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You are going to design a system using a single acting pneumatic cylinder to raise the guard on a piece of packaging machinery. The guard is fairly heavy and gravity should return to its closed position. The type of valve that you would incorporate into your design would most likely be a

Question 25 options:

Two way directional control valve.

Three way directional control valve

Four way directional control valve

Quick exhaust valve

Two way directional control valve.

Three way directional control valve

Four way directional control valve

Quick exhaust valve

Explanation / Answer

Answer :- Option two is correct.
A single-acting cylinder needs supply to and exhaust from its port to operate.
This requires a 3-way valve. A 3-way valve allows fluid flow to an actuator in one position and exhausts the fluid from it in the other position. Some 3-way valves have a third position that blocks flow at all ports.