Sanitary pinch valve
26F series
Red Valve
Body acts as built-in actuator
No crevices or "dead spots" for food particle build-up
Full port FDA approved elastomer sleeve
Cost effective and maintenance free
Materials of construction
Body- 316 stainless steel
End connections- type 316 stainless steel, fastens with standard Tri-Clover "Tri-Clamp®" fittings
Sleeve material- FDA approved White Chlorobutyl, Neoprene, Buna-N, Viton, EPDM
The 26F Sanitary Valve's unique one-piece sleeve design, with Tri-Clover Tri-Clamps®, incorporates an integral O-ring seal molded onto the sleeve ends. The design makes this sanitary valve a straight through port design, eliminating crevices and dead spots, in order to reduce the possibility of bacteria. The key to this valve is in the flexible food grade rubber sleeve--the valve's only wetted part.
Actuation of the valve, the pinching action, is accomplished by air or hydraulic pressure placed upon the sleeve. The valve body acts as a built-in actuator, eliminating costly pneumatic, hydraulic or electric actuators. Adding pressure within the annular space between the housing and sleeve can throttle or close the valve.
