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Upper Stage Electro-valve box (BEVE)
Upper Stage Electro-valve box (BEVE)
Upper Stage Electro-valve box (BEVE)
Mass 7.5kg
Fluid compatibility GHe, GN2
Maximal operating pressure 50bar
Pneumatic response times (opening / closing) < 20ms / 40ms
Opening/closing lifetime > 5000 cycles
The upper stage EV box is made of 6 normally closed electro-valves providing a gas flow to the user when activated by an electrical command. It is a power-amplified device, composed of a power stage driven by a pilot stage, actuated by a redundant electrical solenoid.
Upper Stage Electro-valve box (BEVE)
Mass 7.5kg
Fluid compatibility GHe, GN2
Maximal operating pressure 50bar
Pneumatic response times (opening / closing) < 20ms / 40ms
Opening/closing lifetime > 5000 cycles
Design, development, assembly & testing of flow regulation valves for space launcher engines and stages
Safran Aero Boosters specializes in flow regulation valves for space propulsion. With a strong focus on Research and Technology, the company is a partner on most future European launcher propulsion programs. Safran Aero Boosters’s equipment is developed under extreme conditions of temperature, pressure, vibration and flow and has demonstrated 100% reliability over 45 years. The company is able to hardness this high-level expertise to provide flow regulation valves (pneumatic/electric – linear/rotative) for most of propulsion systems on launchers.
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