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Sofis valve operation Sofis valve operation
  • Home
  • Products
    • Smith interlocks
    • Netherlocks interlocks
    • Ellis interlocks
    • Key Management System
    • EasiDrive portable actuator
    • Power Wrench portable actuator
    • FlexiDrive remote operator
    • VPI position indicator
    • SiLoC silo loading & unloading
  • Services
  • Solutions
    • Enforce safe valve operation
    • Monitor manual valve positions
    • Operate manual valves quickly
    • Operate manual valves remotely
    • Ensure integrity of critical safety systems
    • Ensure operational efficiency
    • Mitigate effects of human error
  • Applications
  • Industries
  • Customer stories
  • About us
    • Sustainability
    • Certification
    • Sofis: The safest choice
    • Our heritage
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    • Internships
  • News
    • Download brochures & application notes
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Jun 24
Semiconductor production facility

Sofis helps semiconductor fabrication plant overcome access issues in their airflow system

In high-tech manufacturing, even the smallest components can be crucial in ensuring optimal performance and productivity. A semiconductor fabrication plant faced a significant challenge with the dampers in their airflow system, installed at heights with limited access. Regular adjustments to these dampers were necessary to control flow rates, but conventional... read more →
  • 24 June 2024
  • Customer stories, News, Remote manual valve operation
Jun 11
CO2 protection system for fire extinguisher

Wholesaler of organic foods ensures employee safety from CO2 asphyxiation

A leading wholesaler of organic foods, natural personal care products, and sustainable non-food items, took significant steps to enhance the safety of their employees working in their automated sorting center. Faced with safety challenges with their CO2 fire extinction system, the company implemented an innovative Sofis solution to prevent personnel... read more →
  • 11 June 2024
  • Customer stories, Safe valve operation
May 22
Compromised key management system

The impact of captive key management on process safety

Valve interlocks, or captive keys, employ locks that prevent the movement of valves and unique keys. Keys will only be released according to a desired valve operating sequence, preventing operators from operating valves incorrectly. The suggested Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD) for captive key systems is 0.01. Other valve... read more →
  • 22 May 2024
  • Safe valve operation
May 15
Covestro industrial facility

Covestro uses FlexiDrive to guarantee safe operation of hard-to-reach gear operated butterfly valves inside a production area

Covestro, a leading manufacturer of polymer materials, has recently decided to install FlexiDrive remote operators to safely operate manual gate valves in one of their production areas. The gate valves can now be comfortably operated from a safe distance, on a single service station. Largest site in Germany Covestro's innovative... read more →
  • 15 May 2024
  • Remote manual valve operation
Jan 25
Sofis safety solutions for the chemical industry

Safety solutions for the chemical industry

Chemical plants manufacture or process chemicals using specialized equipment, units, and technology in the manufacturing process. Other kinds of plants, such as polymer, pharmaceutical, food, and some beverage production facilities, power plants, oil refineries, natural gas processing, and biochemical plants, use many technologies that have similarities to chemical plant technology... read more →
  • 25 January 2024
  • Fast manual valve operation, Safe valve operation, Valve position monitoring
Jan 24
Smith valve interlocks

Valve solutions that lead by example

This article has been issued in "Inside Oil And Gas Magazine": Sofis - Inside Oil & Gas (insideoilandgas.com) Sofis is the leader in creating smart valve solutions, such as mechanical valve interlocks, portable actuators and valve position indicators in combination with specialised services, for the energy, chemical, power and water... read more →
  • 24 January 2024
  • Company, News
Dec 21
INS Vikrant

Sofis FlexiDrive allows remote operation of duct valves onboard INS Vikrant of Indian Navy

Sofis recently supplied FlexiDrive remote valve operators to the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier. 262 meters long and 62 meters wide, it is the largest warship ever built in India’s maritime history. The remote valve operators are part of the ship's HVAC system. This system was supplied... read more →
  • 21 December 2023
  • Customer stories, News, Remote manual valve operation
Dec 21
FlexiDrive operator station

Power station chooses FlexiDrive to avoid scaffolding

A power station in The Netherlands, producing electricity for the Dutch high-voltage grid and heat for the city water grid, recently decided to install the FlexiDrive remote operator to operate a hard-to-reach valve from a safe distance. The company was looking for a solution to safely and efficiently operate a... read more →
  • 21 December 2023
  • Customer stories, News, Remote manual valve operation
Nov 28
Self made bracket type valve position indicator

Typical problems with self-made solutions for valve position indicators

Self-made solutions for valve position indicators are often used to determine the open and closed position of a manual multi rotation valve. What are the main problems that customers experience with these types of valve position indicators and what product characteristics would end users in the industry actually prefer? Research... read more →
  • 28 November 2023
  • Valve position monitoring
Nov 14
EcoVadis medal

Recognition for building a greener future!

About a year ago, we started our journey to be the greenest supplier helping to build a greener future. Being in the early stages of our sustainability strategy roll-out, we already made some great first steps. recently, the EcoVadis sustainability platform acknowledged our impact and awarded us a Silver Medal.... read more →
  • 14 November 2023
  • Company, News
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