Homogenizing Valves

NanoValve®

High Efficiency Homogenizing Valve

The NanoValve® is a new high-efficiency homogenizing valve that microsizes milk and dairy products at a lower pressure than was ever possible before, while achieving the same or better results on emulsion quality of the processed product.

With the NanoValve® you can save 30% of the ordinary power consumption while at the same time improving the quality of your product. The NanoValve® concept also guarantees a longer life of the homogenizing valve parts.

The NanoValve® allows, at the same homogenizing pressure, reduction of particles size of the product compared to traditional valves. The main direct consequence of working at lower pressures is the reduction of energy consumption, meaning lower production cost. The improvement does not only involve the performance; the wear of parts and the operative noise are also noticeably reduced. NanoValve® is supplied with a simple pneumatic control system that is also easy to use in remote control systems. All these characteristics, together with the reduced maintenance, make the NanoValve® a winning improvement.

NanoValve®

NanoValve®

Standard Valve

NanoValve® can easily be installed both on old and new machines, also in aseptic execution.

NanoValve® design is protected under European Patent (EPO) No. 97107416.6 and U.S. Patent No. 5.887.971.

NanoValve® RNS Homo Valve Family

Niro Soavi homogenizing valves are designed and sized to obtain the requested grade of micronization, rupture or dispersion in relation with the processed product and the applied pressure.

Homogenizing Valve

The homogenizing valve geometry for Very High Pressure (VHP) applications is extremely important to achieve the desired performances, as a result of the product passage in high speed and turbulent flow conditions across the valve from the high pressure inner boundary to the low pressure external boundary of the effective area.

The geometry of the homogenizing valve is defined by the Inner Diameter (ID), known also as effective diameter, and by the Outside Diameter (OD); the radial distance between these two circumferences is known as travel distance "t" and is characterizing the type of valve and its performances.

Niro Soavi has developed the NanoValve® RNS homogenizing valve family for Very High Pressure applications based on the unique NanoValve technology, for cells rupture and emulsions micronization.

Special high wear resistance materials have been selected to perform according to the application, product characteristics and working pressure. Laboratory trials for cells rupture (e.g. Saccaromices Cerevisiae, E. Coli) have demonstrated that homogenizing valves with a so called "sharp edge" or "knife edge" profile, with a small radial travel distance "t" in relation with the valve size and flow range, can obtain a more efficient cells rupture in one single passage.

Specific and more detailed data are available from our R&D Technology Center.