Kinitics Automation

The KVA38 Actuator can save operators $13M/year by replacing venting pneumatics. 🚀

At the Rose Rock Bridge Showcase in Tulsa, President & CEO Dean Pick presented how our KVA38 Valve Actuator can save major oil & gas operators up to $13 million annually — $10M in OpEx savings and $3M in retained gas revenue.

Built with Shape Memory Alloy technology, the KVA38 is a drop-in replacement for venting pneumatics, offering:

✅ Zero maintenance cycles
✅ Lowest total cost of ownership
✅ True fail-close operation
✅ Seamless integration with existing control systems

Following the pitch, Kinitics Automation was awarded $100,000 from the Rose Rock Bridge program to accelerate our U.S. market expansion — with pilot discussions now underway with key industry partners.

🌐 Learn more at kiniticsautomation.com

How Kinitics’ KVA38 Actuator Saves $13M Annually for Oil & Gas Operators | Rose Rock Bridge 2025 At the Rose Rock Bridge Showcase in Tulsa, Kinitics Automation President & CEO Dean Pick presented how the KVA38 Valve Actuator can transform energy operatio...

What if one upgrade could return over $13 million a year to your bottom line?

That figure isn’t theoretical — it’s from a pro forma case study based on real operator data.

👇 Here’s how it breaks down 👇

💰 $10,000,000/year — Reduced Operational Expenses (OpEX):

Traditional pneumatic systems drain budgets through:

🔧 Constant maintenance
🧊 Cold-weather failures
🚚 Truck rolls and rebuild cycles
⚙️ Infrastructure inefficiencies

Many facilities run hundreds or thousands of pneumatics across separators, booster stations, and production systems. Each one vents methane by design — and demands continuous attention.

Replacing these devices with the all-electric, maintenance-free KVA38 eliminates that burden entirely, creating measurable, recurring OpEx savings.

💰 💨 $3,000,000/year — Methane Kept In-Pipe:

Every pneumatic actuation releases saleable methane.
Across an entire facility, that’s millions in lost product every year.

The KVA38’s zero-bleed design keeps gas where it belongs — in-pipe and flowing to your meter, not into the atmosphere.

💰 🌍 Carbon Credits? Not Included.

The $13M/year estimate excludes potential upside from methane abatement credits, ESG incentives, and carbon reporting improvements. Those are additional financial gains operators can capture depending on region and compliance framework.

One swap. Zero bleed. Zero maintenance. Zero guesswork.

The KVA38 is a direct bolt-on replacement for venting pneumatics — no valve replacement, no process redesign, no instrument air, and no infrastructure overhaul.

✅ Proven through 400+ day endurance tests
❄️ Operates reliably at −40 °C
💥 Certified for Class I, Zone 1 and Zone 2
🇨🇦 Field-deployed across Canadian sites
🇺🇸 Now scaling through Rose Rock Bridge for U.S. rollout

👉 Learn more or request pilot details: KiniticsAutomation.com/KVA38
👉 See the pro forma presentation at the 2025 Rose Rock Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9H1oWz_SnM

“It’s not a leak. It’s by design.”

Across the natural gas sector, pneumatic actuators are quietly venting methane every day — not because they’re broken, but because that’s how they were engineered to function.

And when you multiply that across an entire facility, the cost becomes staggering.

According to Kinitics Automation’s analysis of typical plant configurations:

💸 Up to $10 million/year in wasted operating costs from methane venting
💨 Over $3 million/year in methane that could have stayed in-pipe

Why so high?
Because a single processing facility can have hundreds of pneumatic actuators scattered across well pads, processing trains, compressor stations, heater treaters, and dehydration systems.

❌ Every one of them vents.
❌ Every actuation loses gas.
❌ Every day the losses add up.

✅ The KVA38 stops that on Day 1.

With an all-electric, zero-bleed design, it eliminates methane venting entirely — cutting waste, reducing OpEx, supporting ESG goals, and delivering instant compliance with tightening North American methane regulations.

✅ Zero emissions.
✅ Zero waste.
✅ Zero venting by design.

👉 Learn how the KVA38 eliminates methane venting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9H1oWz_SnM

hashtag

✈️ Kinitics and Boeing: Published in Superplasticity and Superelasticity

We’re proud to announce that our collaboration with Boeing has been featured in the Springer Nature journal Superplasticity and Superelasticity.

Together, we developed a high-torque Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) rotary actuator for aircraft ram air doors — a compact, lightweight, and powerful innovation that demonstrates the real-world potential of SMA technology in aerospace systems.

✅ High work density & torque capability
✅ Simplified mechanical design
✅ Scalable to multiple aerospace applications

This publication marks a major milestone in advancing smart material technology for next-generation aircraft.

📘 Read the journal article: Springer Nature – Superelasticity and Superplasticity: https://rdcu.be/eIyYh

⚡ Read the Kinitics News Release:
https://kiniticsautomation.com/learning-center/kinitics-and-boeing-forge-new-ground-with-high-torque-sma-rotary-actuator-for-ram-air-door/

Kinitics and Boeing Forge New Ground with High-Torque SMA Rotary Actuator for Ram Air Door - Kinitics Automation Limited In a recent article published in Shape Memory and Superelasticity, a novel rotary actuator using shape memory alloy (SMA) technology is presented, developed through a collaboration between Kinitics Automation Limited (Kinitics) and The Boeing Company (Boeing). The actuator is designed for a ram air....

Unlock 100% duty cycle without overheating. 🔥

Most actuators need downtime. The KVA38 doesn’t.

Where solenoids or electric motors stall, overheat, or degrade under continuous load, the KVA38 is engineered for nonstop actuation — delivering smooth, proportional control at a 100% duty cycle with no cooldown required.

That means:
⚡ Continuous operation, even under load
✅ No risk of thermal shutdown
🛠️ Greater reliability in demanding applications
📈 Consistent performance across long duty cycles

For operators, this translates into more uptime, fewer interruptions, and complete confidence that the actuator will keep performing no matter how hard it’s pushed.

👉 Read the full product brief:https://kiniticsautomation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kinitics-KVA38-Brochure-V6A.pdf