TLX Technologies is set to launch the first two components in its new family of modular valves at EV Tech Expo, held on October 8-10 in Detroit, US.

Uniting critical performance characteristics and flexibility, TLX’s new 4-Way and 3-Way Switching Valves give OEM and system design teams thermal-management controls that suit multiple vehicle platforms.

These high-flow valves deliver near-zero cross-flow leakage, reducing the number of challenges faced by design teams when developing a thermal-management system with the desired efficiency and flow-control characteristics.

Two important features help to reduce a vehicle’s overall energy consumption to improve mileage or range, regardless of fuel type. First, the valves do not require constant power to maintain a commanded position and, second, their efficient fluid flow path minimises pressure drop, allowing the vehicle’s coolant pump to support the system’s fluid-management requirements with less power.

TLX’s new modular valve family has the flexibility to suit vehicle platforms with different communication protocols, operating voltages and port size requirements. They support both 12 Vdc and 24 Vdc operation, and either PWM or LIN.

Design teams can choose nearly any port size up to 25.4 mm without any changes to the valve body, flow path or drive system.