Air Valves

Applications requiring both smooth and accurate flow rates now have the perfect solution thanks to engineers at SMC, the world leaders in automation control, and their new Series PVQ Proportional Solenoid Valve. Designed for a wide range of applications – including vacuum 0.1Pa.abs - the PVQ valve accurately adjusts the flow rate smoothly and precisely by controlling the electrical input current externally. Due to the valves special coated internal moving parts both the operational service life has been extended to over 25 million cycles and noise emitted during the valve opening and closing has been reduced to a minimum.With enhanced specifications such as repeatability lower than 3%, hysteresis lower than 10%, reduced leakage and automatic valve closure when the power supply is turned off, the valve is available with brass or stainless steel body parts and FKM seal material.

Series S070 is a super compact direct acting 2/3 port solenoid valve that meets the miniaturisation needs of analysers, medical equipment and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. S070 is extremely lightweight (5g for valve single unit type) and operation noise is 38dB(A) or less. It is easy to increase or decrease the number of stations (stacking base). Valve width is 7mm.

Machine builders looking for a small, extremely compact, valve manifold unit for use with air operated 3 Port solenoid valves now have the solution with the launch of SMC´s new Series VV061.Developed initially following Life Science Industry requests and particularly suitable for pilot valve and small actuator and pin cylinder applications, SMC´s R&D engineers have created a fully integrated manifold which incorporates the valves, printed circuit board and fittings in one, single, compact unit.Designed for use with SMC´s 6mm wide V060 valves, in either four or eight valve configurations, the complete unit only measures 38.6mm wide, 31.5mm deep and either 26mm or 38mm high respectively. Weighing only 75grams or 47grams dependant on the selected model the, CE, UL and CSA compliant, VV061 can be ordered with either 2mm one-touch or 4mm barb type fittings.Suitable for either panel or bracket mounting depending on your needs, ease of maintenance is also ensured as the manifold can simply be detached from the piping plate and electrical connector cable. V060 valve options include both standard 0.5W and low consumption power saving 0.23W models which are particularly useful for lengthy continuous applications.

Following Electronic and Semiconductor Industry requests for a compact manifold unit with integral 3-port solenoid valves, we are pleased to launch our new Series VV100 Integrated Manifold Unit. Designed with space-saving and ease-of-use in mind, our R&D engineers have cleverly integrated two single 3-port solenoid valves into each valve station thereby reducing the unit's overall dimension. By adopting this unique feature, VV100 manifold units can now be built up to 146.4mm in length by simply changing the length of the manifold's tie rod and by adding or removing the number of plug-in (D-sub connector) or hard wired valve stations. Energy saving has also been considered as individual valves can be ordered with a power saving circuit, reducing the energy consumption from 0.4W as standard; to only 0.15W when using the continuous duty model. And as each valve can be manually turned off, safe maintenance is guaranteed. Series VV100 is suitable for both direct or bracket mounting and can also accommodate various piping sizes including our miniature 2mm one-touch fittings.