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Exhaust Vakve Redesign

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dynamix

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Sep 6, 2003
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I am enquiring about redesigning a valve. The application is a compressor of some sort using an exhaust valve on the top of the cyclinder.

In some designs have a leaf lock and exhaust valve leaf in the middle of the construction like the electrolux compressor at

they call them ('exhaust valve leaf' & 'exhaust valve retainer')

In another design these two parts have been combined into one exhaust leaf as in


What I want to know is is there a major difference in performance between the two? Can they be used for the same application? Would one design be chosen over the other for a particular application and why? Are there any other differences in design that is not quite as obvious.

Thanks

Peter G.
 
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