March 2021

PNEUMATICS As a global supplier of pneumatic fittings, Camozzi Automation manufactures in excess of 80 million fittings per year. The company has now applied this knowhow to develop its OX1 range of fittings and accessories for the life science market. The OX1 range includes fittings suited to medical gas applications, including medical and analytical equipment. The range adheres to the strict hygiene demands of components used in critical applications and during production is ultrasonic cleaned, inspected with UV black light, lubricated with a special oxygen compatible grease and uses materials that are fully compatible with oxygen. To ensure that the strictest hygiene standards are maintained during production, Camozzi Automation has created controlled atmosphere environments; including an ISO 7 cleanroom conforming to ISO 14644-1 for the assembly of products and solutions that demand the highest possible levels of cleanliness. Applications Typical applications for the OX1 range include ventilators, anaesthesia devices, oxygen concentrators, mass spectrometry or 34 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS March 2021 www.hpmag.co.uk Camozzi’s OX1 range meets the stringent demands of the life science market bio medical analysers. Camozzi states that OX1 products offer excellent levels of cleanliness, with non-volatile residue equal to or less than 550mg/m2. The range includes Series 6000 OX1 super rapid push-in fittings designed with a special collet which provides high reliability and long service life, Series VNR OX1 unidirectional valves with integrated push-in, constructed to operate at low pressure and Series 2000 OX1 brass pipe fittings available in a wide range of options including straight, elbow and tee with male and female couplings. The range can be used with PA, PU, PE or fluoropolymer tubing. www.camozzi.co.uk Industrial automation specialist Festo has introduced a new online configuration tool that makes it easier and quicker to select the correct valve or actuator for your process application. Simply select a few parameters and the Festo valve configurator will suggest appropriate combinations, offering a fast, reliable and easy way for process engineers to source coordinated and ready-to-install solutions. Leon Kelly, manager of the Process Automation Centre for Festo UK & Ireland, says: “Configuring the optimum process automation solution for your media is child’s play using the Festo online configurator. It simplifies the whole engineering and purchasing process and allows you to obtain the perfect valve unit in just a few clicks. It includes some really helpful features: for example, the configurator can generate a bill of materials to show the component breakdown. Also if you need a configuration ID for repeat orders, or a CAD model for your final configured solution, that’s not a problem – the configurator can produce those as well.” Single source According to Festo, the online valve configurator is ideal for selecting the company’s butterfly valve units (KVZA), ball valve units (KVZB) and quarter turn actuator units (KDFP). It simplifies the specification and purchase process by ensuring that all components – from process valves, actuators, pilot valves and limit switch boxes to positioners, adapter kits and hand levers – are from a single source and are perfectly matched and pre-assembled. It is also possible to use the configurator to select an actuator unit without the process valve: ideal for automating existing process valves, or where there is a preference for a third party supply. Following a step-by-step guide, the user simply chooses the required parameters in the configurator’s input menu. The configurator suggests the right solutions by taking all relevant factors into account: from the initial product search, configuration, sizing and documentation right through to ordering and delivery of the ready-to-install process valve or quarter turn actuator unit. The configurator can also accommodate unique customer-specific requests. Together with the proposed solution, the configurator automatically generates an order ID for the complete combination, which can be used for placing future orders. There are also benefits in terms of documentation because the CAD data for the complete, configured unit can be downloaded. Immediate price and delivery time information also make the ordering process easier. www.festo.co.uk Festo configurator saves time when selecting and ordering process valves