Alfa Laval’s ball valves represent a versatile solution for achieving unimpeded fluid flow, featuring a full-bore design that eliminates flow restrictions and minimizes pressure drop. This design facilitates the seamless transfer of viscous fluids and liquids containing particles within hygienic processing systems. These ball valves are fully piggable, ensuring effortless and dependable product recovery while enhancing overall plant performance. They find application across a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Enhance your plant’s efficiency and ensure uninterrupted process flow with Alfa Laval’s ball valves. Thanks to their full-bore construction, these valves enable the unobstructed passage of viscous fluids and particle-laden liquids through processing lines.
Our ball valves are available with manual handles or maintenance-free pneumatic actuators. These actuators can be paired with intelligent valve control units equipped with automatic setup capabilities. Alternatively, our experts can assist in selecting the most suitable ball valves for your specific process needs, guaranteeing ease of use, minimal pressure drops, reduced product losses, and increased yields.
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Sanitary ball valves are equipped with a full-bore design, allowing for unrestricted fluid flow while minimizing pressure reduction. This makes them well-suited for the management of viscous fluids or liquids containing particles, particularly in the food, beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Alfa Laval butterfly valves are top-tier shut-off valves designed for use in stainless steel pipe systems in hygienic and high-purity industrial processes. Their generous opening area and minimal flow resistance facilitate the smooth passage of low- to medium-viscosity liquids or liquids containing solids, enhancing productivity while minimizing energy consumption. These valves are an ideal choice for applications across various industries, including food and beverage, home and personal care, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.
Simplify the management of food-grade, hygienic, and high-purity process fluids with Alfa Laval butterfly valves, which offer reliability and cost-effectiveness. You can select from standard, hygienic, high-purity, ATEX, or special flange versions, all designed to facilitate easy valve body removal without the need for extensive dismantling of piping configurations.
For manual operation, these valves are equipped with handles available in various configurations, along with optional position indication units. In cases requiring automated operation, a range of pneumatic actuators in different configurations is available. Across all applications, these actuators can be paired with intelligent valve control units featuring auto-setup capabilities. Alfa Laval butterfly valves are user-friendly for configuration and upgrades, contributing to high plant performance and product quality.
Alfa Laval control/check valves effectively manage the flow of process liquids and gases within hygienic process systems. Their easy installation, operation, and maintenance ensure the preservation of process integrity and product quality while preventing potential harm to pipelines, equipment, or system disruptions caused by reverse fluid flow, pressure fluctuations, water hammer, or air entrainment. These hygienic valves are fully automated and rapid in their response, providing secure, dependable, and cost-efficient fluid and gas management.
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Butterfly valves are uncomplicated on/off routing valves characterized by a generous opening area and minimal flow resistance. They are particularly well-suited for applications involving low and medium-viscosity liquids where maintaining high hygiene standards is crucial.
The LKB butterfly valve’s special flange version simplifies the removal of the valve body, eliminating the need to disassemble piping arrangements. This streamlined process facilitates straightforward maintenance, servicing, and replacement, minimizing disruptions.
The Unique Control LKB automation unit, equipped with an integrated actuator, provides intelligent control solutions for LKB butterfly valves across various applications. This comprehensive, single-unit actuator ensures superior flow control, hygiene, durability, and reliability.
Alfa Laval control/check valves are designed to oversee the flow of process liquids and gases within hygienic process systems. They are easy to install, operate, and maintain, serving as a safeguard for process integrity and product quality. These valves prevent potential pipeline and equipment damage, as well as system shutdowns caused by reverse fluid flow, pressure surges, water hammer, and air entrainment. With full automation and rapid response capabilities, these hygienic valves offer a secure, dependable, and cost-effective solution for managing fluids and gases.
Elevate the protection of your hygienic process systems by effectively controlling the flow of process fluids and gases. Alfa Laval valves not only prevent backflow contamination and provide pressure relief but also enhance productivity, uptime, and overall operational cost-efficiency. These valves are your dependable choice for efficiently regulating fluid and gas flows.
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Crafted with a specific focus on stainless steel pipe applications, LKC-2 non-return valves serve as a reliable safeguard against the undesired backflow of fluids. These standard non-return valves find extensive utility across diverse operations within the sanitary industry, ensuring both safety and dependability.
Tailored to fulfill the unique requirements of the biotech, pharmaceutical, and personal care sectors, the LKC UltraPure non-return valve offers a seamless, secure installation process and maintains a consistently high level of quality.
The LKUV-2 air-relief valves are purpose-built for applications where the removal of air from a process line, without any product loss, is of paramount importance. These valves offer robust safety features, optimal efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, making them an ideal choice for processes that prioritize stringent hygiene standards.
The Alfa Laval SB Self-Cleaning CO2 Valve is an automatic valve designed to regulate the flow of carbon dioxide in tank top systems and other applications. It is engineered for use in the brewery, food, dairy, and beverage industries, providing a convenient solution for venting or pressurizing vessels. This versatile valve can seamlessly integrate with a SCANDI BREW® tank top system.
The Alfa Laval Unique Vacuum Breaker Valve is a pneumatic check valve designed to eliminate vacuum conditions in high-temperature, short-time (HTST) pasteurization systems. This durable, easy-to-clean valve can be effortlessly customized to meet a wide range of requirements, offering a cost-effective solution to uphold stringent hygiene and aseptic standards in the dairy, food, and beverage industries.
The Unique Vacuum Breaker Valve ensures the secure, efficient, and cost-effective operation of HTST pasteurization systems by preventing vacuum formation at all production stages. Leveraging the dependable modular platform of the Unique SSSV small single seat valve, it simplifies selection, operation, and cleaning, requiring only a single air connection for Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) capabilities. Additionally, it can be equipped with the Alfa Laval ThinkTop® V50 for valve sensing and control.
Protect pasteurization piping and systems from vacuum conditions with Unique Vacuum Breaker Valve
Alfa Laval diaphragm valves serve as aseptic inline solutions for fluid control within hygienic, high-purity, and aseptic processing pipelines. Whether operated manually or pneumatically, these valves, known for their compact and lightweight design, offer versatile configuration options to accommodate a wide range of process demands. This versatility extends to sterile and ultra-hygienic applications, particularly in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Alfa Laval diaphragm valves ensure contamination-free performance across various industries, including but not limited to food, personal care, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.
Proven, high-performance diaphragm valves for demanding aseptic processes
Alfa Laval’s Unique DV-ST UltraPure diaphragm valves stand out as the preferred option for pharmaceutical, biotech, and other industries with stringent hygiene requirements. These valves, which are both compact and lightweight, consist of a set of core components including valve bodies, diaphragms, actuators, and handles. This diverse selection allows for a wide array of configurations to precisely match the demands of your specific processes.
The Unique DV-ST UltraPure valves can be operated pneumatically or manually. In pneumatic operation, the valves are managed by actuators capable of functioning at product pressures of up to 10 bar. The specific pressure capacity depends on factors such as valve size, diaphragm material (EPDM, PTFE/EPDM, and TFM/PTFE), and the chosen actuator. Additionally, a variety of easy-to-install indicator and control units are available to suit your needs.
For manual operation, these valves are operated by manually turning a handle attached to the stem. The handle is equipped with standard over-closure protection to extend the life of the diaphragm. All metal components are constructed from either stainless steel or composite material, depending on the handle type selected.
Proven, high-performance diaphragm valves for demanding aseptic processes
Alfa Laval’s double-seal valves represent an economical solution for managing the concurrent flow of two distinct products or fluids through a single valve, eliminating any concerns of cross-contamination. These top-loaded pneumatic valves adhere to standardized specifications and are particularly well-suited for hygienic applications demanding additional safety measures, leak detection, and Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) procedures. Their versatility extends to the dairy, food, beverage, home-personal care, and various other industries.
Optimize product safety and process reliability while keeping costs in check and minimizing the risk of contaminants with Alfa Laval’s double-seal valves. These valves effortlessly handle both process fluids and CIP fluids concurrently. As a viable alternative to double-seat mixproof valves, they are available in both hygienic and aseptic models, offering a range of valve body configurations for shutoff purposes.
Secure, dependable, and cost-effective mixproof valves designed to ensure the safe separation of two distinct products within hygienic and aseptic process piping systems.
Optimal for managing hygienic process flows within matrix piping systems, SMP mixproof valves offer a standardized and budget-friendly option when compared to Unique mixproof valves.
Alfa Laval’s regulating valves offer precise control over flow rates or pressures within hygienic processing lines, making them ideal for applications such as metering, blending, weighing, and filling systems across various industries, including dairy, food, beverage, home-personal care, biotech, and pharmaceuticals. These valves guarantee secure and efficient operation, facilitate easy maintenance, maintain product quality, and enhance overall productivity.
Allow Alfa Laval’s regulating valves to manage your hygienic and aseptic processing lines by ensuring precise control over flow rates and pressures. Engineered to meet stringent hygiene and safety requirements, these valves continuously monitor and adjust process parameters, optimizing performance while upholding product quality, safety, and process integrity.
Safeguard hygienic processing lines and productivity through accurate control of flow rate or pressure.
CPM valves ensure consistent pressure levels at either the inlet or outlet of hygienic process lines within the dairy, food, and beverage sectors. These control valves offer precise pressure management, guaranteeing safety, reliability, and exceptional ease of cleaning.
The Alfa Laval SB Pressure Exhaust Valve serves as a control valve that autonomously lowers the operational pressure within process tanks used in breweries, food production, dairy, and beverage industries when the vessel’s pressure rises. This valve is an essential component of the SCANDI BREW® tank top system.
The Alfa Laval SB Tank Pressure Regulator is designed to consistently control and adjust the upper pressure levels within pressure tanks throughout the filling, processing, and emptying phases. Typically, it connects directly to the gas/CIP pipeline leading to the tank’s upper section or can be seamlessly integrated into a flow panel. This regulator can also be incorporated into the SCANDI BREW® tank top system for enhanced functionality.
The Unique RV-P regulating valve has been meticulously engineered to ensure the secure and efficient management of precise fluid flows within the dairy, food and beverage, as well as biopharmaceutical sectors.
The Alfa Laval Unique RV-ST stands as a highly adaptable and hygienic regulating valve, delivering uninterrupted control over liquid flow and pressure in both high and low-volume applications. Featuring straightforward installation and an electropneumatic positioner, it fulfills the strictest process demands for hygiene and safety across various industries including dairy, food, brewing, and more.
Addressing the exacting needs for process cleanliness, safety, and precise flow and pressure management, the Alfa Laval Unique RV-ST regulating valve is a versatile solution. Covering a broad range of Kv values from 1 to 250 m3/hour, it caters to diverse customer requirements, even at exceptionally low flow rates. Leveraging the trusted Unique SSV platform, the RV-ST shares standard components with the Alfa Laval Unique valve series, streamlining parts inventory, reducing costs, and simplifying replacements when necessary.
Hygienic regulating valve for quick, accurate control of process flow and pressure
Alfa Laval safety valves are the key to ensuring optimal operating conditions in hygienic applications, whether it’s preventing overpressure, vacuum issues, or unacceptable fluid levels. These valves play a crucial role in mitigating the risk of explosions and implosions by relieving excess pressure or liquid levels from pipelines, vessels, or equipment. This protection is particularly vital for hygienic processing systems in industries such as dairy, food and beverage, and brewing. The result? Enhanced safety, reduced downtime, and improved yields.
Let Alfa Laval safety valves safeguard your personnel and hygienic processing facility from potential damage caused by excessive pressure and vacuum conditions. Maintaining the right pressure levels in pipelines, tanks, and systems, staying well within design limits or within a predefined pressure range, requires expertise. Trust in Alfa Laval’s profound knowledge and experience in optimizing the reliability, performance, and safety of both your processes and your workplace, even under the most challenging operational circumstances. Secure your hygienic processing systems against the following risks:
Secure your personnel and ensure more uptime by safeguarding your hygienic processing plant
The Alfa Laval SB Anti-Vacuum House is engineered to reduce the likelihood of implosion within sealed processing tanks exposed to vacuum conditions. These conditions can occur during tank filling or emptying, as well as during cooling rinses following hot cleaning or caustic cleaning in a CO2-rich atmosphere. This valve can seamlessly integrate with the SCANDI BREW® tank top system and has been specifically crafted for use in hygienic processes within the brewery, dairy, and food and beverage industries.
The Alfa Laval Safety Valve safeguards your machinery, the surrounding environment, and the well-being of your personnel. This specialized safety mechanism is engineered to swiftly alleviate excessive pressure within vessels or equipment, subsequently sealing shut to prevent any further fluid discharge once the system has returned to its standard operating conditions.
To safeguard both the integrity of the tank and the security of operations, the Alfa Laval SB Pressure Relief Valve serves as a vital shield for pressurized tanks in the event of overpressure. Specifically engineered for hygienic applications in brewery, dairy, food, and beverage industries, this valve seamlessly integrates with the SCANDI BREW® tank top system.
Within the SCANDI BREW® tank top system, the Alfa Laval SB Anti Vacuum Valve is an efficient safety component that mitigates the potential for tank implosion during vacuum situations. Such scenarios commonly arise during liquid filling or emptying, as well as during post-hot-cleaning or caustic cleaning processes conducted in a CO2 atmosphere. Tailored for applications in the brewery, dairy, food, and beverage sectors, this valve contributes to enhancing safety, operational reliability, and performance in crucial processes while also maximizing overall uptime.
Alfa Laval offers a comprehensive selection of hygienic sampling valves designed for the aseptic and hygienic processes, allowing the extraction of liquid samples for analysis without compromising the purity of either the sample or its source. These valves facilitate the collection of accurate, representative samples that faithfully represent the characteristics of the product, thus ensuring product safety and quality. They find application in various industries including food, beverages, personal care products, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.
Whether you’re overseeing the yeast propagation in a brewery or collecting large-scale aseptic or microbiological samples, Alfa Laval’s sampling valves enable the retrieval of representative samples within sterile environments. They are renowned for their high precision, exceptional reproducibility, and ease of cleaning, all of which contribute to product quality, safety, and integrity, while simultaneously reducing the risk of cross-contamination. This, in turn, enhances productivity and overall yield.
Safe, highly accurate and reliable sampling with exceptional reproducibility and economy for volumes large and small
Alfa Laval offers a comprehensive selection of hygienic sampling valves designed for the aseptic and hygienic processes, allowing the extraction of liquid samples for analysis without compromising the purity of either the sample or its source. These valves facilitate the collection of accurate, representative samples that faithfully represent the characteristics of the product, thus ensuring product safety and quality. They find application in various industries including food, beverages, personal care products, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.
Whether you’re overseeing the yeast propagation in a brewery or collecting large-scale aseptic or microbiological samples, Alfa Laval’s sampling valves enable the retrieval of representative samples within sterile environments. They are renowned for their high precision, exceptional reproducibility, and ease of cleaning, all of which contribute to product quality, safety, and integrity, while simultaneously reducing the risk of cross-contamination. This, in turn, enhances productivity and overall yield.
Safe, highly accurate and reliable sampling with exceptional reproducibility and economy for volumes large and small
The Alfa Laval SB Carlsberg Flask is a specialized solution designed specifically for aseptic yeast management within brewery operations. It serves the purpose of sterilizing wort and cultivating a pure yeast culture at a laboratory scale, primarily for yeast propagation in brewery facilities. Moreover, it finds utility in various other sectors such as the dairy, food, and beverage industries. This flask is constructed using materials that adhere to stringent sanitary standards and can be conveniently autoclaved.
Furthermore, the Alfa Laval SB Carlsberg Flask offers a range of customizable options to enhance the yeast management process. These options encompass silicone hoses, alternative types of breathing and aeration filters, and the inclusion of a two-wheel trolley for seamless transportation convenience.
Ideal sterile environment for yeast cultivation
The Alfa Laval SB Membrane Sampling Valve offers an efficient and cost-effective solution for obtaining bulk or aseptic samples from tanks and pipework within various hygienic processes, including breweries, as well as food and dairy industries, all while maintaining sterile conditions. This aseptic sampling valve is specifically designed to accommodate highly viscous products, like harvested yeast, ensuring minimal contamination risk, exceptional accuracy, repeatability, and dependable reliability.
Its adaptable hygienic design is constructed from a single piece of stainless steel, featuring smooth, crevice-free surfaces. The absence of welding eliminates the potential for pore formation and weld-related cracks, thus minimizing the risk of bacterial buildup. This highly versatile hygienic valve is available in several distinct versions, catering to a wide array of applications, ensuring both sampling reliability and safety.
Safe and secure in-line sampling in compact format
Experience the versatility of Alfa Laval Unique Sampling Valves, designed to facilitate representative samplings in a wide range of hygienic processes such as those found in the food and beverage, personal care, and biopharmaceutical industries. These dependable single and double-seat valves are engineered to deliver the precision, consistency, and reliability necessary for cost-effective, high-quality sampling. The thoughtfully designed ergonomic handle ensures exceptional control and ease of use during operation.
Our Unique Sampling Valves conform to rigorous certification, specification, and standards, adhering to EHEDG guidelines and proudly displaying the 3-A symbol for certification. All components that come into contact with the product are constructed from 1.4404 (316L) stainless steel, ensuring product purity and durability. Additionally, each valve includes an EN10204 3.1 certificate. For more detailed information, please refer to our documentation.
Aseptic and sterilizable solution for safe sampling collection
Our design prioritizes hygiene and contamination-free sampling, offering ease of operation through a straightforward working principle. We guarantee highly reliable performance with a rating of up to 10 bar, and all non-wearing parts come with a generous three-year warranty.
We ensure safe sampling by incorporating features such as non-return functionality, quick couplings, a pressure relief valve for steam, and more. Furthermore, our enhanced cleanability is achieved through a valve body crafted from a single piece of stainless steel, resulting in smooth, crevice-free surfaces that eliminate the risk of bacterial buildup.
The Alfa Laval SB Micro Sampling Port is a widely employed tool in the brewery, food, dairy, and beverage sectors. It facilitates the collection of representative aseptic and microbiological samples from tanks and pipework, even in small volumes.
Discover the reliability and robustness of Alfa Laval single seat valves (SSVs), available in both manual and pneumatic configurations, featuring a single plug design. These compact, modular valves are purpose-built for various applications, from shutoff to changeover, and excel in environments where stringent hygiene standards are essential, spanning industries such as dairy, food, beverage, brewing, home and personal care, among others.
Alfa Laval single seat valves offer an exceptional balance of process safety and hygiene, minimizing contamination risks. The single plug design ensures compliance with tight shutoff requirements, superior hygiene standards, and overall process and product safety. These highly dependable valves offer low total cost of ownership, simplified maintenance, and a wide range of flow rates, allowing for tailored customization to meet specific process needs. Their exceptional modularity and configurability make them an ideal choice for hygienic processing requirements, and they can be easily upgraded to adapt to evolving process demands.
Modular purpose-built pneumatic single seat valve for processes requiring high standards of hygiene
The Alfa Laval Tri-Clover® 700 Series comprises a selection of pneumatic single-seat valves, known for their long-lasting reliability. These valves have been in service for many years, finding widespread application in food, dairy, and beverage processing facilities throughout the United States.
Compact and uncomplicated, LKAP seat valves are dependable pneumatic shut-off valves commonly employed for managing small flow rates and precision dosing tasks within the dairy, food, and beverage sectors.
The Alfa Laval SB Mini Flow Valve is a perfect choice for managing low-volume flows while ensuring hygiene and facilitating shut-off and transition tasks. It finds application in a diverse range of industries including brewery, food, dairy, and beverages, where it effectively closes or redirects the movement of liquids or gases. Additionally, it seamlessly integrates as a fundamental component within the SCANDI BREW® tank top system.
The Alfa Laval Unique Small Single Seat Valves (SSSVs) are rapid-acting pneumatic valves designed to manage dosing and low-flow applications in hygienic settings. These valves offer modularity and cost-effectiveness, allowing you to tailor valve bodies, plugs, and actuators to your specific shutoff or diversion needs. These resilient, simple-to-maintain seat valves are available in ½” and ¾” variants.
A Reliable and Efficient Seat Valve The Alfa Laval Unique SSSV is the perfect solution for handling dosing and low-flow tasks that demand uncomplicated shutoff and changeover in hygienic environments. Its compact design, robust plug construction, and dependable sealing mechanism render the Unique SSSV highly suitable for processes requiring valves that are easy to configure, operate, and clean. Additionally, it can be equipped with a valve sensing and control unit for added functionality.
Cost-effective hygiene for small flows
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