
Solenoid Valve vs. Air Cylinder Leak Test
January 28, 2025When there is continuous leakage out of a valve exhaust port, proceed as follows to determine if the leak is caused by defective valve seals or by defective cylinder seals.
- Cylinder retracted as shown in Figure 1
- If there is continuous leakage out of Exhaust Port “5”, the valve seals are defective and must be replaced.
- If there is continuous leakage out of Exhaust Port “3”, the problem can be with the valve seals or the cylinder seals. To determine which proceed as follows:
- Disconnect the line between Valve Cylinder Port “2” and the Cylinder Port “B” Figure 2.
- If leakage continues out of Exhaust Port “3” and/or Cylinder Port ”2”, the valve seals are defective and must be replaced.
- If there is a leakage out of the line from the Cylinder Port “B”, the cylinder seals are defective and must be replaced.
- Cylinder extended as shown in Figure 3.
- If there is continuous leakage out of Exhaust Port “3”, the valve seals are defective and must be replaced.
- If there is continuous leakage out of Exhaust Port “5”, the problem can be either the valve seals or the cylinder seals. To determine which proceed as follows:
- Disconnect the line between Valve Cylinder Port “4”, and the Cylinder Port “A” per Figure 4.
- If leakage continues out of Exhaust Port “5” and /or Cylinder Port “4”, the valve seals are defective and must be replaced.
- If there is a leakage out of the line from the Cylinder Port “A”, the cylinder seals are defective and must be replaced.