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Small pneumatic flow control valve?

I'm looking for a small, simple, electrically-operated valve to control the flow of air through an air line. Not a mass-flow controller or anything fancy like that. Basically I want one of these:

http://www.kiowa.co.uk/products/festo_in-line_inst...

but electrically-operated. Preferably with push-in connectors like these or small ports like M5 or 1/8.

Anyone know if such a thing exists? I've had a good search and have turned up absolutely nothing.

Actually I have seen the Lee piezo valve which might be suitable but it is stupidly expensive in 1-off quantities.

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  • 1 decade ago
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  • 1 decade ago

    What you need is an on/off, 2way solenoid which you can flow control by Pulse Width Modulation. A good source for such a valve will be an automotive solenoid for emission control, my 96 Chev K1500 has one.

  • 4 years ago

    you should use % (Programmable common sense Controller) for that. that is truly a microprocessor (pc) managed gadget it truly is programmed making use of a programming panel or keyboard. percents are frequently used to regulate the operating sequence of machines, production lines and business approaches.

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