{"id":2836,"date":"2023-04-18T15:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.definox.com\/en\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:25:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:25:15","slug":"nancy-brownell-gay-veox-pmo-mixproof-valve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.definox.com\/en\/nancy-brownell-gay-veox-pmo-mixproof-valve\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Brownell Gay tell us about the VEOX PMO mixproof valve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nancy Brownell Gay<\/a>, Regional Sales Manager for De\ufb01nox Inc., New Berlin, Wisconsin, explains how this technology, the VOEX PMO mixproof valve, works and the bene\ufb01ts for De\ufb01nox\u2019s customers. Interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy, could you please introduce yourself and tell us what you do at De\ufb01nox?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am Nancy Gay and I am a Regional Manager at De\ufb01nox in the US. I manage the business for the Western US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our business in the US, we often go through distribution, versus on a direct basis. We work very closely with distributors to promote De\ufb01nox products. We also do some work with original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VOEX PMO double independent plug mixproof valves<\/a> are presented as a new technology. Could you please explain how this works exactly?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PMO mixproof valves are utilized in the US speci\ufb01cally for dairy facilities. PMO is a pasteurized milk ordinance, so it\u2019s a safety regulation that the US has instilled into any valve that is utilized in milk processing and if it\u2019s a mixproof valve, it has to have what\u2019s called this PMO standard recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a mixproof valve is capable of, is transferring multiple fluids at the same time for the process. So, a customers can have two different types of products, say a standard milk product and a yogurt product being utilized at the same time or even a cleaning product and a milk product at the same time, can be processed using a mixproof valve.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Do you have any other examples of how a mixproof valve is used?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, In a Yogurt facility where they utilize different recipes for the product. Maybe they have a strawberry, and they have a lemon: you can have both products being used at the same time and there will be no cross over into one product into the other. So, where there are multiple storage tanks in the facility these mix proof valves will open and close based on the product that they want to transfer say from one tank to the filling line. They’re also operating another tank to another filling line. So, they can do multiple lines at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It assists the facility to reduce the size of their plant, have less piping in the plant, and increase their ef\ufb01ciency because the amount of product that is produced can be increased\u2026 because there is less waste and probably less cleaning solution is used as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the new version of definox mixproof valves specially meet us dairy process requirements?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The US has a PMO – Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, which is standard for safety and hygienic processes. In that technology, there are three seals in our process and if there\u2019s a failure on a seal in the upper line, there has to be a secondary seal. That will be used to make sure there is no contamination across from one line to the other line. So that, where the valve is designed to have a safety feature that will not allow any cross contamination. It is an ordinance that has been in place for twenty years at least, so it\u2019s not a new technology per say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our design is new in a sense that our valve has fewer welds and fewer seals that are used. So, our technology is less complicated, I\u2019m going to say, than some of our competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are the main innovative features of the valve compared to other valves on the market<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Because the De\ufb01nox valve is made from bar stock the main innovative features would be fewer welds and seals used in our design, and thus less exposure to the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s challenging because there are some features of the product that are unique, but the valve has to meet this PMO ordinance and all the valves have to meet that particular requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This PMO version is particularly suitable for dairy processes. Considering the high level of requirement for dairy equipment, is it suitable for all types of \ufb02uids?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, other \ufb02uids can certainly use VEOX PMO mixproof. In a sense that if a customer has multiple types of \ufb02uids used in their process. They can use a PMO valve in multiple locations. So, they may be able to have less inventory or you can have fewer seals in your inventory as well. Perhaps, that would be a bene\ufb01t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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