What Is The difference Between A Valve And a Solenoid?

What is a valve?

If you must control fluid, air, or gas in your system, valves can help. Valves are critical components in everything from simple household tools like sprinkler systems to large mechanical systems, including NASA  and SpaceX's actual rocket ships. Most people use valves on their garden hoses without even realizing it.

Electric valves are in charge of unmanned factories. They work just like manual ball valves, but they rely on an electric motor to open, close, meter, and dispense. Operators can run them in-house or remotely from automated systems. Knowing the difference between motorized ball valves and solenoid valves can make the plant run more efficiently by choosing the best valve for your situation.

What is a solenoid?

The Solenoid valve is industrial equipment controlled by electromagnetic force. It is an automatic basic component used to control fluid. It belongs to the actuator and is not limited to hydraulic and pneumatic. It is used to adjust the direction, flow, speed, and other parameters of the medium in the industrial control system. Solenoid valves can cooperate with different circuits to achieve the expected control, and the control accuracy and flexibility can be guaranteed. There are many kinds of solenoid valves, and different solenoid valves play a role in different positions of the control system. The most commonly used ones are check valves, safety valves, cummins fuel shut off solenoid.

What is the difference between a valve and a solenoid?

The main difference between solenoid valves and ordinary mechanical valves is that the power sources for opening or closing the valves are different. Solenoid valves mainly rely on electromagnetic force to control the movement of the valve core, while ordinary mechanical valves rely on manpower to control the movement of the valve core. To complete the opening and closing functions of the valve, due to the different control methods, the structures of the two are also different, and the working methods are also different, but the main functions are still the same.

The internal structure is different, 1. The solenoid valve generally does not directly drive the spool but controls the large size by a small amount. 2. Solenoid valves can be used for remote control and automatic control. 3. Solenoid valves have long-open and normally-closed types, but mechanical valves do not. 4. In the past, the solenoid valve needs to be energized for a long time to keep it open, and now the pulse solenoid valve comes out, and the static state does not consume power.