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AQ RANGE

 

This new AQ range guarantees  the essential  functions required to operate a valve or a damper in moderate environmental and operational constraints. These new products are even more close to standard actuation needs than the former First BC generation.

Technical description

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

TORQUE RANGE:

  •          torque range from 50 to 800 Nm (direct quarter-turn)

  •          Up to 200 000 Nm on request

TYPE OF CONTROLS:

  •          Electromechanical SWITCH

  •          Integrated LOGIC - New Version (v2)

BC DUTY & MODULATING CLASSIFICATION:

  •          On-Off: Class A

  •          Inching / Positioning : Class B

  •          Modulating : Class III

ENVIRONMENT: IP 68 / C4 / T: -20°C ...+60°C (-40°C AS AN OPTION)

PRODUCT BENEFITS

COMPACT & OPTIMIZED DESIGN

  •          Super compact design, including integrated controls

  •          Product architecture & torque range adapted to customers’ requirements

  •          Multi-voltage & multi-frequency products (AQ3L& AQ7L): suitable whatever your location on the globe

  •          Short delivery time

RELIABLE DESIGN

  •          BERNARD CONTROLS design methodology built-up on the nuclear market highly demanding requirements

  •          80+ years of continuous experience and BERNARD CONTROLS inventor of the compact quarter-turn electric actuator

  •          Heavy duty design : full aluminium enclosure protected by powder coating Black & Champagne, IP68, low temperature option

  •          100% of products tested with automatic process before delivery

  •          S4 Motor Service Duty on all models

  •          Suitable for modulating applications (BC Class III complying with EN15714-2 Class C)

EASY TO USE

  •          Easy commissioning: pre-wired version (1-phase only), set up of travel limitation system with a standard screwdriver…

  •          Large LCD display on LOGIC version for user-friendly commissioning and local command. Easily orientable (4-way direction) in few clicks

  •          Declutch-free manual override: essential for quick intervention on site

  •          BC APP: Bernard Controls new mobile application for setting, operating, troubleshooting and easy access to documentation

INTEGRATED CONTROLS (LOGIC VERSION)

  •          Turn-key, time & cost-saving solution

  •          User-friendly & intuitive

  •          Non-intrusive setting for enhanced safety and reliability

  •          Compatible with common fieldbus protocols: Modbus RTU, Profibus DPV1.

  •          Bluetooth communication (as standard) to communicate with Bernard Controls’ BC App