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White Paper: Piston spool valves and poppet valves 11/10/2024 A technical comparison of available solenoid valves

Why should you choose your valves carefully?

 

The increasing demands placed on valve technology in recent years have led to a formidable extension of the range of available technologies and valve types, models, and properties. The most commonly used are poppet valves and piston spool valves. Nowadays, there is hence a much wider choice of customised valve technology to successfully plan a project. However, choosing the right parts for the application at hand requires comprehensive knowledge and an accurate appraisal by the consulting engineer or technician. This White Paper is intended to offer you a brief overview.

 

This white paper contains information on:

 

  • An introduction to valve technologies
  • Poppet valves, piston spool valves and the cartridge principle – what you need to know
  • Which valve type suits you best? A valve selection aid
Information on substances in our products 10/10/2024 Substances in our products; Compliance

Festo SE & Co KG complies with national and international laws, guidelines, standards and regulations which are applicable to our products. We constantly monitor the dynamics of legislation. This Application Note give an overview.

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Welcome to Festo service2see! YouTube channel: Festo Service

On our YouTube channel Festo Service, you will find practical and user-friendly video tutorials on topics that are the subject of frequently asked questions in the areas of maintenance, commissioning and repair.

Operating conditions and standards in pneumatics
  • Use, storage and transport conditions for Festo products
  • Standards in pneumatics
  • Compressed air preparation
  • Operating conditions for valves
  • Port designations of pneumatic components to ISO 5599
  • Operating conditions for drives
  • Pressure/force table and graphBuckling load graph
  • Air consumption
  • Pneumatics and explosion protection – ATEX
  • EC directives/approvals
  • Design – Clean room suitability
  • Paint-wetting impairment substances and resistance to media
  • Corrosion resistance class CRC
  • Protection classes according to IEC/EN 60529
  • Functional earth – protective earth – PELV
  • Spark arresting
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