E28/Q28 Safety Exhaust Valve by Wilkerson

Wilkerson Corporation, a global leader in motion and control technologies, as part of its global focus on factory automation, has added an expanded range of machine safety products with new pneumatic safety valves by introducing the externally monitored P33 redundant safety valve designed for two channel control architectures. The safety valve can be easily integrated into a controls circuit to exhaust trapped energy from a machine on e-stop or should a fault occur in the safety circuit. 

 Customers can benefit from this product due to its long service life (B10d), very high flow rates, high faulted flow rates, compact design and exceptionally high mean time to failure values (MTTFd). The safety valve offers easy connectivity using two M12 connectors for solenoid and pressure sensor connections and can integrate to an array of safety rated devices such as Rockwell, Omron, Sick, Siemens to name a few. The patented fail-safe design ensures safety on the machine for up to Category 4, Performance level e applications. Quick egress of trapped air means a smaller machine footprint is possible. 

In addition, the safety valve’s externally monitored feature offers greater control at the safety device for the customer’s application, reduces complexity at the machine with start up or resetting the valve, the size and weight of the valve is reduced and provides added cost savings to the customer over internally monitored versions. This fail safe design is also maintenance free and requires no additional silencers or mufflers which can clog creating unsafe exhaust conditions.