRODUCTS, NEW PROJECTS<br />
The other type of actuator.<br />
A new range of part-turn actuators<br />
designated as the SG 05 – SG 12 is developed.<br />
The reason for this new development<br />
is to offer part-turn actuators compact and<br />
economical. Up to now small part-turn valves<br />
had to be automated with combinations<br />
of multi-turn actuators and worm<br />
gearboxes.<br />
Part-turn actuators SG 05 with integral<br />
controls AUMA MATIC<br />
High rising.<br />
AUMA invests not only in research<br />
and engineering, but in efficient logistics.<br />
A modern and fully automated high storage<br />
inventory system for individual parts,<br />
ready mounted modules and sub-assemblies<br />
is built at Muellheim. According to<br />
individual requirements, actuators can be<br />
assembled quickly making use of this<br />
stock. At the same time an assembly shop<br />
with an area of over 600 m² is erected.<br />
In the desert.<br />
Near Abu Dhabi in the United Arabian<br />
Emiriates one of the worlds largest<br />
power plants and desalination plants is built<br />
– Al Taweelah.More than 800 AUMA<br />
actuators are required for the power plant<br />
sector.In 1993 the conclusion of the project<br />
Al Taweelah B follows.Six gas fired<br />
power plant blocks with connecting desalination<br />
plants produce 14,5 million kWh<br />
electricity and 360 000 cubic meter fresh<br />
water per day.More than 3 000 AUMA<br />
actuators are responsible for trouble-free<br />
operation.<br />
Al Taweelah B
Multi-turn actuators SA 10.1 with<br />
integral controls AUMA MATIC<br />
Quick reaction. Networkable.<br />
Requested worldwide.<br />
Long distances mean long response times.<br />
The newly designed programmable motor<br />
controls AUMA MATIC are directly attached<br />
to the new multi-turn actuators SA<br />
07.1 – SA 16.1. The actuator not only<br />
reacts quickly to the commands but is very<br />
flexible and can easily be integrated into<br />
the process control system or field bus<br />
system.<br />
Modern electronics offer possibilities which<br />
one would not have dreamed of a few<br />
years ago! Functions which before had to<br />
be integrated extensively into the centralized<br />
control station are now taken over by<br />
integral actuator controls.<br />
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NEW LOCATIONS, NEW PRODUCTS, NEW PROJECTS<br />
On expansion.<br />
AUMA Germany hires the three<br />
hundredth employee. Additionally sales<br />
force in Germany is expanded.<br />
Service for customers.<br />
A new and large service center is<br />
established in cologne for commissioning,<br />
maintenance and service. Here customer<br />
service is organized throughout Germany.<br />
Service car with integral workshop<br />
Plant II.<br />
A adjacent facility of 2 800 square<br />
meters with production and administration<br />
buildings is bought on line in Muellheim.<br />
Total space is now approx. 7 600 square<br />
meters.<br />
AUMA MATIC assembly at plant II
At AUMA you can learn a lot.<br />
Where research and engineering is of<br />
importance, training and education is common.Where<br />
education takes place, you can<br />
build a career.Apprenticeship is offered for<br />
industrial clerks.In 1990 an apprentice<br />
workshop is established for training industrial<br />
mechanics and manufacturing mechanics.<br />
The modern equipped apprentice workshop<br />
at plant Muellheim<br />
Foto : USAF Academy<br />
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NEW LOCATIONS, NEW PRODUCTS, NEW PROJECTS<br />
On the seven seas and<br />
through the desert.<br />
Ships are to a certain extent independent<br />
systems.Actuators play an important role in<br />
these systems.Due to their compact size<br />
and their low weight AUMA part-turn<br />
actuators SG 04.2 – SG 10.2 are the first<br />
electric valve actuators which succeeded in<br />
seafaring.<br />
Part-turn actuator SG 04.2<br />
in marine version mounted<br />
butterfly valve<br />
But even, where water is precious,<br />
AUMA actuators are in use –<br />
e.g. at the Riyadh Water Transmission<br />
Pipeline from the desalination plant in Al<br />
Jubayl to Riyadh on the Arabian peninsula.<br />
With the support of 6 pumping stations<br />
350 000 m³ water is transported daily over<br />
466 km through two pipelines, each with<br />
a diameter of 1 500 mm. AUMA has<br />
become established worldwide in its tradtional<br />
domain, the water and waste water<br />
industry.<br />
400 employees.<br />
Continued growth.<br />
The four hundredth employee in Germany<br />
is hired. The ‘garage company’ has developed<br />
in less than 30 years to a considerable<br />
medium-sized company.<br />
Winding of electronically commutated motors<br />
at plant Ostfildern
AUMA restructures internally<br />
and externally.<br />
In 1993 not only is the type of company<br />
changed from a Limited Partnership to a<br />
Limited Partnership with Limited Company<br />
as General Partner, but externally something<br />
is being done: new office buildings<br />
and a container hall at Muellheim, total<br />
renovation of the apprentices’ workshop<br />
and new motor production at Nellingen.<br />
Last but not least, a new AUMA Service<br />
Center is established in Magdeburg. It was<br />
developed from the Magdeburger Valve<br />
Company. Its main focus is on the subsequent<br />
modernization and automation of<br />
sluice valve and controlling devices in old<br />
plants with new actuators.<br />
Whatever is going on in and around<br />
AUMA can now be found in the company<br />
magazine ‘AUMA aktuell’, especially issued<br />
for employees.<br />
Electricity for Indonesia.<br />
The graving economy and the rising<br />
standard of living of the ‘Tiger States’<br />
increased the need for electric energy.<br />
Therefore it is not surprising that in this<br />
part of the world there are a number of<br />
power plant projects. One example: Paiton<br />
I and II in Indonesia, a gas and steam<br />
power plant with 2 x 400 MW power.<br />
AUMA supplies the actuators with integral<br />
controls. Also in 1997/98 for two new<br />
blocks, each with 610 MW power, are<br />
equipped with approx. 170 AUMA multi-turn<br />
actuators with integral controls.<br />
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WITH NEW STRUCTURES INTO <strong>THE</strong> NEXT MILLENNIUM<br />
Convincing quality – The year<br />
of the innovations.<br />
All AUMA locations in Germany are certified<br />
according to ISO 9001, because quality<br />
is the key to our success. Several new<br />
actuator ranges are started according to<br />
this high level of quality.<br />
New technologies –<br />
new actuators.<br />
Especially worth mentioning are the new<br />
part-turn actuators AS 6 – AS 50. This<br />
range is distinguished by<br />
a high total efficiency<br />
and in the<br />
version<br />
ASR by<br />
excellent<br />
control<br />
features.<br />
Part-turn actuator AS 6 with integral<br />
controls AUMA VARIOMATIC<br />
Paint booth at plant Muellheim<br />
To create and preserve<br />
values.<br />
Actuators often operate under difficult<br />
conditions. Heat, cold, water and aggressive<br />
media affect the components and<br />
housing. High quality corrosion protection<br />
and the high class of enclosure provide<br />
trouble-free operation and long lifetime<br />
for AUMA actuators. This is an investment<br />
that is worthwhile.
Strong teams.<br />
To work on the assembly line? Not<br />
at AUMA. Small groups at partner work<br />
places take over the assembly jobs including<br />
quality control and therefore assume<br />
responsibility for their work. Together with<br />
the Fraunhofer Institut for work organization<br />
(FAO), the work places are designed in<br />
a way that increase both product quality<br />
and productivity.<br />
Improvements of the working system are<br />
achieved in groups<br />
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WITH NEW STRUCTURES INTO <strong>THE</strong> NEXT MILLENNIUM<br />
To be flexible and to remain<br />
flexible.<br />
Fixed working hours, but quick reaction<br />
according to the order situation? That<br />
does not fit together. Flexible working<br />
hours in manufacturing and administration<br />
enable timely handling of customer orders<br />
and quotations. A large flexible time frame<br />
does not only offer more independence for<br />
employees but it also makes production<br />
active and mobile, as todays’ market<br />
demands.<br />
AUMA – at the threshold of a<br />
new millennium.<br />
Since its foundation in 1964 AUMA was<br />
able to increase its turnover continuously.<br />
Today, worldwide turnover is more than<br />
180 million DM or measured in the new<br />
currency: 90 million EURO. This turnover is<br />
accomplished by approx. 700 employees<br />
worldwide. The most important foreign<br />
markets are North America, Central Europe<br />
and the Asian Pacific room.
Valves and AUMA –<br />
no substitution in sight.<br />
Even the old Romans could not manage<br />
without valves: For centuries valves have<br />
been manufactured and used – this will<br />
remain in the future. AUMA will therefore<br />
concentrate on maintaining its lead by<br />
improving its products further.<br />
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MODERN TECHNOLOGY, RELIABLE TECHNOLOGY. <strong>THE</strong> A<br />
From electro mechanical<br />
actuators to microcontrollers.<br />
When the first AUMA electric actuators<br />
came onto the market, more than 98 % of<br />
all valves were operated manually. This is<br />
still the fact for more than half of all sites –<br />
although AUMA has made an essential<br />
contribution in more than three decades of<br />
its existence by pushing ahead the automation<br />
of valves with electric actuators.<br />
Product development at AUMA shows<br />
constant changes from actuators mainly<br />
consisting of mechanical parts to microcontrolled<br />
actuators with a high level of<br />
electronics.<br />
After the first century, the so called ‘Pioneer<br />
years’, the first actuator with integral<br />
motor controls, the AUMA COMPACT<br />
range, was introduced in 1976. 10 years<br />
later, in 1986, finally the electronics moved<br />
in: The programmable motor controls<br />
AUMA MATIC were the first step to ‘intelligent’<br />
microcontrolled actuators, which<br />
was introduced in 1997.<br />
The development of<br />
AUMA actuators<br />
1965 Multi-turn actuators SA 2,5 – SA 16:<br />
– Predecessor of the type range SA 8 –<br />
SA 18.<br />
1967 Multi-turn actuators SA 4 – SA 70:<br />
– first complete type range<br />
– design adaption to the valve attachment<br />
standard DIN 3210 at its introduction<br />
1976 Multi-turn actuators SA 6 – SA 100:<br />
– in the version COMPACT with integral<br />
motor controls<br />
1979 Linear thrust units AS 6 – AS 100<br />
– in connection with a multi-turn actuator<br />
SA 6 – SA 100 a linear actuator is<br />
developed.<br />
1983 Part-turn actuators SG 05 – SG 12:<br />
– technical and economical solutions for<br />
part-turn valves<br />
1986 Multi-turn actuators SA 07.1 – SA 48.1:<br />
– with programmable motor controls<br />
AUMA MATIC<br />
1989 Linear thrust units LE 12.1 – LE 200.1:<br />
– suitable for the SA 07.1 – 48.1 multi-turn<br />
actuators<br />
1990 Part-turn actuators SG 04.2 – SG 10.2 in<br />
marine version:<br />
– used on ships, e.g. frigates and<br />
submarines of the navy<br />
1993 Part-turn actuator type range AS6–AS50:<br />
– new motor and gearing technology<br />
PROFIBUS-FMS-interface:<br />
– first fieldbus interface for AUMA<br />
actuators<br />
– further fieldbus interfaces in the<br />
following years<br />
1997 AUMA MATIC MC:<br />
– first actuator controls for parallel<br />
controlling with microcontroller<br />
– high functionality<br />
– internal registration of operating data<br />
1998 Part-turn actuators SG 5.1 – SG 12.1:<br />
– further improvements of the reliable<br />
concept<br />
1964 - 19<br />
PROFIBUS-DP interface:<br />
– large functionality, various programming<br />
possibilities<br />
Modulating actuators<br />
SARV 07.1 – SARV 10.1:<br />
– with variable speed, electronically commutated<br />
motor
MA-ACTUATORS<br />
The development of<br />
AUMA valve gearboxes<br />
Valve gearboxes are used<br />
– for the multiplication of torques<br />
– to reverse the valve shaft<br />
– for space reasons or for easy access to the<br />
actuator<br />
– to transform the type of movement, e.g. from a<br />
rotation to a swivel movement<br />
1967 Worm gearboxes GS 00 – GS 7<br />
1968 Lever gearboxes GSF 00 – GSF 3<br />
1968 Bevel gearboxes GK 12 – GK 400<br />
1970 Spur gearboxes GST 12 – GST 1600<br />
1979 Worm gearboxes GS 32 – GS 125<br />
replace the previous type range<br />
1980 Expansion of the worm gearbox type<br />
range by the sizes GS 160 – GS 500<br />
New bevel gearbox type range<br />
GK 10 – GK 35<br />
1983 Worm gearboxes GS 40.2 – GS 125.2<br />
1984 New lever gearboxes type GF 40.2 –<br />
GF 125.2<br />
1989 Spur gearboxes GST 10.1 – GST 40.1<br />
replace the previous type range<br />
1990 New bevel gearbox generation<br />
GK 10.2 – GK 40.2<br />
Reversing gearbox GW 14.1<br />
1992 Part-turn gearboxes with ellipto-centric<br />
gearing GHE 04.1 – GHE 12.1 marine<br />
version<br />
1994 Worm gearboxes<br />
GS 40.3 – GS 125.3<br />
1996 Lever gearboxes GFM 50.3 – GFM 125.3<br />
Valve position indicator WSG 90.1 and<br />
WGD 90.1<br />
Position indicator and remote position<br />
indicator for manually operated valves<br />
WSH 10.1 – WSH 16.1<br />
99<br />
1998 Revision of the large worm gearboxes<br />
GS 160.3 – GS 250.3<br />
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MODERN TECHNOLOGY, RELIABLE TECHNOLOGY. <strong>THE</strong> A<br />
Multi-turn actuators<br />
Actuators form the interface between process<br />
controls and the MOV’s.The automation<br />
of industrial plants would not be possible<br />
without them.Depending on the type<br />
of valve, different types of movement are<br />
required for operation.This means that a<br />
leading actuator manufacturer must carry<br />
multi-turn, part-turn and linear actuators<br />
within his product range.<br />
Multi-turn actuators<br />
SA 07.1 – SA 48.1<br />
Multi-turn actuators are used e.g. for the<br />
automation of gate valves or globe valves.<br />
They are the most universal products within<br />
the AUMA family.Whether for OPEN-<br />
CLOSE duty (SA) or for modulating duty<br />
(SAR) or for use in explosive areas (SAEx or<br />
SAREx) – a number of version are available.<br />
With torques from 10 Nm to 32 000 Nm<br />
they cover a wider range than any other<br />
actuator brand.In combination with a<br />
worm gearbox or a linear thrust unit, a multi-turn<br />
actuator turns into a part-turn or<br />
linear actuator.<br />
Part-turn actuators<br />
Part-turn actuators SG 05.1 – SG 12.1<br />
Often part-turn actuators SG are the<br />
optimal solution for the automation<br />
of butterfly valves and ball valves.<br />
Torques from 90 Nm to 1 200 Nm<br />
and operating times between<br />
4 s and 180 s offer<br />
the engineer many possibilities.<br />
An explosion-proof<br />
version is also available.<br />
Part-turn actuators<br />
AS 3 – AS 50<br />
The part-turn actuators AS represent the<br />
future of actuator technology. They are as<br />
compact as never before, due to a new<br />
motor technology in actuator design and<br />
the patented ellipto-centric gearing. A<br />
patented free of backlash torque analysor<br />
enables a continuous torque sensing. The<br />
version ASR is ideal for modulating applications<br />
and can hardly be outdone in<br />
modulating accuracy and lifetime. A version<br />
for OPEN-CLOSE duty is also available.The<br />
new variable speed motor allows<br />
large flexibility depending on the application.The<br />
range covers torques from 25 Nm<br />
to 500 Nm and operating times from 4 s<br />
to 90 s.<br />
1964 - 19
MA-ACTUATORS<br />
Actuator controls<br />
The basic idea of the integral actuator controls<br />
– to reduce planning, installation and<br />
commissiong costs – is still existing. As a<br />
result many customers have been convinced<br />
by the economical advantages. Therefore<br />
the number of actuators with integral<br />
controls sold grows continuously. The use<br />
of electronics in the actuator technology<br />
opens new possibilities. Integral positioners,<br />
process controllers and registration of<br />
operating data are only a few of the<br />
advantages. AUMA not only offers extensive<br />
possibilities at the interface to the<br />
MOV, but also the integration of the<br />
actuator to a process control system – the<br />
fieldbus interface.<br />
AUMA MATIC<br />
AUMA MATIC are the controls<br />
for actuators with conventional<br />
3-phase motor or 1-phase<br />
motor, e.g. the multi-turn<br />
actuators SA or the part-turn<br />
actuators SG.<br />
AUMA VARIOMATIC<br />
AUMA VARIOMATIC is supplied with<br />
power electronics for the new, variable<br />
speed motors, as they are<br />
used in the part-turn actuators<br />
AS or the modulating<br />
actuators SARV.<br />
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AUMA NEAR YOU: FACTORIES AND BRANCHES<br />
Special features: sometime not obvious at<br />
first glance. Even if it sounds a little amazing:<br />
the really special feature of AUMA<br />
actuators is that you hardly notice them.<br />
Worldwide approximately 700 employees<br />
work in design, production, sales and service<br />
ensuring that our actuators, controls<br />
and gearboxes work reliably, robustly and<br />
safely. Modern equipment with computer<br />
controlled machines as well as high eduction<br />
standards and the motivation of<br />
employees contribute to our success.<br />
At the begin of the Seventies space<br />
became scarce at the plant in Ostfildern.<br />
Expansion was not possible.<br />
Muellheim offered a good infrastructure<br />
and it was decided to move the company<br />
including the management to the southwestern<br />
town close to the Swiss and<br />
French border – not least because of the<br />
picturesque vicinity.<br />
In the meantime approx. 300 employees<br />
work in both plants in which the multiturn<br />
actuators SA, the actuator controls<br />
AUMA MATIC and the gearbox type range<br />
GK and GST are manufactured – annually<br />
approx. 60 000 units.<br />
Muellheim is where the central sales organisation<br />
is situated. This is where the engineering<br />
and type testing department are<br />
constantly working on the improvement of<br />
all products.<br />
Factory Muellheim Headquarters since 1972<br />
Plant Muellheim (Baden)
Parent firm at Ostfildern (Nellingen)<br />
AUMA still uses the term ‘plant Nellingen’,<br />
although politically the town of Nellingen<br />
has merged to the community Ostfildern.<br />
To be consistent, the official term for the<br />
location is therefore ‘plant Ostfildern’.<br />
Today Ostfildern has nothing to do at all<br />
with the origin of the ‘garage company’ in<br />
1964. 100 employees manufacture the<br />
part-turn actuator ranges SG and AS – in<br />
total approx. 20 000 items per year – and<br />
the integral controls AUMA VARIOMATIC.<br />
The electronically commutated motors are<br />
also manufactured in the modern production<br />
plant Ostfildern.<br />
Factory Ostfildern The origin<br />
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AUMA NEAR YOU: FACTORIES AND BRANCHES<br />
Service-Center<br />
Service-Center Cologne.<br />
The Rheinland is well known for its center<br />
of industry. Therefore it is obvious to offer<br />
service for AUMA customers situated<br />
nearby. That is why the Service Center<br />
Cologne was founded in 1986. 40 employees<br />
offer an extensive service package<br />
from telephone advice to commissioning<br />
and maintenance up to product training.<br />
Service-Center Cologne<br />
Service-Center Magdeburg.<br />
Valves are often still in working order even<br />
after decades of operation. The corresponding<br />
actuator technology is then<br />
hopelessly outdated. The automation and<br />
modernization of existing valves by supplying<br />
the newest actuator technology is a<br />
main topic in many industrial plants. This is<br />
where the Service Center Magdeburg,<br />
founded in 1993, has its main focus on. 20<br />
employees intensively look after the matters.<br />
Service-Center Magdeburg<br />
AUMA worldwide<br />
Germany<br />
WERNER RIESTER<br />
GmbH & Co. KG<br />
Factory Mllheim<br />
P.O.Box 1362<br />
Tel +49 (0) 7631 809-0<br />
Fax +49 (0) 7631 13218<br />
e-mail riester@auma.com<br />
Factory Ostfildern-Nellingen<br />
P.O.Box 1151<br />
Tel +49 (0)711 / 3 48 03-0<br />
Fax +49 (0)711 / 3 48 03-34<br />
e-mail riester@wof.auma.com<br />
Service-Centre Cologne<br />
Mathias-Brggen-Str.164<br />
Tel +49 (0)221 / 5 97 72-0<br />
Fax +49 (0)221 / 5 97 72-19<br />
e-mail riester@sck.auma.com<br />
Service-Centre Magdeburg<br />
Am Stadtberg 1<br />
Tel +49 (0) 39 204 / 7 59 0<br />
Fax +49 (0) 39 204 / 7 59 19<br />
e-mail riester@scm.auma.com<br />
Service-Center Bavaria<br />
Robert-Bosch-Strasse 14<br />
Tel +49 (0) 89 329885-0<br />
Fax +49 (0) 89 329885-18<br />
e-mail riester@scb.auma.com<br />
North Office<br />
Ship building sector<br />
Tel +49 (0) 40 / 79 14 02 85<br />
Fax +49 (0) 40 / 79 14 02 86<br />
e-mail DierksS@auma.com<br />
North Office<br />
Tel +49 (0) 51 67 / 5 04<br />
Fax +49 (0) 51 67 / 5 65<br />
e-mail HandwerkerE@auma.com<br />
West Office<br />
Tel +49 (0) 2339 / 92120<br />
Fax +49 (0) 2339 / 921215<br />
e-mail SpoedeK@auma.com<br />
South-West Office<br />
Tel +49 (0) 6201/ 373149<br />
Fax +49 (0) 6201/ 373150<br />
e-mail WagnerD@auma.com<br />
Baden Office<br />
Tel +49 (0) 7631 / 809193<br />
Fax +49 (0) 7631 / 809294<br />
e-mail Hensel R@auma.com<br />
Wrttemberg Office<br />
Tel +49 (0) 711 / 3480380<br />
Fax +49 (0) 711 / 3480381<br />
e-mail KoeglerS@auma.com<br />
Bavaria Office<br />
Tel +49 (0) 94 05 / 94 10 24<br />
Fax +49 (0) 94 05 / 94 10 25<br />
e-mail JochumM@auma.com<br />
East Office<br />
Tel +49 (0) 39204 / 75980<br />
Fax +49 (0) 39204 / 75989<br />
e-mail ZanderC@auma.com<br />
Europe<br />
AUMA Armaturenantriebe<br />
Gesellschaft m.b.H<br />
Tel +43 2252 / 82540<br />
Fax +43 2252 / 8254050<br />
e-mail office@auma.at<br />
AUMA (Schweiz) AG<br />
Tel +41 566 400945<br />
Fax +41 566 400948<br />
e-mail RettichP.ch@auma.com<br />
AUMA Servopohony<br />
Tel +42 0270 4125<br />
Fax +42 0270 4125<br />
e-mail auma-s@auma.cz<br />
AUMA France<br />
Tel +33 1 39327272<br />
Fax +33 1 39321755<br />
e-mail servocom@auma.fr<br />
OY AUMATOR AB<br />
Tel +35 895 84022<br />
Fax +35 895 8402300<br />
e-mail aumator@aumator.inet.fi<br />
AUMA ACTUATORS Ltd<br />
Tel +44 1275 871141<br />
Fax +44 1275 875492<br />
e-mail auma@auma.co.u<br />
AUMA ITALIANA s.r.l.<br />
Tel +39 02 9317911<br />
Fax +39 02 9374387<br />
e-mail info@auma.it<br />
AUMA BENELUX B.V.<br />
Tel +31 7158 14040<br />
Fax +31 7158 14049<br />
e-mail office@benelux.auma.com<br />
AUMA Polska SP. zo . o<br />
Tel +48 32 2505412<br />
Fax +48 32 2509518<br />
e-mail R.Ludzien@auma.com.pl<br />
AUMA Moscow<br />
Representative Office<br />
Tel +7 095 973 29 43<br />
Fax +7 095 973 35 28<br />
e-mail georgeip@aha.ru<br />
GRNBECH & SNNER<br />
Tel +45 3326 6300<br />
Fax +45 3326 6301<br />
e-mail gs@groenbech-sons.dk<br />
IBEROPLAN S.A.<br />
Tel +34 91 3717130<br />
Fax +34 91 7427126<br />
e-mail iberoplan@iberoplan.com<br />
D. G. Bellos & Co. O.E.<br />
Tel +30 1 5223848<br />
Fax +30 1 5232246<br />
e-mail dgb@eexi.gr<br />
SIGURD SRUM A.S.<br />
Tel +47 6757 2600<br />
Fax +47 6757 2610<br />
e-mail tom.grostad@sigurd-sorum.no
INDUSTRA Lda.<br />
Tel +351 2 19 10 95 00<br />
Fax +351 2 19 10 95 95<br />
e-mail industra@mail.telepac.pt<br />
ERICHS ARMATUR AB<br />
Tel +46 40 311550<br />
Fax +46 40 945515<br />
e-mail info@erichsarmatur.se<br />
MEGA ENDSTRI KONTROL<br />
Tel +90 312 4780813<br />
Fax +90 312 4780831<br />
e-mail megaltd@turk.net<br />
Africa<br />
AUMA South Africa (Pty) Ltd.<br />
Tel +271 1363 2880<br />
Fax +271 1818 5248<br />
e-mail auma-sa@cis.co.za<br />
A.T.E.C.<br />
Tel +20 2 3599680<br />
Fax +20 2 3590861<br />
e-mail ATEC@INTOUCH.com<br />
Asia<br />
AUMA (INDIA) Ltd.<br />
Tel +91 808 394655<br />
Fax +91 808 392809<br />
e-mail aumabng@bgl.vsnl.net.in<br />
AUMA JAPAN Co., Ltd.<br />
Tel +81 47 302 95 51<br />
Fax +81 47 302 95 55<br />
e-mail auma.jp@oregano.ocn.ne.jp<br />
AUMA Beijing<br />
Representative Office<br />
Tel +86 10 62022491<br />
Fax +86 10 62022496<br />
e-mail aumabs@ihw.com.cn<br />
AUMA ACTUATORS<br />
(SINGAPORE) Pte. Ltd.<br />
Tel +65 4 818750<br />
Fax +65 4 818269<br />
e-mail aumasing@mbox5.singnet.com.sg<br />
AUMA Middle East<br />
Representative Office<br />
Tel +971 26 44 92 43<br />
Fax +971 26 44 85 61<br />
e-mail auma@emirates.net.ae<br />
PERFECT CONTROLS Ltd.<br />
Tel +852 24 937726<br />
Fax +852 24 163763<br />
e-mail pcltd@netvigator.com<br />
AL-ARFAJ Eng. Company<br />
W.L.L.<br />
Tel +965 4817448<br />
Fax +965 4817442<br />
e-mail arfa@ncc.moc.kw<br />
BEHZAD Trading<br />
Tel +974 433236<br />
Fax +974 433237<br />
e-mail BehzadTrading@auma.com<br />
K. Y. CONTROLS Ltd.<br />
Tel +886 2273 33530<br />
Fax +886 2273 65526<br />
e-mail kycl3530@ms6.hinet.net<br />
DONG WOO Valve Control<br />
Co. Ltd.<br />
Tel +82 2761 6233<br />
Fax +82 2761 1278<br />
e-mail dw7994@users.unitel.co.kr<br />
Sunny Valves and<br />
Intertrade Corp. Ltd.<br />
Tel +66 22 40 06 56<br />
Fax +66 22 40 10 95<br />
e-mail swvong@mozart.inet.co.th<br />
Australia<br />
BARRON GJM Pty. Ltd.<br />
Tel +612 94 36 10 88<br />
Fax +612 94 39 34 13<br />
e-mail info@barron.com.au<br />
North- and<br />
South America<br />
AUMA ACTUATORS INC.<br />
Tel +1 412 7871340<br />
Fax +1 412 7871223<br />
e-mail mailbox@auma-usa.com<br />
ASVOTEC Termoindustrial<br />
Ltda.<br />
Tel +55 11 5505 0404<br />
Fax +55 11 5505 2577<br />
e-mail adm@asvotec.com.br<br />
TROY-ONTOR Inc.<br />
Tel +1 705 721-5851<br />
Fax +1 705 721 5851<br />
e-mail troy-ontor@troy-ontor.ca<br />
Ferrostaal de Colombia Ltda.<br />
Tel +57 14 01 13 29<br />
Fax +57 14131806<br />
e-mail dorian_hernandez@ferrostaal.com<br />
ATAGESA S.A.<br />
Tel +59 34884046<br />
Fax +59 34884048<br />
e-mail atagesa@yahoo.de<br />
IESS de Mexico S.A.<br />
Tel +52 55 561701<br />
Fax +52 53563337<br />
e-mail iessmex@cmic.org<br />
Galcor del Norte SA de CV<br />
Tel +52 83 48 01 02<br />
Fax +52 83 33 28 85<br />
e-mail angel.galvan@galcor.com<br />
Multi-Valve Latin America S.A.<br />
Tel +51 12 22 13 13<br />
Fax +51 12 22 18 80<br />
e-mail multivalve@tsi.com.pe<br />
PASSCO Inc.<br />
Tel +18 09 78 77 20 87 85<br />
Fax +18 09 78 77 31 72 77<br />
e-mail passco@prtc.net<br />
LOOP S.A.<br />
Tel +54 11 43 31 32 06<br />
Fax +54 11 43 31 32 06<br />
e-mail loop@datamarkets.com.ar<br />
DIN INSTRUMENTO Ind. Ltda.<br />
Tel +562 2050100<br />
Fax +562 2258139<br />
e-mail valvulas@dininstrumentos.cl<br />
Suplibarca<br />
Tel +58 61 55 56 67<br />
Fax +58 61 53 22 59<br />
e-mail suplibarca@iamnet.com<br />
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WERNER RIESTER GmbH & Co. KG<br />
Armaturen- und Maschinenantriebe<br />
P.O. Box 1362 D - 79373 Müllheim<br />
Tel 07631/809-0 Fax 07631/13218<br />
e-mail riester@auma.com<br />
www.auma.com<br />
WERNER RIESTER GmbH & Co. KG<br />
Armaturen- und Maschinenantriebe<br />
P.O. Box 1151 D - 73747 Ostfildern<br />
Tel 0711/34803-0 Fax 0711/34803-34<br />
e-mail riester@wof.auma.com<br />
WERNER RIESTER GmbH & Co. KG<br />
Service-Centre Köln<br />
Mat.-Brüggen-Str. 146 D-50829 Cologne<br />
Tel 0221/59772-0 Fax 0221/59772-19<br />
e-mail riester@sck.auma.com<br />
WERNER RIESTER GmbH & Co. KG<br />
Service-Centre Magdeburg<br />
Am Stadtberg 1 D-39167 Niederndodeleben<br />
Tel 039204/759-0 Fax 039204/759-19<br />
e-mail riester@scm.auma.com<br />
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