Eaton recently launched their SLV20 load-sensing proportional directional valve, a flexible priority-flow-sharing solution for mini and micro machinery. The SLV20 valve offers great flexibility and control as well as space and weight savings for low-flow applications.
SLV20 sections are manufactured from aluminum drawn bar, which enables production of small batches of individual sections with added functions. This could include pilot-operated check valves, counterbalance valves or other functions that an application requires, thus reducing the need for remotely mounted ancillary valves.
The SLV20 valve brings priority flow sharing to low-flow machinery with the versatility and serviceability of screw-in cartridge valves. Designed in sections to enable stacking of multiple functions, the SLV20 valve uses Eaton’s ESV9 four-way three-position proportional solenoid cartridge valve in a hydraulic integrated circuit concept.
With flows of up to 60 liters per minute (16 gallons per minute) at the inlet and 30 liters per minute (8 gallons per minute) at the work port, the SLV20 valve offers the ideal flow rate for mini and micro machinery platforms across a variety of industries, including construction, agriculture, material handling and vocational vehicles, as well as auxiliary/accessory control on larger machines.
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