Help with Linear Solenoids specifications:
Performance Specifications
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Maximum Stroke: | Maximum stroke is the full linear travel of the solenoid plunger, from fully extended to fully seated. | ||
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Response Time: | Time to move the plunger full stroke under no load. | ||
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Action | |||
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Push | Base side of a solenoid actuates in a "push" action. | ||
Pull | Armature side of a solenoid actuates in a "pull" action. | ||
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Power Input
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DC Power Input Options: | |||
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3VDC | Solenoid has a catalog rating for 3V DC input. | ||
6VDC | Solenoid has a catalog rating for 6V DC input. | ||
12VDC | Solenoid has a catalog rating for 12V DC input. | ||
24VDC | Solenoid has a catalog rating for 24V DC input. | ||
Other DC Voltage | Solenoid has a catalog rating for other DC input. | ||
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AC Power Input Options: | |||
Your choices are... | |||
24VAC | Solenoid has a catalog rating for 24V AC input. | ||
115VAC | Solenoid has a catalog rating for 115V AC input. | ||
230VAC | Solenoid has a catalog rating for 230V AC input. | ||
Other AC Voltage | Solenoid has a catalog rating for other AC input. | ||
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Continuous Duty Ratings
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Power Rating (DC watts or AC VA): | This represents the input power possible for a solenoid with a specified winding at a specified voltage. The units for DC solenoids are watts (W) and the units for AC solenoids are volt-amps (VA). | ||
Search Logic: | User may specify either, both, or neither of the "At Least" and "No More Than" values. Products returned as matches will meet all specified criteria. | ||
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Starting Force: | Force when starting, at full stroke or extension, de-energized. When the force at full extension is unavailable, the force at the greatest specified stroke is given in the search results. | ||
Search Logic: | All matching products will have a value greater than or equal to the specified value. | ||
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Holding Force: | Force at zero stroke, fully energized (seated). | ||
Search Logic: | All matching products will have a value greater than or equal to the specified value. | ||
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Intermittent Duty Ratings
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Power Rating (DC watts or AC VA): | This represents the input power possible for a solenoid with a specified winding at a specified voltage. The units for DC solenoids are watts (W) and the units for AC solenoids are volt-amps (VA). | ||
Search Logic: | User may specify either, both, or neither of the "At Least" and "No More Than" values. Products returned as matches will meet all specified criteria. | ||
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Starting Force: | Force when starting, at full stroke or extension, de-energized. When the force at full extension is unavailable, the force at the greatest specified stroke is given in the search results. | ||
Search Logic: | All matching products will have a value greater than or equal to the specified value. | ||
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Holding Force: | Force at zero stroke, fully energized (seated). | ||
Search Logic: | All matching products will have a value greater than or equal to the specified value. | ||
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Maximum "On" Time: | This is the maximum time allowable for the solenoid to be "on" or energized for a specified duty cycle. | ||
Search Logic: | User may specify either, both, or neither of the "At Least" and "No More Than" values. Products returned as matches will meet all specified criteria. | ||
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Construction
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Construction | |||
Your choices are... | |||
Open Frame | Box, C Frame, D Frame. | ||
Tubular | Designed for relatively long-stroke applications; enclosed in tubular casing. | ||
Push / Pull | Cylindrical solenoid with a dense coil and an armature flange as an auxiliary magnetic path. | ||
Clapper | Hinged-designed solenoid for low-force, long-life applications. Also known as "Flapper". | ||
Laminate | Laminated Frame, AC voltage type. Insulated laminations allow magnetic field to develop while minimizing eddy currents. | ||
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Latching, Magnetic or Self Holding | Utilizes a permanent magnet to hold the plunger in the seated position with no applied power. | ||
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Two-way Latching | Utilizes two coils and pole pieces with one magnet between them to hold in two positions. | ||
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Features
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Dual Coil | Dual coil design provides greater pull and hold strength than a single coil design for the same size solenoid. | ||
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Protective Boot | Protective boot, usually of a bellows or sleeve design of elastomeric material, provides protection for the moving plunger in harsh or contaminated environments. | ||
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Variable Position Control | Solenoids are often simple on-off devices; some, such as proportional solenoids, can be positioned anywhere along the stroke. | ||
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Integral Position Feedback | Integral encoder or other signal indicating position. | ||
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Internal Drive Electronics | On-board or internal circuitry to regulate power, speed, range, or other motion control. | ||
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Return Spring Included | Typically a compression spring holding the plunger extended when not powered. Spring force must be subtracted from starting force to obtain available starting force. | ||
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Hermetically Sealed | Airtight. | ||
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Intrinsically Safe | Intrinsically safe (IS) is an adjective for equipment and wiring which is incapable of releasing sufficient electrical or thermal energy under normal or abnormal conditions to cause ignition of a specific hazardous atmospheric mixture in its most ignited concentration. The IS terminations and wiring may be brought into any hazardous location of any group classification for which it is accepted without requiring explosion proof housing or other means of protection. | ||
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UL Approved | Carries safety approval from Underwriters' Laboratories. | ||
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