Pinch valves, the simplest valve design, include any valve with a flexible elastomer body that can be pinched close to cut off flow, using a mechanism or fluid pressure. They are linear motion valves ...

Above: A pinch valve actuated by shape memory alloy (SMA) wires to open and seal a tube for industrial applications. Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are metals that deform when heated and return to their ...

Pinch valves are flex-body valves consisting of a flexible tube that is pinched either mechanically, as in the valves shown in Figure 3-88 through Figure 3-90, or by the application of a fluid ...

Committee will create standards on face-to-face dimensions for the various types of control valves as defined in ANSI/ISA-75.05.01-2000 (R2005), Control Valve Terminology, with the exception of clamp ...