There are many factors to consider when specifying the correct valve for your application and every application is different. These conditions could be the media, temperature, compatibility, coil voltage, wattage, or explosion proof, even pressure ratings. All these considerations have an impact on specifying the correct valve to ensure millions of maintenance free cycles. This…
Needle valves with flow rates up to 60 scfm at 100 psig
Needle Valves are used to control the rate of flow in a pneumatic system by controlling flow in both directions. Material enters the input port, travels through an…
Mead Fluid Dynamics introduces the Manifold PowerStrip™
Mead Fluid Dynamics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bimba Manufacturing, announces the launch of the Manifold PowerStripTM (MPS), a simple, cost-effective solution for wiring manifold valve stacks. The…
Solvay’s Kalix® polyamide for pneumatic valve system
Germany’s Aventics, a manufacturer of pneumatic components and systems which was created out of the former pneumatics business unit at Bosch Rexroth, uses Kalix®9000 high-performance polyamide (HPPA)resin from Solvay Specialty Polymers for production of one key component of its new AV pneumatic valve systems. The semi-aromatic HPPA delivers a strong combination of high mechanical performance,…
Herion pneumatically operated XSz series press safety valves
Now popular Norgren Herion Press Safety Valves are available 24/7 at the Norgren Express webstore. Mechanical press machine Herion press safety valves conform to DIN-EN-ISO 13849-1 (performance level…
Miniaturization makes pneumatics the choice in medical applications
From ambulance to operating room, recovery room to discharge at home, patients today encounter any number of medical devices that must be lightweight, small, safe, and often, portable….
Selecting valves made easier with new white paper
Proportional solenoid valves offer important advantages in the right applications, and while they’re considered more complicated than other valves, a new whitepaper makes their selection simple. Download the…
Numatics 501 Series Directional Control Valve
ASCO Numatics has introduced its Numatics 501 Series directional control valve. The general purpose automation valve is designed for directional control and piloting applications requiring compact size, high…
Numatics 501 Series Directional Control Valve
ASCO Numatics has introduced its Numatics 501 Series directional control valve. The general purpose automation valve is designed for directional control and piloting applications requiring compact size, high…
193 Balanced Solenoid Valve Series from Humphrey
Humphrey Products announces the introduction of the 193 Balanced Solenoid Valve Series — the 19mm version of the 15mm 153 model, and our next addition to the balanced…
193 balanced solenoid valve series from Humphrey
Humphrey Products announces the introduction of the 193 Balanced Solenoid Valve Series — the 19mm version of the 15mm 153 model, and our next addition to the balanced…
Pilot Operated Check Valves for Cylinder Position Holding
Cylinder applications must consider what happens to the application’s safety function with the loss of air pressure. Pilot Operated Check Valves, otherwise known as PO Checks, are used…
ASCO Numatics product lines combine in valve assembly to improve delivery times
Time spent purchasing critical parts for solenoid isolation valve assemblies for its Dry Leak Testers had Can-Tronics Gas Measurement and Control seeking solutions for improved delivery times. In…
Tips for ensuring safe pneumatic air exhaust circuits
By Eric Cummings • Global Industry Manager – Safety • ROSS Controls While safety standards have been updated by safety controls engineers, pneumatic systems present a unique challenge. In following…
AutomationDirect adds compact modular valves to pneumatics line
AutomationDirect’s NITRA® line of pneumatics products now includes compact modular valves which provide versatility and easy assembly. The compact modular valves are designed for performance, flexibility and modularity…
AutomationDirect adds compact modular valves to pneumatics line
AutomationDirect’s NITRA® line of pneumatics products now includes compact modular valves which provide versatility and easy assembly. The compact modular valves are designed for performance, flexibility and modularity…
Acro® Associates Extends its Pinch Valve Product Line with Versagrip®
Acro® Associates, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bimba Manufacturing, announces the launch of Versagrip® Solenoid Pinch Valves, a next generation solenoid (electric) product line designed to provide greater flexibility for a wide array of fluidic control system applications. Versagrip Solenoid Pinch Valves join the Acro family of pinch valves, which include pneumatic pinch valves…
HAM-LET Introduces PuRight
HAM-LET, a manufacturer of instrumentation valves and fittings for industrial and high purity applications, is launching PuRight™ – a new, enhanced stainless steel 316L material at Semicon West,…
New Series of Low Cost Composite Plastic Valves
Spartan Scientific has announced the debut of a new series of composite plastic solenoid valves that are more cost-effective and considerably lighter than their metal versions. The new Spartan Scientific 6200 Series valves include stainless steel port reinforcing rings for durability, but composite plastic bodies that won’t rust or oxidize like metal does. This provides…
Festo Reimagines Actuator Control Valve Design
Festo design engineers reimagined pneumatic actuator control valve design to create multi-functional units that are less expensive to purchase than comparable solutions, more than 50 percent smaller in…
Ceram pneumatic directional control valve free for customers to try
AVENTICS is announcing the Discover the Ceramic Advantage program to allow new customers in the USA and Canada to try a Ceram valve free of charge. The program…
Proportional valve series provides frictionless operation
A new line of proportional valves is available from Humphrey Products Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. The ProControl proportional valves, like all Humphrey deigns, are two-port, normally closed, direct acting…
High Flow In A Miniature Package with Clippard’s New DV Valve
Clippard’s entry into the miniature electronic valve market began in 1973, when Leonard Clippard, founder, introduced the EV line of valves that utilized only one moving part, the “spider.” Today, the EV valve is still serving a very horizontal market with thousands of installed applications in a multitude of industries. Since the initial introduction, several…
New valve family opens additional application possibilities
By Paul J. Heney and Mary Gannon Cincinnati-based Clippard Instrument Lab created its EV line of valves in 1973. The company’s workhouse pneumatic valves have seen a lot…
Introducing Humphrey Products New Proportional Valve
Introducing the PC3 Proportional Valve and the kick-off of the Humphrey brand of proportionally controlled products. ProControl Proportional Valves are uniquely designed using a frictionless flat-spring armature design that results in long, trouble-free and excellent flow characteristics. Proportional valves precisely control output flow by varying the internal orifice with the amount of input current applied…