• Expert in solving problems under harsh operating conditions——Fluorinated, sanitary-grade ceramic ball valves

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http://www.china-yfm.com/Uploads/Common/image/20170610/20170610143955_3265.jpg Stainless steel sanitary ball valves are made from SUS304 and 316L stainless steel, and their design and manufacturing adhere to food hygiene standards. They can meet the specific requirements of various media used in the food and biopharmaceutical industries. Widely applicable in sectors such as food processing, brewing, beverages, dairy production, fine chemical manufacturing, and bioengineering, these valves have extensive use across the world; China alone accounts for a significant share of global exports of such products each year. http://www.china-yfm.com/Uploads/Common/image/20170610/20170610124019_9535.png The typical structure of sanitary ball valves consists of a stainless steel ball and a PTFE valve seat, which is used to ensure the valve’s sealing performance. However, for certain special types of media, such as those that are prone to crystallization or contain hard particles, the PTFE valve seat, due to its lower hardness, tends to wear and get scratched, resulting in loss of sealing efficiency. Frequent replacement of these valves affects the continuity of production. In industries such as pharmaceuticals, where strict requirements are placed on microbial contamination, GMP regulations dictate that the entire piping system must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after any valve replacement before it can be put back into use. Therefore, there is an urgent need to address the issue of the vulnerability of sanitary ball valves in environments with crystalline substances or hard particles. The R&D team for fluorinated ceramic valves, in response to the above issues raised by users, and through rigorous theoretical analysis and accompanying experiments, successfully developed sanitary-grade ceramic balls. http://www.china-yfm.com/Uploads/Common/image/20170610/20170610124239_4958.png By using wear-resistant engineering structural ceramics as the sealing elements, while meeting the requirements for hygiene standards, it is possible to achieve a zero-leakage level. These ceramics also exhibit excellent wear resistance, with a service life that is more than 5 times that of ordinary hygiene-grade ball valves. They can be used in harsh working conditions involving crystalline hard particles. In the field of hygienic valves, there is now an expanded range of fluoroceramic valves, with a variety of types and sizes available. Moreover, fluoroceramic valves have filled another gap in China’s market; they represent experts in solving problems related to harsh working conditions Haichuan Pump and Valve Group