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Valve
Carriers
The valve carrier is mounted to the end of the manipulator
or robot and houses all of the lubrication valves and mixing nozzles.
The lubricant and air hoses are brought into the valve carrier and connected
to the valve bases. At the front (exit) of the valve carrier are outlet
ports fitted with o-rings where the spray tooling can be quick-connected.
Exiting the valve carrier will be fine amounts of lubricant highly atomized
in air.
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To guarantee an optimum spraying result it is necessary to install the
lubrication valves and mixing nozzles as near as possible to the spraying
heads. This allows for quick response of the lubricant when opening and
closing the valves and also reduces the amount of lubricant remaining
after the valve when the lubrication cycle is finished.
The valves are mounted on specially designed bases. These bases can
be designed to allow multiple lubrication mediums to go out the exit
of the valve carrier. For instance, water can be sprayed on the dies
first for maximum cooling effect before spraying the lubricant for coating.
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