Valve Actuator

The task of the Master’s Thesis is to determine which criterion's the different markets have on a valve actuator, which values the new valve actuator should express to be appealing and which functional attributes that have to be included in the product to make it successful. The new valve actuator should bring something new and modern into the valve actuator product range,

THIS REPORT concerns a Master’s Thesis written at the Industrial Design Engineering Master’s program at Chalmers University of Technology in the fall of 2010. The Master’s Thesis is made in collaboration with Regin AB, a company specialized in building automation.

THE PURPOSE of the Master’s Thesis was to develop a valve actuator. The focus was to design the product in terms of expression and functionality. The project resulted in a realizable product that fitted the Regin product range.

THE PROCESS started with research of valve actuator as well as interview with representatives from the Regin Company. This research resulted in a requirement list that supported the design process and that helped in making a satisfying final solution. Working with various methods and aids for development led to a number of partial solutions to the problem, which was turned into three concepts. The concepts were presented to a group of experts at Regin AB, and in cooperation with that group, the best partial solutions of the concepts where combined to a framework for the final product design.

THE RESULT of the Master’s Thesis is a Catia V5 Cad model showing the shape and sized of the different product parts assembled into a complete product solution that meets the requirements stated in the Thesis.