Valve having a sensor system within a valve housing that includes a sensor arranged on a groove attached to a valve plate
AssigneeGEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
InventorsBettina Scherer, Bernd Porath
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Abstract
A valve includes a valve housing, which has at least one first connection and a second connection; at least one valve plate arranged in the valve housing; a passage opening arranged between the first connection and the second connection; and at least one valve seat surrounding the passage opening. The valve plate can be brought into contact with the valve seat in order to disconnect a fluid link between the first connection and the second connection. In order that the function of the valve, in particular the position of the valve plate, can be reliably detected, the valve includes a sensor system arranged within the valve housing.
Claims7
A valve comprising
- a valve housing having a first connection and a second connection;
- a valve plate arranged in the valve housing;
- a passage opening arranged between the first connection and the second connection;
- a valve seat surrounding the passage opening, wherein the valve plate can be brought into contact with the valve seat in order to disconnect a fluid link between the first connection and the second connection;
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- a sensor system arranged within the valve housing, the sensor system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors including a fluid sensor, and a sensor arranged on a groove attached to the valve plate and receiving a seal;
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- a valve control apparatus having a signal processing apparatus, which is connected with the at least one sensor and is set up to determine a switch status of the valve based on a sensor signal and to generate a signal representing the switch status,
- wherein the sensor system is arranged in a product space of the valve housing connecting in a fluid manner the first connection with the second connection, and
- wherein a measuring head surface of a measuring head of the fluid sensor transitions sealed into a housing interior surface of the valve housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.