Miniature solenoid valves
January 1st 2008 Miniature direct acting solenoid
valves have been developed by
Parker Hannifin to increase the
performance and reduce the
maintenance requirements of a
wide range of compact pneumatic
applications.
With just one moving part, the
valves are said to be extremely
reliable, providing long, zero
maintenance operating lives.
The range includes five series of
valves: ADEX A00, VA01, VA05,
EVM and EV15. All are able to offer
operating lives of up to 300 million
cycles. Due to their size and
design, the components have
operating frequencies of up to
1200 cycles/min and response
times to 3ms (on) and 1.5ms (off).
Measuring as little as 10mm in
width and offering flow rates to
200Nl/m, the miniature valves are
suitable for use in the textile,
semiconductor/electronics and
medical/healthcare industries or in
high speed sorting machines,
labelling machines or general
automation applications. They can
also be used as miniature pilot
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