<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The precision and stability of adjusted temperatures are critical requirements for electromechanical thermostats. The key element in meeting the requirement is a thermostat bellows. It is a convertor of pressure into force that actuates the mechanical system of the thermostat. Convolutions enabling the axial movement of the bellows cause that the bellows is partly behaving as a spring. Therefore, the bellows has its own spring rate. The setting of the bellows spring rate influences the critical parameters of the thermostat. The aim of the article is to find the difference between the setting done by bellows producer and setting done by thermostat producer and its influence on the thermostat adjustment.</p></abstract>

The precision and stability of adjusted temperatures are critical requirements for electromechanical thermostats. The key element in meeting the requirement is a thermostat bellows. It is a convertor of pressure into force that actuates the mechanical system of the thermostat. Convolutions enabling the axial movement of the bellows cause that the bellows is partly behaving as a spring. Therefore, the bellows has its own spring rate. The setting of the bellows spring rate influences the critical parameters of the thermostat. The aim of the article is to find the difference between the setting done by bellows producer and setting done by thermostat producer and its influence on the thermostat adjustment.

Influence of Bellows Setting on Its Spring Rate and on Temperature Adjustment of Electromechanical Thermostats

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic

Acta Technologica Agriculturae

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The precision and stability of adjusted temperatures are critical requirements for electromechanical thermostats. The key element in meeting the requirement is...

Influence of Bellows Setting on Its Spring Rate and on Temperature Adjustment of Electromechanical Thermostats

Published Online: Jun 11, 2016

Page range: 43 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ata-2016-0010

Keywords
bellows, spring rate, temperature adjustment, bellows setting

© 2016 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Bellows Setting on Its Spring Rate and on Temperature Adjustment of Electromechanical Thermostats

Published Online: Jun 11, 2016

Page range: 43 - 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ata-2016-0010

Keywordsbellows, spring rate, temperature adjustment, bellows setting

© 2016 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
bellows, spring rate, temperature adjustment, bellows setting