Proportional control valve speeds to its task

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Feb 10, 2005

A new high performance proportional control valve features microprocessor driven position control and delivers high dynamic properties, thus enabling short accelerations times.

Norgren, the motion and fluid control specialist, has introduced a new high performance proportional control valve.

The VP60 features new microprocessor driven position control and delivers high dynamic properties, thus enabling short accelerations times.

By using a glandless spool and sleeve design the VP60 makes a real difference in applications that require very high operating figures, the VP60 typically delivers figures of better than 250 million operations at full stroke.

Zero point adjustment via a mini keypad provides an application specific method of adjustment for leakage, drift and offset and a multicolour LED indicates device status diagnosis.

The VP60 is ideal for deployment within sectors such as mechanical engineering, automotive manufacturing, packaging, printing/paper processing, medical and food.

Typical applications within these sectors include rotational speed control, velocity control, vacuum generation and torque regulations.

In combination with a PLC the VP60 could by used for positioning applications.

Available in pressure ratings up to 12bar and with flow capabilities to 1200 litre/min the VP60 is suitable in its standard form for environments that require ATEX Zone 2 certified devices.

Conforming to CE the VP60 benefits from IP65 protection and is free of lacquer affecting substances.

Connection can be made via G1/4 and 1/4NPT ports and feature optimised linearity in conjunction with minimum hsyteresis, failsafe bleeding and zero overlap mode.