A Pinch Valve is going to be your new best friend in any food or beverage application. With it’s extremely simple design, the Pinch Valve is a piece of equipment you can fit and forget about.
“Because of the mixers in our range being developed for food and pharmaceutical industries, tri-clamp/RJT connections were ideal. We also needed sanitary fittings, so we opted for AKO’s 2″ VMCE type EHEDG certified Pinch Valve with the addition of a proportional control system which is a fantastic piece of kit!”
“We decided to use Pinch Valves within our ale brewing/bottling application because of the ease to control the flow of product. The Pinch Valves are perfect for full and slow filling.”
“Using Pinch Valves from AKO UK has been a huge benefit to our company – Not only are we saving money, we are also reducing downtime so that our plant can process our product faster and more efficiently.”
“I am very happy with the pinch valves we use from AKO UK and would recommend them to other sweets manufacturers. The clean in place function is especially beneficial for us.”
Almost every foodstuff and beverage fluid can be handled by AKO UK Pinch Valves. Get in touch to discuss your application and receive an offer from our UK stock for next day delivery.
Speeding up the packing and dosing process with this valve type saves time with it’s lightening fast opening/closing times.
Even some of the most abrasive media like sugar, and oil based food substances can be suspended and shutoff with ease using a reliable AKO pinch valve. The filling technology can also be handled with AKO Pinch Valves to fill barrels, cannisters, bottles and cans.
Due to their dead space-free and thus hygienic design, Pinch Valves are very easy to clean “in place” and are also very low maintenance. Therefore, they are ideally suited for all types of food and stages of aggregates whether they are in viscous (e.g. syrups), powder or granulate form or as unprocessed foods such as nuts, fruit and beans.
