Problems Solved - How Farmington Solenoid Valves Work

Introduction
Solenoid Valves are used wherever gas or liquid flow must be controlled automatically. Solenoid Valves are used in a wide variety of applications and environments which vary in temperature, pressure and liquid or gas medium. Farmington Engineering's valves enable a customer to select the ideal valve for the application needed.

Construction
Solenoid Valves are control devices which, when electrically energized or de-energized, allow liquid or gas flow or stop liquid or gas flow. The core of each valve is an actuator. The actuator is an electromagnet which when energized, causes a magnetic field to build which pulls a plunger or pivoted armature against the action of a spring or coil. When de-energized, the plunger or pivoted armature is returned to its original position as a result of the spring action.

Valve Operation
A distinction is made between direct action valves and internally piloted valves based upon the mode of actuation. A second important distinguishing feature is the number of port connections or flow paths.

Farmington Engineering Valves offer unique solutions to specific problems in Gas and Liquid Handling applications. Why are our valves different?

Farmington Valves 1) Engineered valves, manufactured to fit your customized needs
2) Farmington valves offer value added wiring, plumbing, mounting and performance characteristics.
3) Wide range of valves, from micro to 3" pipe size.
4) The only solution to many Gas and Liquid flow problems.


Farmington Engineering offers engineered solenoid valves, which satisfy difficult applications and offer value-added that is difficult to find elsewhere. There are thousands of commodity solenoid valve styles available from numerous manufacturers. Many of our competitors are only interested in high volume generic valves for a wide variety of applications. We offer both these high volume commodity valves as well as custom engineered lower volume valves for quality-oriented, customers demanding engineered solutions at competitive prices.