The test and analytics market for manufactured products is expansive. Nearly every product undergoes testing to ensure its quality, whether the specifications are set by the industry, an individual company or the government. Tests that control the amount of pressure...
What’s a Steam Regulator? And why it may be a much better choice than a complicated control valve My training on controlling temperature using saturated steam did not come from a thermal dynamics or other university course. I learned the basic art of temperature...
Product of the Month | QPV1 Our monthly “product of the month” series continues on with the QPV1, a high resolution pressure control valve. The QPV1 utilizes a true proportional inlet valve that eliminates digital stepping by employing a variable orifice. It uses a...
Product of the Month | GX1 Continuing our series, we’ve chosen the GX1 as our product of the month for January 2017. Happy New Year! Longtime customers may recognize the name “GP”, which was a previous generation, highly successful high pressure valve built by...
QB1 | Electronic Pressure Control Valve This month’s Product of the Month is the QB1, a versatile low-cost pressure control valve used in a variety of applications over the course of many industries. The QB1 is a closed-loop PCV and can be assembled to an air...
Electronic Regulators vs. I/Ps and E/Ps Just like most industries, manufacturing and industrial automation has a language of its own. There are many acronyms, specialty words and distinct terms to know. Words like actuator, PID (proportional-integral-derivative), and...
GP versus GX Check out the comparison between the successful GP and the newly redesigned version called the GX. Learn more about the GP here Learn more about the GX...
New Pressure Regulator Introduced as a Replacement for BB Series This publication announces the discontinuance of the BB series proportional regulator by Proportion-Air, Inc. and introduces the replacement product. On September 30, 1985 the BB series...
Pressure Ranges Have Changed Pressure range capabilities have changed on several Proportion-Air products. The list below reflects the new information. Please make a note and feel free to call us at 317-335-2602 if you have any questions about which pressure ranges...
QBS Pressure Control Valve Proportion-Air is always striving to improve their product. The most recent improvement is with the accuracy of the QB1S and QB2S series electronic pressure control valve. The accuracy of this series of proportional valve was +/- 1% of full...
