Industrial actuated valves

In one example a paint manufacturer required a solution for moving paint which was accumulating in the void behind the ball on its non-encapsulated SVF ball valves. Dixon Hygienic found that the titanium dioxide additive within the paint was causing premature failure of the standard ball valves being used.

It was determined that the best solution would include an encapsulated ball valve to minimise titanium dioxide paint migration between the ball and valve body. Dixon concluded that a seal with higher abrasion resistance would be beneficial due to the nature of the titanium. Additionally the size of the actuator was increased to produce more torque.