Essex Fluid Controls originated the Thermal Shut-Off Ball Valve. Designed and manufactured to strict Factory Mutual compliance, our actuators will shut, open, or be activated to the valve’s last position.

We always have your safety and that of your personnel and facility in mind. Our Ball Valve’s sole purpose is to provide reliable, always ready, anti-fire propagation.

Our systems shut down lines that carry flammable or toxic fluids to avoid spreading this danger throughout your facility or open evacuation lines for the fluids to safely escape to secondary dumps.

Essex Fluid Controls designs and manufactures actuators for a variety of Butterfly Valves that instantly react to heat, smoke or gas sensors and shut-off valves automatically or remote-electrically.

We always have your safety and that of your personnel and facility in mind. Our Butterfly Valve’s sole purpose is to provide reliable, always ready, anti-fire propagation.

Our systems shut down lines that carry flammable or toxic fluids to avoid spreading this danger throughout your facility or open evacuation lines for the fluids to safely escape to secondary dumps.

Essex Fluid Controls now offers the Essex Watchdog® fusible link actuator for use with 3-Way Multi-Port valves. In a fire or other emergency, our system will shut-off and vent the air supply to a pneumatic spring return actuator allowing it to close larger fire-safe valves.

We always have your safety and that of your personnel and facility in mind. Our 3-Way Valve’s sole purpose is to provide reliable, always ready, anti-fire propagation.

Our systems shut down lines that carry flammable or toxic fluids to avoid spreading this danger throughout your facility or open evacuation lines for the fluids to safely escape to secondary dumps.

Essex Fluid Controls designs and manufactures FM Approved actuators that can be installed on your custom-designed valve.* The actuator will retain its FM Approval and can be purchased as an accessory that instantly react to heat, smoke or gas sensors and shut-off valves automatically or remote- electrically.

We always have your safety and that of your personnel and facility in mind. Our Butterfly Valve’s sole purpose is to provide reliable, always ready, anti-fire propagation. for the fluids to safely escape to secondary dumps.

Our systems shut down lines that carry flammable or toxic fluids to avoid spreading this danger throughout your facility or open evacuation lines for the fluids to safely escape to secondary dumps.