Flow control

Motorised control valve Motorised control valve

Aside from valves equipped with a lifting solenoid, motor-actuated control valves can
also be used for many applications in proportional technology.
They are particularly suitable for controlling the volume flow rate of liquid fluids.
The flat rotary slide disc design of ASCO’s motorised control valves works similar to that of a single-lever water
tap known from sanitary applications. But, instead of the manual lever, a motor is used to provide continuous
adjustment of the volume flow between the “fully closed” and the “fully open” positions (0-100%). The
throttling element itself consists of two ceramic discs which are adjusted in opposite rotation to each other over
an axis and an electric motor with drive. A generally triangular-shaped aperture is maintained over the angle of
rotation during regulation, providing a virtually linear flow characteristic. The ceramic discs, which are wear-
resistant and insensitive to contamination, have proven themselves a million times over in sanitary and kitchen
fittings.
A low-power electric DC motor is used so the valve is directly controlled from the electronics. A built-in rotary
potentiometer detects the feedback. The motorised valve is equipped with an internal PID controller to control
the valve‘s position which is held on loss of power (fail-safe behaviour).

Motor with drive,

potentiometer and electronics

Drive shaft

Flat rotary slide disc

Valve body

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T E C H N I C A L
Fluids: Air, gases, liquids
Pressure range: Vacuum to 10 bar
Ports: G 1/2
Flow: Kv 1,1 (m3/h)
Construction: Flat rotary slide valve
Actuation: DC motor
Setpoint: 0-10 V, 0-20mA, 4-20mA
Feedback: 0-10 V
Motorised control valve
O P E R A T I N G P R I N C I P L E
Closed
Setpoint 0V (0/4mA),
flat rotary disc apertures fully
obstructed: no flow
Half open
Setpoint e.g. 5 V (10mA),
flat rotary discs rotated by 45°
relative to each other:
half flow
Open
Setpoint e.g. 10V (20 mA),
flat rotary discs rotated by 90°:
maximum flow
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S More information on motorised
control valve Page 97
Advantages: ■ Wear-resistant flat rotary slide valve made
of oxyde ceramics
■ No waterhammer More information on
C ontrol D Page 99
■ Suitable for flow control in combination
with a stand-Alone PID ControlD controlling
device
■ No minimum operating pressure required
■ Low power consumption
■ Insensitive to contamination
■ Mechanical separation of electrical actua-
tor from fluid-carrying parts
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