Switches and Stem Position Transmitters

Limit Switches and Stem-Position Transmitters Travel-limit switches, position switches, and valve-position transmitters are devices that, when mounted on the valve, actuator, damper, louver, or other throtthng element, detect the component s relative position. The switches are used to operate alarms, signal hghts, relays, solenoid valves, or discrete inputs into the control system. The valve-position transmitter generates a 4-20-mA output that is proportional to the position of the valve. 

Devices mounted on the control valve that interface various forms of input signals, monitor and transmit valve position, or modify valve response are valve control devices. In some applications, several auxiliary devices are used together on the same control valve. For example, mounted on the control valve, one may find a current-to-pressure transducer, a valve positioner, a volume booster relay, a solenoid valve, a trip valve, a limit switch, a process controller, and/or a stem position transmitter. Figure 8-80 shows a valve positioner mounted on tne yoke leg of a spring and diaphragm actuator. 

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