reducing valve

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re·duc·ing valve

a valve designed to lower the pressure of a gas coming from a cylinder containing compressed gas under high pressure.

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reducing valve

A device to reduce the pressure of gas that has been compressed in a cylinder.

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The circuit includes: the constant flow pump PCF, the pressure valve [PV.sub.1], the check valve CV, the proportional reducing valve PRV, position encoder PT, the pressure switch PS and the filtering system F.

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In addition to bolstering Armstrong's control valve offering, Ivanov points out the acquisition of Delta2 will also expand Armstrong's line of direct acting pressure reducing valves and de-superheating stations.

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Product types discussed in the studies are check valves; oleohydraulic and pneumatic transmission valves; pressure reducing valves; relief and safety valves.