Air consumption per operation of the pneumatic actuator
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It is a single-acting pneumatic actuator, with an instrument air pressure of 6 bar. The cylinder volume is 24 L, and the air supply port size is 3/4'' NPT. Please help calculate the amount of air required to open the valve once. Thank you first
Ask first what it’s for If there are many valves, it is not useful to calculate the gas consumption per valve. Just use the average value for statistics; it has been discussed in this forum, so search for it yourself.
It is used for counting the volume of instrument air; since there are multiple pneumatic heads, only one is listed here. I found a formula on the forum: rises/minute = cylinder volume (volume when open + volume when closed) × number of times per minute; I followed that formula.