Quick Clean Gate

The Vortex® Quick Clean Gate™ is a “clean out of place” gate valve designed for frequent cleaning. The valve features a full-port opening and self-cleaning design.

• Press-lock latches for internal access without tools
• Specially designed clevis allows for quick blade removal
• Can be installed and/or removed without manipulating other equipment
• Machined, full-bore orifice for unobstructed material flow
• Mechanically self-cleans its seals on the opening stroke, if actuated to full-open
• FDA-compliant & USDA Dairy Standard-accepted
• No internal cavities to prevent wedging, lodging, and spoilage
• Narrow profile for limited space applications

Press-lock latches for internal access without tools

Specially designed clevis allows for quick blade removal

Can be installed and/or removed without manipulating other equipment

Machined, full-bore orifice for unobstructed material flow

Mechanically self-cleans its seals on the opening stroke, if actuated to full-open

FDA-compliant & USDA Dairy Standard-accepted

No internal cavities to prevent wedging, lodging, and spoilage

Narrow profile for limited space applications

Non-abrasive powders, pellets and granules in applications where regular sanitation is required. Can be used to handle sticky and/or reactive materials.

2 – 10 in | 50 – 255 mm ID & OD diameters are available. Also available in schedule 10, 20 or 40 pipe sizes.

Ferrule-type fittings, tube stubs, thru-bolt, ANSI #125/150 Custom flanges are available

PET & silicone rubber Seals should be hand-cleaned in treatment solutions not exceeding 180°F | 80°C

Cylinder Shaft, Barrel Nuts & Tie Rod Construction

AVP *Gate must cycle to full-open between runs to keep the displacement area clear of materials Learn More >

ATEX Zone 20 (internal), ATEX Zone 21 (external), FDA, USDA Dairy Standard

Vortex Quick Clean Orifice Gate vs. Alternatives

The Vortex® Quick Clean Gate™ offers unique features and many distinct advantages over typical butterfly valves, pinch valves, ball valves and slide gates used in sanitary applications. • Alternative slide gates and other valves can be problematic if they cannot be readily disassembled and sanitized. If materials collect in a valve’s sealing surfaces, cross-contamination, spoilage and bacterial growth can result. The Quick Clean Gate’s ability to be “Cleaned out of Place” ensures product safety and quality. • The Quick Clean Gate is specifically designed to accelerate the sanitation process, so that downtime is significantly reduced. The Quick Clean Gate’s compression coupling connections and its press-lock latches allow for quick disassembly, sanitation and reassembly without tools. • Many alternative slide gates have open cavities where materials can lodge and prevent positive material shut-off. Lodging can also create seal wear and material degradation, and cause a gate to seize and bind. Lodged materials also create risk for cross-contamination and spoilage. To prevent lodging and ensure positive gate closure, such cavities have been eliminated in the Quick Clean Gate’s design. The Quick Clean Gate is designed to mechanically clear materials away from the sealing surfaces with each opening stroke. This ensures migrant materials are forced back out of the seals and are discharged into the process line, rather than packing in the seals and causing actuation and/or contamination issues. • A butterfly valve’s rotating disc is directly exposed to the material flow steam, which creates wear to the disc itself. This can result in foreign metal fragment contamination. The exposed disc also obstructs material flow as they pass through the valve, which can cause line plugs and other maintenance concerns. To resolve these issues, the Quick Clean Gate’s sliding blade is machined with an unobstructed, full-bore orifice that allows unrestricted material movement. • Alternative slide gates and butterfly valves can significantly shear materials, as a result of jamming and grinding materials into the seals. Sheared materials cause seal wear, material degradation and damaged product quality. Sheared materials may also wedge in the seals, causing the gate to seize and bind. To address these issues, the Quick Clean Gate’s “scissoring” action tapers off material flow throughout closure. In keeping the pressure plate seals clear of materials, their service life is also extended.