Air Operated Pinch Valves in Industry

United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland -- Free-Press-Release.com-- Jul 13, 2011 -- Product Control and Processing

Air operated Pinch Valves offer users a wide and varied range of capabilities and are accordingly available in different sizes to meet the large number of specific applications required by various industries in processing operations. Valves vary in size from a fraction of an inch, to about thirty feet in diameter, with the form from a simple brass water valve to a highly technical, precision designed system control valve, manufactured from a space age alloy.

Valves, defined sometimes as simply a component used for the control of fluids, are however in the highly technical, innovative cost conscious world of today, used well beyond this limited control. Pneumatic operated Pinch Valves in comparison to other valve types are able to control a great deal more than a material flow, such as the rate of flow, volume, pressure and the direction of the processing material. References from: - http://www.pinch-valve.com/en/products/air-operated-pinch-valves.html

This innovative valve has still not reached its limitations, because besides the foregoing it has an on - off capacity and can isolate, modulate and regulate a processed product flow. Apart from processing fluids, Pneumatic Pinch Valves are capable of handling liquids, gases, slurries or dry materials, with, processing using a pipeline, chute or a passageway of a similar nature. The history of a common valve extends over thousands of years and recognized as one of the oldest products used by man.

Air Pinch Valves control product flows of varying types in many applications. Processed materials can be from the finest of gases, to highly corrosive chemicals and abrasive slurries. Operating temperatures will vary from those in the cryogenic region to molten metal and pressures from high vacuum to thousands of pounds per square inch are part of a usual operating performance. This operational capacity is in direct contrast to valves of other varieties.

Essential Parts of Industry

In almost every aspect of industry, the valve is an indispensable component of modern industry. In most manufacturing processes, the Pneumatic operated Pinch Valve is an essential and integral part of a production cycle. When handling applications of the nature of slurries or liquids and suspended solids, it has proven to be extremely durable, reliable and efficient. It also applies to the sealing process, which occurs by way of one or more flexible elements, such as an elastomer sleeve or rubber tube, “pinched” to shut-off the product flow.

Additional advantages of the Air operated Pinch Valve includes efficiency in the control of material flows containing corrosive and abrasive elements and the lack of contact between any metal part and the processing product. It is also a great asset in circumstances where maintaining purity of a product is a high priority. The versatility of the valve shows in its effectiveness for the handling of wastewater, slurries, pulp, powder and pellets, and applications relating to medical and pharmaceutical processes.

Actuation by the hydraulic or air pressure into the Air operated Pinch Valves casing, directly onto the elastomer sleeve is the means of operation. The casing of the valve replaces the need for a built-in actuator and thus avoids the high operating cost of hydraulic, pneumatic or electric operators. Closing of the valve is by the flexibility of the sleeve, which enables a drop-tight seal around any confined solids.

AKO Armaturen represented worldwide, has 22 national representatives of various companies from a large variety of sectors. Customers are from industrial sectors such as chemicals, food and beverage, power plant, waste water treatment and in particular minerals handling, cement, sand and silo engineering sectors.
A market and industrial leader in the manufacture Air operated Pinch Valves, its mechanical and air operated valves are designed for isolating and regulating abrasive, fibrous and corrosive product materials.

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