Keeping It Clean: How Membracon and IMI Helped a Food Processing Company with a Hygienic Filtration System

The Challenge: Handling Aggressive Chemicals in a Food Grade System

After every filtration cycle, a cleaning cycle needs to be performed with an acidic and caustic solution. Chemicals need to be dosed into the system, and all food contact lines need to be cleanable.

The Solution: A Pinch of Innovation

To meet the challenge, Membracon designed a system that uses pinch valves to control the flow of these harsh ingredients. Pinch valves are ideal for this application because the media never comes into contact with the valve itself. Instead, the valve pinches the tube carrying the media, ensuring durability. The tubing can be replaced, removing the need for thorough cleaning.

The pinch valves, along with other ball valves in the system, are pneumatically actuated. To control these, Membracon integrated an IMI Norgren VM10 valve island — a compact and efficient solution capable of managing multiple valves simultaneously.

But this wasn’t just an individual effort. The collaboration across IMI brought together complementary expertise to deliver a seamless solution. By combining IMI Norgren valve islands and pressure regulation components with IMI PBM high-performance pinch valves and diverter valves, the partnership ensured every element of the system worked seamlessly together.

The IMI Components That Made It Work

Here’s what we supplied to bring this system to life:

• IMI Norgren Excelon Plus Pressure Regulator: Ensures precise pressure control for the valve island.

• IMI Norgren VM10 Valve Island with 10 Stations: Provides centralized control for the pinch valves and ball valves, streamlining the system.

• IMI PBM Acro Pinch Valves: Perfect for handling aggressive media without direct contact.

• IMI PBM Diverter Valves: Diverts the flow as needed for efficient operation.

The Power of Collaboration

This project highlights the strength of collaboration across IMI. By combining expertise in IMI Norgren pneumatic control with IMI PBM advanced valve technology, Membracon was able to deliver a robust, efficient, and safe solution for their customer.

The Result: Clean, Safe, and Efficient

With this setup, the food processing company now has a reliable filtration system that meets their hygiene standards while handling harsh chemicals with ease. The combination of Membracon’s expertise and IMI’s high-performance components ensured a solution that’s both effective and durable.

At IMI, we’re proud to support innovative applications like this, helping industries maintain safety and efficiency with our trusted products.