Multiport Valve Block Demonstration Video

Stainless Steel Multiport Valve Block
Courtesy Gemu

Industrial fluid processing operations routinely include distribution, mixing, and dosing operations on the path to a finished product. With numerous valves, fittings, pipe sections, supports, and other components required to form the fluid path combinations needed to accomplish the process goal, designs can easily become complex and installations unwieldy. Greater parts count puts upward pressure on the probability and frequency of leakage or other types of failures that will divert resources from otherwise productive tasks.

The traditional method of fluid routing through a process may have involved one or more valve stations consisting of manually constructed piping and valve assemblies with numerous fittings, pipe sections, and support structures. These assemblies are often sizable, due to the nature of their manual assembly and required space allowances for field service and maintenance.

Designers and builders of fluid processing equipment should consider an alternative with some distinct advantages. 

A multiport valve block can combine numerous valves into a single compact unit. By doing this, large counts of fittings, pipe lengths, and supports are eliminated, substantially reducing the parts count and number of potential failure points. Of equal importance is the reduction in the required installation space provided by the compact form factor of  the valve block. There is also potential for reduction of dead leg space and volume of fluid retained in portions of the system.

Muliport valve block starts with a solid metal block
which is machined and polished to finished form.
Courtesy Gemu

There are endless configurations of multiport valve blocks that can be designed and configured to match the requirements of simple to highly complex valve networks. Materials of construction range from plastics to stainless steel. Variants are suitable for CIP and SIP operations.

The video below shows real world (not animated) functioning of a demonstration unit designed for a mixing operation. Essentially, a multiport valve block allows the installation of a whole lot of valves in a comparatively small space, reducing parts count and associated risk.

Watch the short video. Think about how this modern and effective method of valve networking can bring benefits to your operation. There is much more application detail available from product application specialists. Share your process challenges with them and work together to generate the best solutions.