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  • Thumbnail for Desmodromic valve
    desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine poppet valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system, rather than by a more conventional spring. The...
    20 KB (2,482 words) - 15:14, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Safety valve
    A safety valve is a valve that acts as a fail-safe. An example of safety valve is a pressure relief valve (PRV), which automatically releases a substance...
    30 KB (3,627 words) - 23:28, 10 July 2024
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    check valve also known as axial check valve Balls for alloy ball valves Wafer check valve Nuts and bolts for incoloy valves Inconel check valve springs Ball...
    26 KB (3,396 words) - 15:31, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Poppet valve
    A poppet valve (also sometimes called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of petrol (gas) or vapour flow into...
    18 KB (2,090 words) - 09:10, 25 March 2024
  • Pneumatic valve springs are metal bellows filled with compressed air used as an alternative to the metal wire springs used to close valves in high-speed...
    4 KB (489 words) - 08:03, 20 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Schrader valve
    valve stem into which a valve core is threaded. The valve core is a poppet valve assisted by a spring. A small rubber seal located on the core keeps the...
    11 KB (1,134 words) - 07:54, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Solenoid valve
    A solenoid valve is an electromechanically operated valve. Solenoid valves differ in the characteristics of the electric current they use, the strength...
    18 KB (2,245 words) - 18:11, 31 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Check valve
    A check valve, non-return valve, reflux valve, retention valve, foot valve, or one-way valve is a valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to...
    22 KB (2,653 words) - 15:46, 26 April 2024
  • valves so that they may make proper contact with its valve seat. Along with a corresponding valve spring, they are one component of an engine’s valve...
    3 KB (498 words) - 09:09, 25 March 2024
  • valve's inertia and resonance of metallic valve springs that reduce the closing force and allow the valve to re-open partially. Stiffer valve springs...
    3 KB (389 words) - 17:50, 26 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Valvetrain
    Valvetrain (redirect from Valve train)
    lobe or rocker arm, and closed by a coiled spring called a valve spring. Valve float occurs when the valve spring is unable to control the inertia of the...
    5 KB (544 words) - 15:51, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Relief valve
    A relief valve or pressure relief valve (PRV) is a type of safety valve used to control or limit the pressure in a system; excessive pressure might otherwise...
    12 KB (1,575 words) - 10:28, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thermal expansion valve
    A thermal expansion valve or thermostatic expansion valve (often abbreviated as TEV, TXV, or TX valve) is a component in vapor-compression refrigeration...
    13 KB (1,708 words) - 15:17, 6 June 2024
  • Turbocharger and Supercharger Tappet Timing belt Timing tape Valve cover Valve housing Valve spring Valve stem seal Water pump pulley Air blower Coolant hose (clamp)...
    15 KB (1,453 words) - 23:46, 29 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dunlop valve
    The Dunlop valve, (also called a Woods valve, an English valve or a Blitz valve) is a type of pneumatic valve stem in use—mostly on inner tubes of bicycles—in...
    3 KB (317 words) - 22:10, 16 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Camshaft
    for each valve. As the cam rotates, the lobe presses on the valve (or an intermediate mechanism), thus pushing it open. Typically, a valve spring is used...
    20 KB (2,329 words) - 14:37, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sleeve valve
    The sleeve valve is a type of valve mechanism for piston engines, distinct from the usual poppet valve. Sleeve valve engines saw use in a number of pre–World...
    42 KB (5,940 words) - 12:57, 28 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Diving regulator
    pressure setting, incorrect second stage valve spring tension, damaged or sticking valve poppet, damaged valve seat, valve freezing, wrong sensitivity setting...
    110 KB (14,412 words) - 09:56, 5 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chevrolet Corvette (C5)
    expensive. Valve spring failures are known to affect late production 2002-mid 2003 Z06s. The permanent fix is replacing the original yellow valve springs with...
    29 KB (3,194 words) - 04:25, 22 July 2024
  • A control valve is a valve used to control fluid flow by varying the size of the flow passage as directed by a signal from a controller. This enables the...
    14 KB (1,840 words) - 13:52, 16 May 2024
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