Determination of Characteristics for Electrically Modulated Pneumatic Control Valves using Isothermal Chambers

Tao Wang*, Kenji Kawashima, Toshiharu Kagawa

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Abstract

In the present paper, an automatic test bench is developed for determining the main characteristics of electrically modulated pneumatic control valves using isothermal chambers. In particular, the pressure-flow rate characteristics can be obtained by simply measuring the pressure response inside the isothermal chamber during charge and discharge of air to the chamber. The proposed test bench has a shorter measurement time of only seconds and a lower air consumption as compared to the improved conventional method. Furthermore, the frequency dynamic characteristics with volume load can be measured more accurately owing to the use of an isothermal chamber as a load chamber. The high measurement efficiency and energy savings of the developed test bench are demonstrated herein.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-11
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Fluid Power
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Keywords

  • Dynamic characteristics
  • Flow rate-pressure characteristics
  • Isothermal chamber
  • Pneumatic control valves
  • Test bench

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