Valves

Directional control valves

Non-return valves
Flow control valves
Pressure control valves
Shut-off valves

Directional control
valves
Directional control valves are devices
which influence the path taken by an air
stream. Normally this involves one or all
of the following: opening the passage of
air and directing it to particular air lines,
cancelling air signals as required by
blocking their passage and/or relieving
the air to atmosphere via an exhaust
port.

Directional control
valves
The valve is described by:

Number of ports or openings (ways): 2-way, 3way,

4-way, etc.

Number of positions: 2 positions, 3 positions,

etc.

Methods of actuation of the valve: manually

actuated, mechanically actuated, pneumatically
actuated, electrically actuated.

Methods of return actuation: Spring return, air

return, etc.

Directional control valves:

symbol development

numbering system used to designate directional

control valves

Actuation of valves

Actuation of valves

3/2-way valve,normally
closed,ball seat

3/2-way valve:
disc seat normally closed,

way valve:-3/2
,disc seat normally open

3/2-way valve single pilot, normally

closed, with spring return,

Pilot valve:
left unactuated, right
actuated

3/2-way roller lever

valve, internal pilot,

Normally closed

Normally open

4/2-way valve,
disc seat,

unactuated

actuated

4/3-way plate slide valve,

mid-position closed

5/2-way valve:
longitudinal slide principle

5/2-way double pilot valve,

suspended disc seat,

flow from 1 to 2

flow from 1 to 4

5/3-way valve, neutral

position variations

Non-return valve and its

derivatives

Check valve
Shuttle valve
Dual-pressure valve
Quick exhaust valve

Non-return valve

Dual pressure valve:

logic AND function

Shuttle valve:
logic OR function

Quick exhaust valve:

flow from 1 to 2
Quick-exhaust valves are used to
increase the piston speed of
cylinders by reducing the resistance
to flow, the
air is expelled to atmosphere close
to the cylinder via a large orifice
opening

Flow control valves

Throttle valve

Flow control valves

influence the
volumetric flow of the
compressed air
in both directions
normally adjustable
used for speed
control of cylinders

One-way flow control valve

air flow is throttled in one

direction only
A check valve blocks the flow of
air in the bypass

Fundamentally,
there are two
types of
throttling circuits
for double-acting
: cylinders
Supply air
throttling
Exhaust air
throttling

Mechanically adjustable
one-way flow control valve

Pressure valves
They are divided into the three groups:

Pressure regulating valve

Pressure sequence valve
Pressure limiting valve

Pressure regulating valve

Adjustable pressure
sequence valve

Pressure relief
valves
Pressure limiting
Pressure relief valves
valve
protect the compressor
and
components by setting
the maximum sys tem
pressure within safe
.working limits

Combinational valves
Components of different control groups can
be combined into the body of one unit with
the features, characteristics and
construction of a combination of valves,
such as:.

Time delay valves: for the delay of signals

Two-hand start unit
Pulse generator
Stepper modules
Memory modules

Time delay valve:

normally closed

Time delay valve:

normally open

Time response of circuits

with time delay valves

Time response of circuits

with time delay valves

Time response of circuits

with time delay valves

Pulse generator, Stepper

modules
Memory modules
which incorporate directional control
valve functions and logic elements
to perform a combined processing
task.
This reduces size, cost and
complexity of the system