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Clippard obtains US patent for Eclipse proportional isolation valve

January 4, 2021 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Clippard Eclipse proportional isolation valve

Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc. announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Patent No. 10,738,904 to Clippard’s new Eclipse proportional valve. The Patent, “Flow Control Valve Using Ceramic Valve Members,” will expire in 2040. U.S. Patent No. 10,738,904 covers “a flow control valve that uses two ceramic members having conforming surfaces […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Industry News, Valves Tagged With: clippard

Pneumatic valves sort diamonds quickly and gently

January 4, 2021 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

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Diamond cutting is a task for human beings. The cutting must be carried out by a perfectly trained specialist, because — no matter how flawless the gemstones may be — an incorrectly placed cut will ruin everything. Even with perfect color and purity, the wrong cut can significantly reduce the value, which is why good […]

Filed Under: Blog, Equipment, Featured, Industry News, Valves Tagged With: festo

Adjustable rapid pressurization valve protects pneumatic actuators

December 22, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

beswick rapid adjustment pressurization valve RPV_web_350

The RPV 10-32 ports, adjustable rapid pressurization valve from Beswick Engineering is used to protect a pneumatic actuator such as a chuck, press, or gripper from sudden bursts of high pressure. The internal needle valve restricts the initial movement of the actuator to a user defined speed, and then opens up upon sensing back pressure. This […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Valves Tagged With: Beswick

Parker’s Pneumatic Division releases PCH Network Portal

December 9, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Parker Hannifin PCH Portal -with-ISO-B,A,-1,-2,-POWER-OFF-3-4-in-out-3inch-S

Parker Hannifin’s Pneumatic Division, as part of its global focus on factory automation, announced the release of a revolutionary network portal, The PCH Network Portal. The PCH Network Portal provides the opportunity to minimize machine costs, shorten start-up time and offers built in features to help reduce end user downtime in factory environments. The PCH […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Valves Tagged With: parkerhannifin

Valve manifold with integrated safety and Ethernet/IP connectivity

November 11, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Festo-VTSA-F-CB-valve-manifold

Festo introduces to Rockwell Automation customers at Automation Fair, November 16-20, a unique pneumatic valve manifold that enables up to Performance Level (PL)-d Category 3 safety through an integrated serial bus backplane for pneumatics. The “C-Bus” plug-and-play integration simplifies, speeds up, and lowers component costs when installing pneumatic safety circuits, which are specifically for safe […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Valves Tagged With: festo

Festo launches online ball valve configurator

October 23, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

The new KVZB ball-valve configurator organizes the selection of the optimum assembly into a few simple and quick steps.

The new Festo KVZB Ball-Valve Configurator speeds up and simplifies the ordering process for the optimum ball valve assembly. KVZB assemblies start with a stainless steel two- or three-way ball valve and can be as simple as having a hand-lever or built up to a fully automated package. The online configuration process supplies price, estimated […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Valves Tagged With: festo

Pneumatic valve system with embedded wireless connectivity

September 17, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Emerson Aventics G3-wireless-ARM

Emerson has introduced a wireless automatic recovery module (ARM) for its Aventics G3 electronic fieldbus platform that makes it easy for technicians to perform pneumatic valve system commissioning and diagnostics from a mobile phone, tablet or laptop computer. “The Aventics G3 fieldbus platform is the first in the industry to offer wireless technology that puts […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Valves Tagged With: emerson

New high-pressure proportional controls

July 8, 2020 By Ken Korane Leave a Comment

The new Cordis HP500 from Cincinnati-based Clippard uses the company’s proven EV line of electronic valves to allow for steady, repeatable downstream pressure under static conditions. The result is precise, linear pressure control within a closed-loop system with high accuracy and repeatability. The Cordis HP500 uses a microcontroller, integrated pressure sensor, and two Clippard EV […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Uncategorized, Valves Tagged With: clippard, Clippard Instrument Laboratory

Compact manifolds for instrument valves

May 17, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Noshok compact instrument valve manifold

NOSHOK announces the addition of 3- and 5- valve compact manifolds to its instrument valve portolio. These manifolds provide instrument port spacing that is compatible with either standard SP-99 or the Rosemount Coplanar platform. Optional packings, stem tips, O-rings and handle types are available, and all NOSHOK valves are 100% helium leak tested to 1 […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Valves Tagged With: NOSHOK

Pneumatics: the go-to for food and beverage processing

April 22, 2020 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

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IoT-enabled pneumatic technologies ensure clean and reliable food and beverage design. Contributed by Amit Patel, Product Marketing Manager, Food & Beverage, Emerson Pneumatics has always been a go-to technology in food and beverage applications, and for good reason. Pneumatics technology is clean and reliable, and it’s safe and easy to maintain. It also has design […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Equipment, Featured, Valves Tagged With: emerson

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