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AKO Pinch Valves Overview

 

 

Industries Served/Applications

The AKO direct air operated pinch valves are designed for control and ON/OFF applications, and are especially suited for abrasive, corrosive and fibrous materials and slurries. Many times a standard ball, plug or gate valve will not or can not provide satisfactory operation and life expectancy and pinch valves will outperform them. However, pinch valves are also not the all-inclusive answer to all valve problems and each application deserves it’s own analysis. Here are some applications, in no particular order, where AKO pinch valves have been used successfully:

  • Chemical
  • Food
  • Mining
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Olive oil presses
  • Water jet cutting
  • Powder coating
  • Waste water treatment
  • Hog and cattle feeds
  • Pollution control
  • Powder and bulk
  • Shot blast systems
  • Oil and gas
  • Tanker trucks
  • Aggregate industry
  • Winery - mash diverters
  • Ceramics and glass
  • Car wash water systems
  • Paper and pulp industries
  • OEM fish processing plants
  • Cooling water recirculation in power plants
  • Fish industry, fish farms, fish food auto feeding
  • Mineral processing - kaolin clay and similar products
  • Car wash coin collecting stations
  • Car wash vacuum cleaning stations
  • Vacuum conveying and arc welding fume control
  • Silo over-filling protection systems
  • Plastic industries - plastic pellet conveying
  • Agricultural spraying systems
  • Cement, sand and refractories
  • Pneumatic sand conveying systems
  • Waste streams
  • Scale pits
  • Sludges
  • Syrups


 

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