RS offers a vast selection of smart pneumatic automation and control products designed to reduce energy consumption by 20--50% while mitigating maintenance and costs and improving equipment uptime, ...

A single power plant uses hundreds of valves to control almost every aspect of its operation. Valves, in conjunction with a controlling actuator, are used for pollution control, feed water, cooling ...

If you suddenly have the need for a two-way, flow control valve — from a valve-selection standpoint — what kind of questions do you ask yourself? Many, perhaps, don’t ask any questions and may make ...

The idle air control valve (IACV) is a device attached to the throttle body that helps keep the engine of a vehicle running without throttle input, such as when the car is idling in traffic or parked ...

Piezo elements are electromechanical transducers that convert mechanical forces (pressure, tensile stress or acceleration) into voltages. The inverse piezoelectric effect, precisely the opposite, ...

Feedwater control valves play a critical role in boiler operation. One important parameter of their design is the pressure drop at the rated condition as well as off-design conditions. However, ...