Regulating Valves
Alfa Laval regulating valves offer precise flow rate or pressure control in hygienic processing lines. They are well-suited for various applications, including metering, blending, weighing, and filling systems in industries like dairy, food, beverage, home-personal care, biotech, and pharmaceuticals. These valves ensure safe and efficient operations, easy maintenance, superior product quality, and increased productivity.
Alfa Laval Hygienic Control/Check Valves & Air Relief Solutions
Alfa Laval LKC Non-return Valve
The Alfa Laval LKC Non-return Valve is a hygienic check valve designed to prevent reverse flow in diverse processes within hygienic industries. Its straightforward installation ensures safety and maintains high product quality. It is offered in two variations: the LKC-2 for vertical flow and the LKC-H for horizontal flow.
- Highly reliable, self-acting valve
- Easy to install
- Protects process equipment
- Prevents reverse flow
The LKC Non-return Valve finds extensive application in ensuring single directional product flow within hygienic process lines across various industries, including dairy, food, beverage, and brewery.
Alfa Laval LKC UltraPure Valves
The Alfa Laval LKC UltraPure Non-return Valve is a hygienic check valve designed to prevent reverse flow in multiple processes within the high-purity industry. Its simple installation guarantees safety and maintains product quality at a high standard.
- Highly reliable, self-acting valve
- Easy to install
- Protects process equipment
- Prevents reverse flow
- Full transparency and traceability of the entire supply chain due to the Alfa Laval Q-doc documentation package.
The LKC UltraPure Non-return Valve is specifically engineered to facilitate one-way product flow, catering to the requirements of high-purity applications in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and personal care sectors.
Alfa Laval LKUV-2 Air-relief Valve
The Alfa Laval LKUV-2 is a dependable self-acting air relief valve used to release excess air from process pipelines or pumps, preventing cavitation and product loss caused by air entrainment. Installed vertically, it is ideal for maintaining design pressure conditions, especially at the top of a pipeline or pump inlet to remove excess air before pump operation.
- Improved processing efficiency and product integrity
- Enhanced energy efficiency
- Protects pumps against the risk of cavitation
- Low total cost of ownership
The self-acting relief valve is intended for air-venting tasks in hygienic applications within various industries, including dairy, food, and beverage. It is commonly utilized in Cleaning-in-Place return line (CIP-R) applications.
Alfa Laval SB Self-cleaning CO2 Valve
The Alfa Laval SB Self-cleaning CO2 Valve serves as a dual-function gas supply and gas vent valve, regulating carbon dioxide flow in tank top systems and other applications. It effectively vents and pressurizes vessels while ensuring safety, reliability, and cost-effectiveness in gas management. The valve's hygienic design allows for easy cleaning and complete drainage.
- Cost-effective, hygienic design
- Safe, reliable operation
- Minimized risk of overpressure and underpressure
- Self-cleaning and self-draining
- Straightforward installation
The gas management valve is specifically designed for venting and/or pressurizing vessels in hygienic applications, primarily utilized in brewery industries.
Alfa Laval Unique Vacuum Breaker Valve
The Alfa Laval Unique Vacuum Breaker Valve is a compact, CIP-able pneumatic check valve that eliminates vacuum conditions downstream of HTST pasteurization piping. Its hygienic design ensures compliance with high process demands, offering easy maintenance, high reliability, and low total cost of ownership. It can be equipped with the Alfa Laval ThinkTop® V50 for sensing and control.
- Designed for convenient and effective CIP
- Compact, fast-acting and fully automated valve
- Exceptional valve hygiene and cleanability
- Authorized to carry the 3-A symbol
The Unique Vacuum Breaker Valve is specifically engineered to avoid vacuum conditions in hygienic high-temperature, short-time pasteurization systems within the dairy, food, and beverage industries.