Actuating system for a valve

Actuating system for a valve, the actuating system comprising an outer housing adapted for connection to a valve body of the valve, the valve body containing an actuator and a switching spindle, said actuating system further comprising, and the outer housing containing,:

• a receiving region for receiving the switching spindle of the valve;
• at least one inductive sensor running in parallel to the receiving region and being arranged on a printed circuit board;
• a non-conductive inner housing at least partially enclosing the at least one inductive sensor and the printed circuit board,
• at least one position encoder, the position encoder being substantially circular cylindrical and comprising an encoder part and a connection part:
• the encoder part having a longitudinal axis with a circular bore running therethrough and including an electrically conductive material;
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• the connection part having a channel therethrough and an engagement element at one end configured to be engageable in a groove of the switch spindle;
• the connection part being insertable into the circular bore of the encoder part.