Valve maintenance and asset management

Reduce risks and ease demanding operations

Valve interlock applications are critical safety products. They guarantee your operators follow the correct steps in a valve operating sequence and follow the right operating procedures. At all times, it is vital that your staff knows how to operate valve interlocks correctly. To ensure their functionality, your interlock systems should also be maintained regularly. Proper valve interlock maintenance includes careful routine inspection, regular cleaning and lubrication of all moving parts.

Sofis has developed a variety of interlock maintenance and training programs. These are aimed to prevent undesirable, costly, and even potentially dangerous consequences, and to help you ensure long term continuity of your valve interlock systems.

The energy & process industry has undergone many changes. Process methods have improved, while process units operate over a longer period of time. For process units to functions properly and safe, valves and valve safety systems need to function as intended at all times. Unreliable valves in emergency situations can cause enormous monetary losses and have devastating consequences for personnel.

Daily valve operations

Critical sequences in valve operation processes can cause significant issues and safety breaches if operated wrongly. Utilize our products to ensure safe and efficient operations and to mitigate the effects of human error.

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Operator inserts key in a valve interlock
Valve interlock

Asset management and maintenance planning

The lifespan of valves and interlocks that are attached to your valves heavily depends on their ability to function as intended. Unreliable valves in emergency situations can cause enormous monetary losses and have devastating consequences for personnel. With the Sofis Asset Integrity & Continuity Program, you ensure long-term operational efficiency of your safety systems.

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Interlock maintenance contract increases process up-time

Sofis partner Zonke Engineering Ltd, adopts a local approach to service support, in line with the Sofis strategy. Within this approach, one of their major customers has been offered a made to measure mechanical valve interlock maintenance contract. This contract offers flexibility and allows minimizing on unplanned maintenance and thus increases process uptime.

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