Pneumatic Actuator Sizing & Torque Visualizer
A professional torque-margin tool for quarter-turn valve actuators. Compare actuator output against the full 0–90° valve required-torque curve for rack & pinion or scotch yoke, double-acting or spring-return designs.
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- Professional HTML sizing reports
- Full torque-curve margin analysis
- Metric / Imperial unit conversion
- Rack & pinion and scotch yoke coverage
Pneumatic Actuator Sizing & Torque Visualizer
Compare actuator torque output against valve required-torque curves across the full 0–90° stroke, for rack & pinion or scotch yoke, double-acting or spring-return actuators.
Enter the manufacturer-published torque at each rated stroke position (from the actuator's air-supply-pressure torque table). Intermediate positions are interpolated.
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Engineering Methodology
Rack & pinion curves use manufacturer-published torque at each rated stroke position, held constant (double-acting) or linearly interpolated (spring-return) across the 0–90° stroke.
Scotch yoke curves follow the non-linear torque profile characteristic of the mechanism, checked at every tabulated angle — not just the stroke endpoints — to catch mid-stroke margin failures other tools miss.
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