Festo MPA-L Series, Description

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5. Conversion and maintenance
5−11
Festo P.BE−MPAL−EN en 1008NH
5.3.2 Exchange sub−base, supply plate or extend or exchange right−hand
end plate
You can easily adapt the valve terminal MPA−L to the require
ments of your machine or system by exchanging or adding valve
positions.
At all valve positions valves with one or two solenoid coils can
be fitted. If only one size and valves with the same number of
solenoid coils are used the following maximum number
of sub−
bases (Tab.5/3) occurs:
Valve terminal MPA−L Valve positions per
sub−base n
1
Solenoid coils per
valve position n
2
max. number
X
max
1)
MPA1 1 1 32
2 16
4 1 8
2 4
1) Maximum number of sub−bases when exclusively equipped with one size and with valves having
the same number of solenoid coils
Tab.5/3: Maximum number of sub−bases
The maximum number of controllable solenoid coils is limited
by the connection option (multi−pin plug type or CPX terminal,
see Chapter 1.3 and 1.4).
For 32 controllable solenoid coils the maximum number of
sub−bases (X
max)
can be calculated as follows:
X
max
+
32
ǒ
n
1
n
2
Ǔ