Valve Terminal features clean design for food handling.
Press Release Summary:
CDVI Pneumatic Valve Terminal offers 4- to 12-valve configurations for supporting combinations of 5/2-, 5/3-, and 2x3/2-way valves. In accordance with DIN ISO 14159 standards, CDVI has no sharp edges and no small corners where dirt can accumulate. It permits closure of up to 3 air passages to provide different operating pressures. CDVI operates on compressed air at 44 to 87 psi, and at 145 psi if separate pilot air source is provided.
Original Press Release:
Festo's CDVI "Clean Design" (Pneumatic) Valve Terminal... Just Right for Food Handling and Packaging
When it comes to complementary pneumatic products, designed with one goal in mind, (that of meeting the challenges of critical processes), Festo leads the way. Whether it's an environment, where pneumatic components are put to the extreme test of surviving in chemically corrosive circumstances, or a less severe application, the innovative engineering, for which Festo is so well known, rises to the challenge. Historically, Festo does more than just "clear-the-bar," and in the realm of food
handling and packaging, the Company's has distinguished itself once again by developing products like the CDVI pneumatic valve terminal.
At the heart of it all, is Festo's overall concept for the development of a product range with "Clean Design" characteristics. The intrinsic value of such a dedicated program, which addresses the needs of a specific industry or application, cannot be measured in simple terms, since the benefits run deeper than a line-to-line comparison of performance specifications between competitors. The components
conformed for the Festo's Clean Design Program, have been conceptually designed for environmental challenges commonly found in food handling and processing. Products, with the qualities necessary to meet those challenges, such as the CDVI valve terminal, offering 4- to 12-valve configurations (for supporting various combinations of 5/2-, 5/3- and 2x3/2- way valves) and other companion products like the CDN Cylinder (with
its ISO 6431 / VDMA24562 standard physical characteristics) are the result.
In accordance with hygienic design standards (DIN ISO 14159), products in Festo's Clean Design Program, including the CDVI have no sharp edges, or small radii anywhere in their physical packaging, even where parts are joined together; and there
are no small corners to serve as places where dirt can accumulate. Furthermore, they are highly engineered for compact, space-saving physical packaging.
The sub-bases of both the main manifold, and the two optional expansion modules which support up to 4 additional valves are constructed from anodized aluminum, and the spacing between the valves is wide enough to allow for easy cleaning. This expansion capability can be further tailored to establish different pressure zones within a single terminal, simply by implementing "separator blocks" from a series designed to close selected air passages. Although most applications involve the blockage of only one air passage, the CDVI is designed to permit the closure of up to three air passages to provide distinctly different operatirng pressures within the manifold assembly. Therefore, with the proper application of compressed air to fittings in the end plate or the expansion module, as many as three different pressure zones can be established.
The solenoid piloted, spool type valves used on CDVI manifolds are available in eight different configurations, (including 2x3/2 for piloted applications) to support various needs of food handling or processing systems, such as the output of pressure
when the valve is at its mid-position, exhaust at mid-position, and mid-position closure. Furthermore, the valves are equipped with 24-volt solenoids that consume 1.5 W, and deliver the capability to switch the valves on within 10 to 12 ms, and off
again within 22 and 25 ms, while operating at 100% duty cycle. A 26-wire Multipole cable (lengths of 16 or 32 feet) is available for fast and easy electrical interface.
The CDVI manifold operates on compressed air presented at 3 to 6 bar (44 to 87 psi), and at 10 bar (145 psi) if a separate pilot air source is provided at temperatures ranging between -5° and +50°F. Air filtration is specified at 40 microns (lubricated or non-lubricated). All pneumatic connections are made with either G3/8 or G1/8 fittings. The main air supply and the pilot supply (when necessary) is made at the end plates with (G3/8 and G1/8) respectively, while all working ports in the sub-bases are threaded for G1/8 connection.
The CDVI valve terminal is the culmination of innovative engineering in pursuit of a solution for the most demanding hygienic requirement for automation that the food handling and processing industry can raise. Festo's dedication to excellence in development of products that meet the Company's "Clean Design" criteria ultimately assures compliance with industry requirements.
About The Company
As a global manufacturer of pneumatic components and systems with global influence, and over $1.2 billion dollars in sales, Festo enjoys the resources and application experience necessary to work with our customers as a technical partner, providing cost-effective solutions for industrial automation. Festo Corporation is a wholly-owned US subsidiary, of Festo AG & Co., a global industrial automation company specializing in providing complete solutions.
Internationally, Festo has 52 independent companies with over 250 branch offices, servicing 176 companies. As an ISO 9001 certified company Festo's Corporate Mission is to enhance the business success of our customers by providing innovative
products and services. Products include pneumatic and electronic components and complete systems, custom assembly, engineering and design services and education and training resources.
For more information on our products and services please visit the "What's New" section of our website or contact a local Festo Sales Office by calling 1-800-99-Festo.
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