Festo has launched a highly configurable valve terminal, titled the VTSA valve terminal. The VTSA can accommodate up to 32 ISO standard 18mm, 26mm and 42mm valves, and allows any combination of these valves to be mounted on the same manifold. Festo’s VTSA is supplied as a fully assembled and pre-tested unit, enabling users to effectively replace an entire control panel via a single order. The valve terminal is fully compliant with the new ISO 15407-2 standard, which defines the mounting interface and electrical connections for five-port pneumatic directional control valves and was developed to harmonise the platform for VDMA standard 01 and 02 sized valves, which are now known as 26mm and 18mm valves. VTSA valve terminals feature all metal sub-base modules, and employ air ducts designed to maximise flow rate. Festo offers a wide range of compatible 5/3, 5/2 and dual 3/2 valves, all of which have an operating pressure range of -0.9 to 10bar. The valves are available in 18mm, 26mm and 42mm sizes, with respective flow rates of 550ltrs/min, 1100ltrs/min and 1500ltrs/min. All three valve series offer a choice of 24Vdc and 110Vac solenoids for maximum applications flexibility, and can be configured so that their breathing ports vent into the exhaust port instead of the atmosphere, making them suitable for use in clean air environments such as food processing plants.