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Mounting and pneumatic installation
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3.6
Pneumatic installation
Note
To ensure trouble-free operation:
Observe the following notes on pneumatic installation.
Fig. 3.11 Overview of pneumatic installation
3.6.1
Compressed air supply
Requirements of the compressed air supply:
Required operating medium: compressed air in accordance with ISO 8573-1:2010 [6:4:4]
(
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www.festo.com/catalogue as well as brief description on the proportional directional control
valve VPWP)
Permissible pressure range: 4 ... 8 bar.
For good positioning behaviour during a positioning operation, fluctuations in pressure of max. 1 bar
are permitted in front of the proportional directional control valve. To check the stability of the supply
pressure as needed:
Install a pressure measuring point directly in front of the proportional directional control valve.
To obtain results in force control that are as good as possible, the configured supply pressure should
correspond to the medium available supply pressure (
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FCT plug-in; page [Application data] “master
data”).