Bulletin 62.

3:377
Specifications
Available Configurations Temperature Capabilities
When supply pressure falls below the trip point, Nitrile Diaphragms and O-Rings: –40 to 180°F
Type 377D Trip Valve: Fails actuator piston down. (–40 to 82°C)
Includes check valve and volume tank Fluoroelastomer Diaphragms and O-Rings: 0 to
Type 377L Trip Valve: Locks actuator piston in the 220°F (–18 to 104°C)
last position
Type 377U Trip Valve: Fails actuator piston up. Volume Tank Maximum Internal Working Pressure
Includes check valve and volume tank.
Standard: 240 psig (14.5 bar) for Type 377D or
All 377 Series Trip Valves can be converted to any 377U
of the above fail modes with minor hookup changes ASME Approved: 135 psig (9.3 bar) for Type 377D
or 377U
Allowable Supply Pressure for Trip Valve
Maximum: 150 psig (10.3 bar) Volume Tank Sizing
Minimum: 55 psig (3.8 bar)
See sizing section
Outlet Pressure
Mounting
Normal Operation: Pressure from control device
Fail-Up or Fail-Down Mode: Maximum volume Top-Mounted: Manifold-mounted between the po-
tank pressure sitioner and 470 or 480 Series actuator (manifolds
Lock-In-Last-Position: Respective cylinder pressure cannot be supplied with 490, 585, 1061, 1066, and
1069 Series piston actuators)
Trip Point(1) Side-Mounted: Yoke mounted or bracket mounted
Adjustable from a minimum of 40 psig (2.8 bar) to a
maximum of 72 percent of supply pressure; see Approximate Weight
figure 3 Trip Valve: 4.5 pounds (2.0 kg)
Reset: 12.5 to 33 percent above adjusted trip point Mounting Manifold: 1.2 pounds (0.5 kg)
Volume Tank: Varies between 12 and 47 pounds
Flow Coefficients (cv)(2) (5.4 and 21 kg) depending on size
Depends on flow path (shown in figure 4) as follows
Port A to Port B: 0.47 Construction Materials
Port B to Port C: 0.56 Body, Spring Case, and Manifold—Aluminum
Port D to Port E: 0.48 Cover—25% mineral-filled thermoplastic polyester
Port E to Port F: 0.64 O-Rings—nitrile or fluoroelastomer
Diaphragms—nitrile or fluoroelastomer
Body Connections Interior parts—brass, aluminum, steel, and stain-
1/4-inch NPT female less steel
1. If the trip point is not specified, the trip point is factory-set at 72 percent of supply pressure 2. Values represent nominal Cv measures for each port pair using a trip valve/actuator com-
or 40 psig (2.8 bar), whichever is higher. bination.

Principle of Operation tain maximum supply pressure in the volume tank if

supply pressure drops.

Type 377D Trip Valve
In normal operation, supply pressure loads the upper
diaphragm (see figure 4) of the unit. The valve plug
spring keeps the exhaust port closed. Supply pressure
also loads the lower diaphragm through the restriction,
causing the plug assemblies to move down and isolate
ports C and F while connecting port A to B and port D
to E. Normal actuator control pressure flows from the
control device to the top of the cylinder through ports
A and B and to the bottom of the cylinder through
ports D and E. A volume tank is charged to maximum
supply pressure through a check valve in order to re-
When supply pressure falls below the trip point pres-
sure in the fail-down mode (see figure 5), the exhaust
port opens, venting the supply pressure that is loading
the lower diaphragm. This causes the upper ports of
the plug assemblies to close and shut off normal pres-
sure flow from the control device to the actuator.
Volume tank pressure then flows through ports C and
B to the top of the actuator cylinder, while pressure in
the bottom of the actuator cylinder is vented through
ports E and F. The pressure imbalance created forces
the actuator piston down.