L&p Property Management Company

Schukra Berndorf Gmbh

Schukra GerÄtebau Gmbh

Sigurd Sturm

Horia Blendea

Maxime Samain

Milosz Niec

Wade O'Moore

Daniel Schmitz

Bradley Michael James Morris

Martin Kalmutzki

Gerhard Hoerber

Krzysztof Zulauf

Jianlin Zhang

Igor Berkovych

Dominik Voelk

Gerhard HÖRBER

Various examples relate to electrically actuated valves. Various examples relate to actuators to be used for valves, e.g., shape—memory alloy actuators or solenoid actuators () or piezoelectric actuators. Various examples relate to a modular concept in which a valve can be formed by attaching an actuator component () to a housing. Various examples relate to a further modular concept in which multiple valve blocks, each valve block including one or more valves, can be fluidly coupled with each other.

Electrically actuated valves

A valve () includes a housing () and the fluid port (). A plunger () is configured to seal the fluid port () in a first position () and to unseal the fluid port () in a second position and to displace along a displacement direction () from its first position () towards its second position. The valve () also includes at least one shape memory alloy, SMA, actuator () extending along the displacement direction () for at least 50% of its length and configured to exert an actuation force () on the plunger () to displace the plunger () from the first position () towards the second position.

Valve with shape memory alloy wire

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Nuremberg, Germany

Sigurd Sturm