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A B Y1 Y2 P T Y1 Y2 4 5 1 2 3 T A P B  14 13  12 11  10 9  8 7 6  Design The 4/3-way proportional valve is mounted on a function plate with four quick coupling connectors. The four electrical connections are equipped with safety jack- plugs. The component is fitted to the grid system of the slotted assembly board by means of the two blue levers (mounting variant “A”). The valve consists of: Piston (1), housing (2), spring (3), earthing contact (4), electrical connections of solenoid (5), emergency manual override (6), sliding bearing (7), compensating bore (8), solenoid coil (9), plunge (10), spring disc (11), control notch (12), stem (13), pressure tube (14)  Function The proportional valve is suitable for both the directional control of flow rates and their magnitude and is directly actuated by means of DC solenoid coils. Characteristic of this valve is the continuous adjustability of the piston. The valve is shown in the mid-position in the sectional view. All ports are mutually closed. The valve assumes the mid-position via the two compression springs, if neither of the two solenoids are energised (spring force). If voltage is applied to the solenoid coil (energised) Y2 (9), the plunger (10) pushes the piston (1) against the spring opposite. This connects port P to port A and port B simultaneously to port T. If the solenoid coil Y1 is energised, the piston is pushed in the opposite direction. Port P is then connected to port B and port A simultaneously to port T. The difference between a proportional valve and a switching valve is in the type of adjustability of the piston. Whereas the switching valve only has two statuses, i.e. energised and de-energised, whereby the piston is either completely extended or not at all, the proportional valve can approach any number of intermediate positions. This infinite adjustability is assumed by the proportional solenoid. A force is created if the solenoid is energised, which ac