Sectors & applications for pinch valves

Pinch valves from AKO Armaturen have many possible uses in a wide variety of sectors for various different applications. Due to continuous development and optimisation over many decades, pinch valves from AKO Armaturen can be used reliably and safely in almost every field of application or area of use.

Pinch valves from AKO can be used to dose and shut off practically all types of transport media without any problems, whether liquids, suspensions, sludges, pigments, powder, granulate and fibres or pellets, chippings, tablets and various types of bulk goods.

More than 20,000 customers around the world from various different industrial sectors and fields of application currently place their trust in reliable pinch valve solutions from AKO Armaturen.

Find out where pinch valves from AKO Armaturen are used and what tasks they perform in the various different industrial sectors. Gain an overview of the various possible applications for the valves and armatures and use the themed and practical case studies to find out more about how they function and the possibilities that pinch valves from AKO Armaturen offer you.

The pinch valve case studies described above are either sorted according to theme in the relevant section for each sector or application or according to the pinch valve series in the overview of the case studies.

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The diverse range of applications for AKO pinch valves

Companies from the 3D printing and contour crafting sector rely on pinch valves — 3D printing & contour crafting

Pinch valves are successfully used in dosing and filling systems — Filling industry & dosing technology

Manufacturers in the agricultural technology and farming sector rely on solutions using pinch valves — Agricultural technology & farming

Pinch valves are installed on railways & trains — Railways & trains

Pinch valves are suitable for a wide range of applications in the building materials industry and for bulk goods — Building materials industry & bulk goods

Companies in the mining and underground construction sector rely on robust pinch valves — Mining & underground construction

The chemical industry relies on safe pinch valve solutions — Chemical industry

Pinch valves can be configured to conform with ATEX requirements — Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere (Ex zones)

Pinch valves are used in glass production and glass processing — Glassworks & glass processing

The ceramics industry relies on pinch valves with abrasion-resistant properties — Ceramics industry

Companies in the plastics industry rely on solutions using pinch valves — Plastics industry

Food producers rely on hygienic, sceptic and sterile pinch valves — Food, beverage and animal feed industries

Pinch valves are used as automated shut-off and control valves in metal processing and foundries — Metal processing & foundries

Pinch valves are installed in many different tankers & food transporters — Commercial vehicles & tankers

Pinch valves are used in the production and processing of pharmaceutical products — Pharmaceutical industry

Pinch valves are used in pneumatic conveyor systems — Pneumatic conveyor technology

Pinch valves are installed in coating and sand blasting systems — Powder coating & sand blasting

Pinch valves are used for the filling and emptying of silos & silo systems — Silos & silo systems

Pinch valves are used in various different areas of environmental and process technology — Environmental & process technology

Pinch valves can be used in pipeline systems under vacuum without any problems — Vacuum conveyance

Pinch valves are used in sewage treatment plants and water treatment — Water treatment and sewage treatment plants

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