Our products
Liquids and gases flow through every industrial process and into every modern home. The hardware devices used to control flow have remained fundamentally unchanged for decades, and in some cases, centuries. Actuation Lab is developing its first two products to rid the world’s pipework of these energy sapping, high maintenance, outdated devices.
Callimorph^Actuator
Actuation Lab’s Callimorph Actuator takes the nuts and bolts and springs and shafts of the traditional actuator and replaces them with just a single moving part which is built from corrosion-free composite materials. We are first applying the Callimorph Actuator to operate valves in extreme conditions, working towards relieving the £368 million maintenance backlog of corroded and worn valve actuators in the UK energy industry, and reducing maintenance burdens worldwide.

Dragonfly^Valve
The use of hydrogen has the potential to eliminate over half the UK’s carbon emissions. However, hydrogen is the smallest element and can escape through microscopic openings and worn seals. Without innovation in UK gas infrastructure, 75,000 tonnes of hydrogen could be lost annually. This is £200 million of lost product and equivalent to 372,000 tonnes of CO2. This is where the Dragonfly Valve comes in.

Latest News
- 27.01.23
Our administrator Gaëlle Henriet has had a varied career over the past 10 years, wearing various hats as a translator, a crochet tutor, and an admin assistant. She is now [...]
- 06.01.23
Another key hire to the Actuation Lab Engineering team – welcome Ryan Vickers-Rendall! Here we have CEO Simon Bates handing over one of our fresh-off-the-press Actuation Lab lanyards in front [...]
- 20.12.22
Developer of origami-inspired industrial hardware, Actuation Lab, has secured financial backing from respected hard-tech and climate-tech investors to develop hardware that will prevent catastrophic gas leakage and allow the safe [...]