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...<strong>FROM</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>VERY</strong><br />

<strong>BEGINNING</strong>!


2<br />

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 />

3


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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8<br />

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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10<br />

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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12<br />

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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16<br />

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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18<br />

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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20<br />

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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22<br />

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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24<br />

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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26<br />

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 />

99<br />

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28<br />

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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30<br />

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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