Automated Spool Valve Assembly Machine Increases Efficiency, Boosts Capacity

Rachel Desenberg — Mon, 02 May 2016 14:12:56 +0000

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�ǳ�web has years of experience manufacturing valve components with automated CNC machines that have the capacity to run lights out 24/7. This gives �ǳ�web repeatable performance, consistent quality, lower cost, and higher capacity. Over the past year, �ǳ�web has developed several new automated machines to bring these same benefits to the assembly side of the company's operations.

One of these such machines is this Automated Spool Valve Sub-Assembly Machine. As assembly staff heads home to be with their families, this machine continues building spool valve sub-assemblies for �ǳ�web's popular MAV, MJTV and FV Series spool valves. These components will be assembled overnight, ready for the final product assembly in the morning.

�ǳ�web's Automated Spool Valve Sub-Assembly Machine utilizes a variety of �ǳ�web automation components, including stainless steel cylinders with GMR switches, flow controls, customized pinch valves, Maximatic® FRLs and valve banks, along with �ǳ�web fittings and tubing, in combination with an Epson robot and a Horner PLC.

�ǳ�web cylinders are integral in the automation of a variety of tasks, including dispensing the valve spools and transferring the o-rings into position. Brian Kettering, Electro-Mechanical Automation & Robotics Technician for �ǳ�web Instrument Laboratory, explains, "Cylinders with GMR switches transfer the o-rings from a feeder track onto a mandrel, and feed the spools from a bowl into a nest to be picked. When a part is sensed, the cylinder retracts back into position and waits for the robot to finish its cycle."

"These machines improve efficiency and consistency in our assembly department," says Kettering. "They boost our capacity and improve the quality of our products without increasing cost."

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�ǳ�web PQ Flow Controls Series

Chris Agricola — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:22:43 +0000

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�ǳ�web PQ Flow Control Series

PQ-FV In-Line Flow Controls can be easily added to existing circuitry and are lightweight and compact in size. Since it is a tube-to-tube connection, in-line flow controls may be installed as a meter-in or meter-out device.

The PQ-C Elbow Controls are ideal for low cost and lightweight applications when mounting directly to an NPT port on a cylinder or valve is required.

In the meter-out versions, intake air flows freely through the flow control; exhaust air is metered out through an adjustment screw. With the meter-in series, air is metered in through an adjustment screw; exhaust air flows freely. Control is varied through a finely threaded adjustment screw. A locking nut is provided so it can be secured in its final setting.

• Small, compact size
• Design flexibility and fast response
• Complete rotation of the valve body around the bolt
allows for optimum positioning of tubing
• Special adjustment needle design allows large adjustment
ranges with high precision
• Ideal for use with polyurethane, nylon, polyethylene
and polypropylene tubing

PQ-CV & PQ-CI PQ-FV

Medium: Air
Pressure Range: 0 to 150 psig
Vacuum: 0 to 29.5" Hg
Ports: #10-32, 1/8" NPT, 1/4" NPT,
3/8" NPT, 1/2" NPT
Adjustment: Knurled knob
Material: Electroless Nickel-plated brass, plastic
   resin, stainless steel gripper ring, Nitrile seals

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Part No.	Tubing Size	Thread "T"	"H" Hex	"A" Max.	"W"
Right Angle Meter-Out
PQ-CV04N PQ-CV04P PQ-CV05N PQ-CV05P PQ-CV08N PQ-CV08P PQ-CV08Q PQ-CV12Q PQ-CV12W PQ-CV16Q	1/8" 1/8" 5/32" 5/32" 1/4" 1/4" 1/4" 3/8" 3/8" 1/2"	#10-32 1/8" NPT #10-32 1/8" NPT #10-32 1/8" NPT 1/4" NPT 1/4" NPT 3/8" NPT 3/8" NPT	5/16" 7/16" 5/16" 7/16" 5/16" 7/16" 9/16" 9/16" 3/4" 3/4"	1.230" 1.630" 1.210" 1.570" 1.240" 1.615" 1.900" 1.950" 2.395" 2.270"	0.990" 1.165" 0.990" 1.130" 1.090" 1.215" 1.360" 1.610" 1.690" 1.745"
*Right Angle Meter-In*
PQ-CI04N PQ-CI04P PQ-CI05N PQ-CI05P PQ-CI08N PQ-CI08P PQ-CI08Q PQ-CI12Q PQ-CI12W PQ-CI16Q	1/8" 1/8" 5/32" 5/32" 1/4" 1/4" 1/4" 3/8" 3/8" 1/2"	#10-32 1/8" NPT #10-32 1/8" NPT #10-32 1/8" NPT 1/4" NPT 1/4" NPT 3/8" NPT 3/8" NPT	5/16" 7/16" 5/16" 7/16" 5/16" 7/16" 9/16" 9/16" 3/4" 3/4"	1.230" 1.630" 1.210" 1.570" 1.240" 1.615" 1.900" 1.950" 2.395" 2.270"	0.990" 1.165" 0.990" 1.130" 1.090" 1.215" 1.360" 1.610" 1.690" 1.745"

Part No.	Tubing Size		"H" Hex	"A" Max.	"W"
In-Line (Meter In or Meter Out)
PQ-FV04 PQ-FV05 PQ-FV08 PQ-FV12 PQ-FV16	1/8" 5/32" 1/4" 3/8" 1/2"		#10-32 1/8" NPT 1/8" NPT 1/8" NPT 1/4" NPT	#10-32 1/8" NPT 1/8" NPT 1/8" NPT 1/4" NPT	#10-32 1/8" NPT 1/8" NPT 1/8" NPT 1/4" NPT

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Automated Spool Valve Assembly Machine Increases Efficiency, Boosts Capacity

�ǳ�web PQ Flow Controls Series

PQ-CV & PQ-CI PQ-FV