by: Kevin Angelo Ma

What is Electropneumatics? Compare pneumatics and electropneumatics Control Valves Classifications of electropneumatic valve

Pneumatics is a method to transfer

energy from one point to other using actuators which are driven by fluids under pressure.

You can control the pressure by manually opening a valve, automatically by detecting its pressure, or by sending an electrical signal. The control of pneumatic components by electrical impulses is known as

electropneumatics.

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control conditions such as flow, pressure, temperature, and liquid level by fully or partially opening or closing in response to signals received from controllers that compare a "setpoint" to a "process variable" whose value is provided by sensors that monitor changes in such conditions.

valves are valves used to

Angle valves

Angle seat piston valves Globe valves

Cage-style valve bodies Disk Stack style valve bodies

Diaphragm Valves Rotary valves

Single-port valve bodies Balanced-plug cage-style valve bodies High capacity, cage-guided valve bodies Port-guided single-port valve bodies Double-ported valve bodies Three-way valve bodies

Sliding cylinder valves

Butterfly valve bodies V-notch ball control valve bodies Eccentric-disk control valve bodies Eccentric-plug control valve bodies

Air-operated valves

Directional control valve Spool valve Piston valve

Air-operated valve Relay valve Air-operated pinch valve

Electro pneumatic Valve Operator Electro pneumatic signal converter driving a pneumatic positioner