摘要 |
Disclosed is a poppet valve (10) including a housing (16) having an inlet port (12) and an outlet port (14). A poppet (18) is located in the housing (16) and includes a poppet body (26) which blocks the outlet port (14) when the valve is in a closed position and a poppet tip (28) disposed at a distal end of the poppet body (26). The poppet tip (28) includes at least one tip flow channel (36) extending substantially along a poppet axis (22) to meter flow therethrough as the valve (10) is moved from a closed position. A method of controlling a flow includes translating a poppet (18) located in a valve housing (16) in a first direction along a poppet axis (22). At least one poppet flow channel (36) extends across a valve outlet port (14) via translation of the poppet (18). A fluid is flowed from the inlet port (12) through a first flow area defined by the at least one poppet flow channel (36) extending across the outlet port (14). |