https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/tag/valve/ Canada’s Source for Motorcycle News Since 1998 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:47:28 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/tag/valve/ 32 32 https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/trevitt-s-blog-electromagnetic-valve-control-video/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/trevitt-s-blog-electromagnetic-valve-control-video/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:47:28 +0000 https://dev.insidemotorcycles.com/trevitt-s-blog-electromagnetic-valve-control-video/ While variable valve timing has been a hot topic over the last few weeks with the introduction of the updated GSX-R1000 featuring Suzuki's innovative mechanical VVT system, many companies are working toward the next step in this area: eliminating camshafts completely and controlling the valves directly using electromagnetic actuators. There are many stumbling blocks to electromagnetic valve actuation (EVA), but a research group in the Control and Automation Laboratory of the University of British Columbia has created a new type of actuator that may make EVA a very realistic option in the not-too-distant future.

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