The S10 compact directional valve from Hoerbiger-Origa can operate as two independent valves in a single body or, in conjunction with its RPS manifold, handle different pressures simultaneously. The development of the S10 was based on increasing requirements for smaller valves, but the design team used the opportunity to incorporate many other advantages Hoerbiger-Origa’s Ian Jones: “The ISO standards actually caused some stagnation in valve design, with no great advances for 10 years or more. But the volume market trend has swung away from universal standard designs, as companies can gain a competitive advantage by using more compact, efficient and economic valve designs. This is achieved in the S10 by the adoption of new materials, better manufacturing, higher precision and optimised designs. Typically they are less than 30% per cent in size, yet offer 30% increase in flow rate. As these valves are often required to run on vital processes for years without attention, reliability was a key concern and the S10 has a life expectancy in excess of 25 million cycles. Perhaps best of all, they are 30% cheaper than previous models.”
