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8. ActuatorDrivingMechanism
8.1TypeFAdoubleactionactuators
TheairpressuresuppliedintoChamber[A]throughPort ① pushesthepistonsandthegearrackoutwards,
andreleasestheairleftinChamber[B]throughPort ②. Thegearrackrotatesthepistongearandtheshaft
counter-clockwisetodrivethevalve. Reversesupplyoftheairpressurereverselyactivatesvalveoperation.
8.2TypeFASspringreturnactuators
TheairpressuresuppliedintoChamber[A]throughPort ① pushesthepistonsandthegearrackoutwards,
compressingthespring,andreleasestheairleftinChamber[B]throughPort ②. Thegearrackrotatesthe
pistongear and theshaft counter-clockwiseto drivethevalve. At themoment the air in Chamber[A]is
dischargedthroughthesolenoidvalve,thespringforcepushesthepistonstothereversedirection,andthe
gearrackrotatesthepiniongearandtheshaftclockwisetoreverselydrivethevalve.