What is a Control Valve?

▶ C’mon over to where you can learn PLC programming faster and easier than you ever thought possible! ============================= ▶ Check out the full blog post over at ============================= A control valve is a power-operated device used to regulate or manipulate the flow of fluids, such as gas, oil, water, and steam. It is a critical part of a control loop and is an example of a final control element. The Control Valve is by far the most common final control element used in industry today. A control valve has two separate components: the Valve and the Actuator. Valve bodies are of different types or styles depending on service conditions, piping layout, and desired application. The two classes of control valves are Linear Motion and Rotary Motion. On a linear motion valve, the stem and valve movement is up and down. A common type of sliding control valves is the G