A model of a typical paint valve system with a "female" valve, the stem being part of the top actuator. This type has no valve cup. The left part shows the spray in closed state, while the right side shows the pressed/open state, to illustrate the functionality.
<ol><li>Orifice insert</li>
<li>Actuator</li>
<li>Gasket</li>
<li>Stem</li>
<li>Valve</li>
<li>Spring cup</li>
<li>Spring</li>
<li>Valve Housing</li>
<li>Dip tube</li></ol>
This model was created with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(Software)" class="extiw" title="w:Blender (Software)">Blender</a> using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuxRender" class="extiw" title="w:LuxRender">LuxRender</a> as external renderer. It took approximately 38h to render on a 8 core machine.
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