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Chest Pressure Regulation

06/22/2012 11:16 AM

We use a very simple "feedback regulator" in our operations. It is all mechanical and works very well for our applications. I know there are electrical options to do this but I would like to stay in this simple mechanical mode for our machinery. My question is does anyone know of a manufacturer of an item similar to this one described below. The unit has two diaphragms. One side is energized with regulated air the other side senses the chest as it is pressurized. A port feeds through the unit with air to open a valve that starts the pressurizing of the chest. As the chest reaches the regulated pressure it starts closing the valve that is supplying the chest and if the chest loses pressure the valve will reopen keeping a constant pressure in the chest. See the diagram below. We can get these regulators from the equipment manufacturer but I would like to find other sources as

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Re: Chest Pressure Regulation

06/22/2012 11:52 AM

Hi rwindbigler,

What pressure are you using? Is the "chest" a box or tank of some kind? What flow do you require?

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Re: Chest Pressure Regulation

06/22/2012 12:13 PM

This is a rectangular chest, they average in volume of about 7500 cubic inches, pressurized with both steam and air at different parts of the cycle. the max pressure would be about 60PSI but usually averages 20PSI. It is a relatively low flow, the pressure is reached held shortly and released over a roughly 60 second cycle time.

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Re: Chest Pressure Regulation

06/22/2012 1:51 PM

See this thread http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/64456

especially post#35 through to post#52

That last post has a link to this Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_regulator

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Re: Chest Pressure Regulation

06/22/2012 3:03 PM

Randall, thats a very good read and the Regulator in Wiki is close to what we are using as well, thanks for the lead...

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Re: Chest Pressure Regulation

06/22/2012 4:31 PM

That's just a garden variety downstream air pressure regulator.

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