We provided a global leader in CIJ small-character printers with solenoid valves designed to offer greater repeatability, higher reliability, and longer operating life.

Our range is adaptable for many types of printer and labelling machines and includes cylinders, in-line valves and precision solenoid valves.

Thanks to close collaboration with key global customers, Norgren has developed miniaturized and robust valves for highly integrated solutions to ensure key functions in the customers’ devices.

Miniature Solenoid Valve Case Study

A global leader in CIJ small character printers used in diverse manufacturing & production environments, required miniature solenoid valves with greater repeatability, higher reliability and longer operating life.

We designed a precision miniature solenoid valve in a 10mm body with smallest possible overall footprint and internal volume, repeatable specified operating times and leak rate, an increased valve life cycle and higher reliability to withstand clogging in continuous operation with viscous ink.

The miniature solenoid valve design needed to be compatible with MEK (Methyl ethyl ketone) based inks to compensate for “swelling” of elastomer seals and precision control of highly aggressive media.

Our solution was an integrated dual 10mm solenoid valve in a single assembly and housing. The miniature integrated precision solenoid valve assembly is 100% tested to the OEM customer specifications achieving the highest quality and inspection standards allowing for KANBAN shipments arriving at the customer as “door to floor” with no incoming inspection.

The product represented an extension of an existing product technology platform and was co–developed over a 24 month period between us and the OEM customer project engineering at one of our premier precision miniature solenoid valve manufacturing units.

The solution met the dimension & footprint, repeatable flow & response time and life cycle requirements of the OEM customer. In turn, while Norgren developed the precision control miniature valve enabled the OEM customer to focus on its core competencies which decreased its development time, launch to market faster and realize sales revenues 6 months sooner.

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