Dashpot timer

Being used in a variety of things such as printing presses, motors, and even irrigation systems, the dashpot timer has seen many applications.

The dashpot timer is a fluid time-on-timer that can be used in definite time motor acceleration starters and controllers.

The dashpot timer functions when a magnetic field forces a piston to move within a cylinder when the coil is energized.

In pneumatic timers the amount of delay that occurs can be altered by adjusting the needle valve.

Hydraulic action timers are usually designed for a specific time, which is set in the factory during their manufacture.

Most dashpot timers are used in sequential, automatic control applications where the completion of one operation causes the start of another process.

Dashpot timers are also used in motors, blowers, lighting, public restroom faucets, and control valves as well as in banking,[citation needed] retail, irrigation, and general industrial applications.

Every kind of dashpot timer has seen use in different technologies, from toasters to automated factory operations.

Even with the small problems that are present in these systems they have proven themselves reliable enough to be used in many fields for nearly a century.