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Doc. 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).
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Gabrie Meesters
TU Delft
The Netherlands
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Doc. 26 - Hygienic engineering of plants for the processing of dry particulate materials (2003).
NOTE: Document was withdrawn in March 2016. Doc. 26 has been integrated into Doc. 44.