M.S. Jacobs Expands Valve Product Line

Alcon industrial solenoid valves
Courtesy Rotork Instruments

M.S. Jacobs recently broadened the company's offering of solenoid valves for industrial use. The addition of the Alcon brand line, part of the Rotork Instruments Group, adds solenoid valve products suited for severe conditions and extreme temperatures often encountered in industrial settings. M.S. Jacobs has a full range of solenoid valves for general and special purpose applications, including air, water, steam, cryogenic gases and liquids, oil and fuel, corrosive media and vacuum.

More information is available. Share your fluid process control challenges with product application specialists and make the latest available product information part of your solution.

Solenoid Valve Application Tip

Solenoid Valves
(courtesy of GC Valve)

Mechanical & Materials Considerations

Solenoid valves are your fastest-acting option when controlling flow. They can be repaired in-line (without breaking plumbing connections in most designs), and they can be less costly than other electrically operated valves.

But there are a few measures that can increase your satisfaction with solenoid valves:
Install strainers or filters to prevent foreign materials from entering the valve and interfering with operation.

• Avoid Teflon tape; those stringy leftover pieces can travel downstream and hang up in the valve.
• Use pipe dope sparingly; globs of it in the line can affect solenoid valves and other control elements.
• Add check valves to your design if it is important to prevent back flow through the solenoid valve.
• Consider plumbing solenoid valves in series (double-block) where any leakage is unacceptable.
• Ask for a plated operator to protect special grades of stainless steel from corrosion.

And be sure to let your representative know about everything in the process fluid. Additives in air, water or other fluids can change the soft-seal requirements.

For more information, or assistance with selecting solenoid valves, contact:

M.S. Jacobs

810 Noblestown Road

Pittsburgh, Pa 15205

Toll free (800) 348-0089

www.msjacobs.com

Email: msjacobs@msjacobs.com