{"id":3838,"date":"2025-10-17T09:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballvalves.tw\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3838"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:09:09","slug":"valvula-de-bola-de-3-vias-neumatica-sanitaria","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ballvalves.tw\/es\/product\/sanitary-pneumatic-3-way-ball-valve\/","title":{"rendered":"V\u00e1lvula de bola de 3 v\u00edas para aplicaciones sanitarias \u2013 Acero inoxidable 316, conexi\u00f3n Tri-Clamp, salida L\/T"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Descripci\u00f3n del producto<\/h2>\n<p>A sanitary 3-way ball valve in polished 316 stainless steel, driven by a rack-and-pinion pneumatic actuator (double acting or spring return). Tri-Clamp ends let you break the line without tools, and the ball is available with an <strong>Puerto L<\/strong> to divert flow between two destinations, or a <strong>Puerto T<\/strong> to mix two streams into one.<\/p>\n<p>The part that matters in hygienic service is what happens <em>behind<\/em> the ball \u2014 see below.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cavity Problem \u2014 and What a Fully Encapsulated Seat Does About It<\/h2>\n<p>In a standard ball valve there is a small gap between the ball and the body. When the valve closes, product sits in that gap. On a water line nobody cares. On a food, beverage or pharmaceutical line, that trapped product is where bacteria grow, where the last batch contaminates the next one, and where a sugar syrup crystallises solid.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>fully encapsulated seat<\/strong> fills that space with PTFE. The ball touches nothing but the seat \u2014 there is no cavity, so there is nothing to trap product. This is what the industry means by a <em>non-retention<\/em> ball valve.<\/p>\n<p>It is not free, though: filling the cavity with PTFE lowers the temperature ceiling. Choose with your process temperature in front of you.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table style=\"min-width:720px;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Seat design<\/th>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">What happens behind the ball<\/th>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Temperature range<\/th>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Choose it for<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\"><strong>Partial (standard)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">A small cavity remains behind the ball. Media can sit in it when the valve is closed.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">\u221220 \u00b0C to +180 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Water, air, and media where a trace of residue is not a problem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\"><strong>Fully encapsulated<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">PTFE fills the space around the ball. <strong>No cavity, nothing to trap product.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">\u221220 \u00b0C to +70 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and viscous or crystallising media that must not stay behind in the valve.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;margin:6px 0 28px\">\u2190 Desliza el dedo por la tabla para ver todas las columnas \u2192<\/p>\n<p><strong>The judgement is not &ldquo;food versus water&rdquo; \u2014 it is whether your medium can be left sitting in a cavity, and how hot your line runs.<\/strong> A crystallising chemical needs a full seat as much as milk does. A hot CIP loop above 70 \u00b0C rules a full seat out. Tell us the medium and the temperature when you request a quote and we will confirm which seat you need.<\/p>\n<h2>Especificaciones de las v\u00e1lvulas<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Art\u00edculo<\/th>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Especificaciones<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Material de la carrocer\u00eda<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">ASTM 316 stainless steel, polished sanitary finish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Configuraci\u00f3n de puertos<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">De 3 v\u00edas, con conexi\u00f3n en L (de derivaci\u00f3n) o con conexi\u00f3n en T (de mezcla\/derivaci\u00f3n)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Conexi\u00f3n final<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Tri-Clamp (quick clamp) sanitary ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Gama de tallas<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">1\/2\u2033 \u2013 2\u2033<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Material del asiento<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">PTFE \u2014 partial or fully encapsulated (see the seat table above)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Temperature range<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">\u221220 \u00b0C to +180 \u00b0C with a partial seat; \u221220 \u00b0C to +70 \u00b0C with a fully encapsulated seat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Cleaning<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Clean-out-of-place (COP) \u2014 the body bolts open so the ball and seats can be removed and cleaned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Montaje del actuador<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">ISO 5211<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Especificaciones del actuador<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Art\u00edculo<\/th>\n<th style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Especificaciones<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Tipo<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Sistema de pi\u00f1\u00f3n y cremallera, cuerpo de aleaci\u00f3n de aluminio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Acci\u00f3n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">De doble efecto (DA) o con retorno por resorte (SR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Spring return position<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Normally closed or normally open \u2014 specify when ordering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Rotaci\u00f3n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">90\u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Suministro de aire<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">4 \u2013 8 bar (aprox. 60 \u2013 116 psi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Control<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">On\/Off (est\u00e1ndar); modulante con posicionador (opcional)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">Opciones<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:1px solid #ddd;padding:8px\">V\u00e1lvula solenoide, caja de interruptores de fin de carrera, posicionador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Cleaning: This Valve Comes Apart<\/h2>\n<p>The body bolts open. Undo the clamps, take the ball and the seats out, clean them, put it back \u2014 <strong>clean-out-of-place (COP)<\/strong>. You can see the parts you cleaned, which is more than can be said for a valve you can only flush from the outside.<\/p>\n<p>We do not claim this valve is suitable for automated clean-in-place (CIP) cycles. A ball valve has geometry that a CIP flow cannot reach; the honest answer is that it is designed to be opened.<\/p>\n<h2>L-Port or T-Port<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Puerto L (Desviador):<\/strong> the bore is bent 90\u00b0, connecting the inlet to one of two outlets at a time. Use it to switch a line between two tanks, two fillers or two filter banks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T-Port (mezcla\/desv\u00edo):<\/strong> the bore is T-shaped, so it can join two ports together or feed either outlet. Use it to blend two streams into one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related: the same 3-way body in a threaded (non-sanitary) version is our <a href=\"https:\/\/ballvalves.tw\/es\/producto\/valvula-de-bola-neumatica-de-3-vias\/\">v\u00e1lvula de bola neum\u00e1tica de tres v\u00edas<\/a>; the hand-operated sanitary version is the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballvalves.tw\/es\/producto\/valvula-de-bola-de-3-vias-para-uso-sanitario\/\">V\u00e1lvula de bola de tres v\u00edas para uso sanitario<\/a>. For a two-way sanitary valve, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballvalves.tw\/es\/producto\/valvula-de-bola-neumatica-para-uso-sanitario\/\">v\u00e1lvula de bola neum\u00e1tica para uso sanitario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Aplicaciones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Batch changeover:<\/strong> switching a filler between two product tanks without cross-contaminating the next batch.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blending:<\/strong> combining two ingredient streams into one line with a T-port.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Viscous and crystallising media:<\/strong> syrups, sauces and concentrates that would set solid in a standard valve cavity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sterile area automation:<\/strong> remote open\u2013close on a PLC signal, so nobody has to enter the room to turn a handle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Preguntas frecuentes<\/h2>\n<h3>What is a non-retention (fully encapsulated) ball valve?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a ball valve in which PTFE fills the space around the ball, so there is no cavity behind it for product to sit in. Nothing is trapped when the valve closes \u2014 no residue, no place for bacteria to grow, no crystallised syrup. The trade-off is temperature: our fully encapsulated seat is rated \u221220 \u00b0C to +70 \u00b0C, against \u221220 \u00b0C to +180 \u00b0C for the standard partial seat.<\/p>\n<h3>Should I choose a partial seat or a fully encapsulated seat?<\/h3>\n<p>Ask two questions. First: can my medium be left sitting in a small cavity when the valve is closed? If it grows bacteria, crystallises, sets solid, or would contaminate the next batch, you need a fully encapsulated seat. Second: how hot does the line run? Above 70 \u00b0C the fully encapsulated seat is out, and you take the partial seat. Tell us the medium and the temperature and we will confirm.<\/p>\n<h3>Can this valve be cleaned in place (CIP)?<\/h3>\n<p>We do not claim it as a CIP valve. It is designed to be opened: undo the clamps, take the ball and seats out, clean them, reassemble. That is clean-out-of-place (COP), and it lets you inspect what you cleaned.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the difference between an L-port and a T-port?<\/h3>\n<p>An L-port bore is bent 90\u00b0 and connects the inlet to one of two outlets at a time \u2014 it diverts. A T-port bore is T-shaped and can join two ports together \u2014 it can mix as well as divert. Choose L-port for switching, T-port for blending.<\/p>\n<h3>What sizes and end connections are available?<\/h3>\n<p>1\/2\u2033 to 2\u2033, with Tri-Clamp (quick clamp) sanitary ends. The body is polished 316 stainless steel.<\/p>\n<h3>Can the actuator be set to fail closed?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Spring return (SR) units can be built normally closed or normally open \u2014 tell us which position the valve must take when the air supply is lost, and we will build it that way. Double acting (DA) units hold their last position instead.<\/p>\n<h3>What certifications do you hold?<\/h3>\n<p>ISO 9001 and CE, and we have been manufacturing stainless steel valves in Taiwan since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>The valve itself: a polished 316 stainless body, PTFE seats (partial or fully encapsulated), no threads anywhere in the wetted path, and a body that bolts open so every product-contact surface can be reached, cleaned and inspected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ballvalves.tw\/es\/valvulas-de-bola-de-3-vias\/\"><strong>Ver todos los modelos de v\u00e1lvulas de bola de 3 v\u00edas: manuales, neum\u00e1ticas, sanitarias y de vac\u00edo \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sanitary 3-way ball valve in polished 316 stainless steel with a pneumatic actuator (double acting or spring return). Tri-Clamp ends, 1\/2\u2033\u20132\u2033, L-port to divert or T-port to mix. Two seat options: a standard PTFE seat rated \u221220 \u00b0C to +180 \u00b0C, or a <b>fully encapsulated PTFE seat with no cavity behind the ball<\/b> \u2014 nothing trapped, nothing to grow in \u2014 rated \u221220 \u00b0C to +70 \u00b0C. 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