TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and evaluation of orifice arrangement for particle-excitation flow control valve
AU - Hirooka, Daisuke
AU - Suzumori, Koichi
AU - Kanda, Takefumi
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - In this article, we report a new particle-excitation flow control valve. The purpose of this study is the development of a particle-excitation flow control valve that can precisely control pneumatic cylinders. We have reported this flow control valve principle. The valve, driven by a PZT vibrator, has a simple lightweight structure with large flow rate. We report the relationship between the orifice arrangement and flow rate characteristics of the valve. We have designed a new prototype for the purpose of high controllability. We have measured flow-rate characteristics and confirmed the conditions necessary for continuous adjustment of flow quantity. The control valve works successfully to realize a change in flow rate.
AB - In this article, we report a new particle-excitation flow control valve. The purpose of this study is the development of a particle-excitation flow control valve that can precisely control pneumatic cylinders. We have reported this flow control valve principle. The valve, driven by a PZT vibrator, has a simple lightweight structure with large flow rate. We report the relationship between the orifice arrangement and flow rate characteristics of the valve. We have designed a new prototype for the purpose of high controllability. We have measured flow-rate characteristics and confirmed the conditions necessary for continuous adjustment of flow quantity. The control valve works successfully to realize a change in flow rate.
KW - Flow control valve
KW - PZT
KW - Pneumatic valve
KW - Pnumatic actuator
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sna.2011.07.009
DO - 10.1016/j.sna.2011.07.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80055057051
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 171
SP - 283
EP - 291
JO - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
IS - 2
ER -