GEA : designs a new valve type – inverted, aseptic and application-oriented

A customer query inspired GEA to review existing valve solutions for certain system parts and to optimize them for this process environment. 'We cooperated closely with a renowned customer from the food and beverage industry to design a new valve type in the inverted RVIN control valve,' explains Pascal Bär. 'The special challenge was that the valve is used in a system range where there is an overpressure on the product inlet side and a vacuum on the outlet side. Our target was to combine the best process and product safety with high economic efficiency.' In close cooperation with the customer, GEA was able to ideally adjust the new valve to the process conditions while still using many parts of the existing GEA Aseptomag® construction kit. 'Our customer has been using the inverted control valve for more than a year without having to replace any wearing parts during this time. Comparing this to the previously common maintenance interval of three months, we can speak of a significant improvement, which confirms our efforts to work close to the customer and the application.'

As is usual at GEA valve technology, the materials used in product contact meet all common standards, such as the FDA 21 CFR § 177.2600 and the EC 10/2011 as part of the EC 1935/2004. GEA also places high value on hygienic structure of its components.