5. Maintenance and conversion
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Festo P .BE-MPA-EN en 1108e
Y ou can ascertain the pilot control variant for which your
MP A-S is equipped by the following features listed in
Chapter 3 Tab. 3/1.
The follow i ng pneumatic interfaces or multiple connector
plates are available for pilot control of the MPA-S valve
terminal:
Variant
Pneumatic
interface
Multiple connector
plates
Identification features
– Operation with
internal pilot air
– Ducted exhaust a ir
VMPA...-FB-E PL-G MPA1-MP-EPL-G /
VMPA1-MPM-EPL-G
– Sealed connection
(12/14)
– Exhaust plate
– Operation with
internal pilot air
– Exhausting via flat
plate silencer
VMPA...-FB-E PL-G U MPA1-MP-EPL-GU /
VMPA1-MPM-EPL-G U
– Sealed connection
(12/14)
– Flat plate silencer
– Operation with
external pilot air
– Ducted exhaust a ir
VMPA...-FB-E PL-E MPA1-MP-EPL-E /
VMPA1-MPM-EPL-E
– Open connection
(12/14)
– Exhaust plate
– Operation with
external pilot air
– Exhausting via flat
plate silencer
VMPA...-FB-E PL-EU MPA1-MP-EPL-EU /
VMPA1-MPM-EPL-EU
– Open connection
(12/14)
– Flat plate silencer
Tab. 5/6: Variants of the pneumatic interface and multiple connector plate
MPA-S valve terminal with CPX terminal
Removing the CP X pneumatic inter face:
– from the sub-base of the MPA-S valve terminal is
described in Appendix B.
– from the CPX terminal is described in the system manual
for the CPX terminal.