Installation Pipelines, Valves, Fittings

Installation Pipelines, Valves, Fittings covers the hygienic pipework that connects a food or beverage plant together: stainless tube and bends, clamp, union and welded fittings, butterfly and ball valves, mix-proof and divert valves, sampling and sight glasses, instrumentation ports, gaskets and seals, and the hangers and supports that hold a run properly. This is the part of a plant that is costed last and determines, more than anything else, whether the plant can be cleaned and verified.

The specification points that matter are seat and gasket material matched to both the product and the cleaning chemicals, a valve design with no crevice to trap product, and pipework routed to drain rather than to hold. Threaded butterfly valves are compact, light and quick to operate, which makes them the practical choice for isolation duty where space is tight, provided the hygienic design is right for the service.

Pipework and valve packages are tendered as part of plant installations and separately for extensions and refurbishments, through dairy boards, water and beverage authorities, food corporations, co-operative processing centres and projects financed by development banks. We quote to a line list or a P and ID and provide material certificates and mill test reports where required, pressure ratings, hygienic design declarations, origin and warranty terms and inspection arrangements.

Send us your line sizes, the products and cleaning chemicals in service and your connection standard, and we will quote the package.