10 EB 8359-2 EN
Design and principle of operation
4 Design and principle of oper-
ation
Theelectropneumaticpositionerisusedto
assignthevalveposition(controlledvariable)
totheinputsignal(referencevariable).The
positionercomparesthecontrolsignalofa
controlsystemtothetravelofthecontrol
valveandissuesasignalpressure(output
variable)forthepneumaticactuator.
Thepositionerconsistsofanelectropneumat-
icconverterunit(21)andapneumaticunit
equippedwithalever(1),shaft(1,1)and
rangespringaswellasthepneumaticcon-
trolsystemwithnozzle,apperplateand
booster.TheDCcontrolsignal,e.g.4to
20mA,issuedbythecontroller,istransmit-
tedtotheelectropneumaticconverterunit
(i/pconverter)whereitisconvertedintoa
proportionalpressuresignalpe.
Anychangeoftheinputcurrentsignalcaus-
esaproportionalchangeoftheairpressure
pefedtothepneumaticcontrolsystem.
Theairpressurepeproducesaforcewhich
actsonthesurfaceofthemeasuringdia-
phragm(8)andiscomparedtotheforceof
therangespring(6).
Themotionofthemeasuringdiaphragm(8)
istransferredtotheapperplate(10.2)over
thefeelerpin(9.1),andthenozzle(10.1)
releasespressure.Anychangeofeitherthe
airpressurepeorthevalvestemposition
causesthepressuretochangeinthebooster
(12)connecteddownstreamofthenozzle.
Thesignalpressurepstwhichisreleased
causestheplugstemtoassumeaposition
basedonthereferencevariable.
TheadjustablevolumerestrictionQ(14)and
Xp(gain)restriction(13)areusedtoopti-
mizethecontrolloopofthepositioner.
Therangespring(6),whichcanbeex-
changed,isassignedtoboththeratedvalve
travelandthespanofthereferencevariable.
Legend for Fig.1 and Fig.2
1Leverforvalvetravel
1.1 Shaft
2Pin
2.1 Nut
3Sleeve
4Zeropointadjustment
5Fasteningscrew
6Rangespring
6.1 Bracket
7Fasteningscrew
8Measuringdiaphragm
9Diaphragmplate
9.1 Feeler pin
10 Nozzleblock
10.1 Nozzle
10.2 Flapperplate
11 Coverplate
12 Booster
13 Xprestriction
14 VolumerestrictionQ
15 Holeforfasteningscrew
20 Plate
21 i/pconverter