GL 40 Hygienic Engineering of Valves in Process Lines for Dry Particulate Materials
First Edition, October 2010 - This Guideline describes in detail the hygienic requirements of butterfly valves, slide gate valves and ball segment valves. It also briefly mentions pinch-off valves, ball and plug valves as well as cone valves. The hygienic design requirements of rotary and diverter valves are subject of separate EHEDG Documents (Doc. 38 and 41).
Working group
Dry Materials Handling
Chairs and Contact Information
Chairman:
Gabrie Meesters
TU Delft
The Netherlands
E-Mail: g.m.h.meestersProtected mail-address@tudelft.nl
Phone: +31 15 278 5503
Guidelines/Papers in progress
The experts team is currently working on a new guideline draft of GL 60.
Guidelines 22, 31, 33, 36, 38, 40, 41 are currently in revision.