PBM Pinch Valves

PBM Pinch Valves shut off media flow by exerting a clamping force on your existing flexible braided hose and clear tubing.

IMI PBM’s Pinch valves shut off media flow by exerting a clamping force on your existing flexible braided hose and clear tubing. Our unique design offers true “Fail Closed” without air-assist for flexible tubing sizes up to and including 1″, 25.4 mm ID.

Products

Manual Pinch Valve

Designed to shut off media flow by exerting a clamping force on your existing flexible braided hose and clear tubing. Ideal for manual flow control on bench top UF systems. Our unique design offers true “Fail Closed” without air-assist for flexible tubing sizes up to and including 1” (25.4 mm ID), 1-3/8” (34.9 mm OD).

Features:

• Sizes: ½” – 1”
• Material: 316L Stainless Steel, wrought or cast material
• Modular safety cover shields the pinch area when the valve is in service
  • Can be opened to load/unload the valve without the need for process breaks or complete removal of the valve body

• Tested and proven to provide absolute shut off on tubing
• Independent test report available

Automated Pinch Valve

Designed to shut off media flow by exerting a clamping force on your existing flexible braided hose and clear tubing. Ideal for use on automated UF and Chromatography skids. Our unique design offers true “Fail Closed” without air-assist for flexible tubing sizes up to and including 1” (25.4 mm ID), 1-3/8” (34.9 mm OD).

Features:

• Pneumatic actuation
• Sizes: ½” – 1”
• Material: 316L Stainless Steel, wrought or cast material
• Allowable Working Pressure: as low as 60 psig (4.1 barq)
• Visual indicator standard
• Can be fitted with limit switches and/or position sensors for your monitoring/flow needs