Tube Valve Body – innovative body for diaphragm valves

Strict hygiene requirements and increasing sustainability pressure

In the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries as well as in food production, plant components must not only be reliable and durable, but must also meet strict regulatory requirements in terms of hygiene. At the same time, companies are under increasing pressure to make their processes more sustainable. Energy-intensive cleaning and sterilisation cycles (CIP/SIP), high materials consumption and process-related downtimes also have a direct impact on operating costs, CO₂ balance and plant availability.

Typical challenges:

• Avoiding contamination and product loss
• Reducing energy consumption and clean steam requirements
• Minimising the carbon footprint over the entire life cycle
• Extended downtimes and reduced maintenance intervals
• Modular systems and easier integration into skids and plant

The solution: hydroformed body for diaphragm valves

With the “Tube Valve Body” – a complete rethink of the diaphragm valve bodies – Bürkert offers an innovative response to the increasingly stringent requirements when it comes to hygiene, efficiency and sustainability in sensitive production environments. For more sustainable, more efficient plants – without any compromises in process safety and reliability. What's special about it: The valve body is not forged, but formed from a flange and a single stainless steel tube – using the so-called hydroforming process.

How does hydroforming work for diaphragm valve bodies?

During hydroforming, a seamless stainless steel tube is placed into a forming tool and plastically formed under high internal pressure. Targeted pressure distribution and controlled heat treatment result in a precisely formed valve body – without weld seams in the media-contacting area, with consistently uniform wall thickness, and exceptionally robust.

Advantages of the Tube Valve Body

The design of the Tube Valve Body is consistently geared towards maximum hygiene and process reliability. The medium only comes into contact with the pipe material. The few weld seams are positioned in such a way that they are outside the media contact area. The result is an easy-to-clean valve body that meets the highest standards of hygiene and process reliability.

Thanks to its resource-saving, slim design, the body is easy to handle and easily integrated into skids. Its light weight also offers further advantages: The reduced thermal mass of the body enables faster heating and cooling during SIP processes and thus enables shorter cleaning processes, which saves time and energy and ultimately increases plant productivity. The shorter sterilisation time also reduces the thermal stress on the diaphragms, enabling a longer diaphragm service life. The result is a reduced need for maintenance work and lower spare parts costs, while the environmental impact of replacement diaphragms is also reduced.

100% stainless steel (316L / 1.4435) – identical to the pipe material of the system

Electropolished surfaces and no welds in contact with the media – maximum hygiene guaranteed

Up to 67% less CO₂ emissions compared to the production of conventional forged valve bodies

Up to 80% lighter – for easier handling and simple integration into skids and systems

Lower thermal mass of the body for efficient cleaning cycles with lower energy requirements to increase plant productivity

Reduced thermal stress on the diaphragm for increased diaphragm service life and reduced maintenance requirements

Proven technology: discover why professionals in your industry rely on the Tube Valve Body.

Modular valve system with coordinated components

The Tube Valve Body is part of a modular diaphragm valve system that Bürkert has developed specifically for hygienic processes in the pharmaceutical, biotech and food industries. The focus is on the combination of proven valve technology and flexible automation – tailored to a wide range of requirements. The portfolio includes pneumatic diaphragm valves such as types 2031and 2103, electric motor actuators such as Type 3363 and manually operated diaphragm valves such as Type 2973. These, as well as other diaphragm and body materials, including various connection options, enable precise adaptation to the specific process in question.

For integration into modern systems, Bürkert also offers a wide selection of automation components – from control heads with integrated position feedback indicators to digital interfaces for decentralised process control.

Your benefits:

• Precise combination of actuator, diaphragm, and body
• Compatible with automation units from the Bürkert ELEMENT series
• High flow performance with a compact design
• Robust, hygienic construction – even for aggressive media
• Easy integration into existing system design concepts

This transforms an innovative body into a powerful complete system – for safe, efficient, and future-proof processes.

How to create sustainability and efficiency

Ready for the next step towards efficiency and sustainability?

The Tube Valve Body from Bürkert is more than just an innovative valve body – it is a real catalyst for efficiency in your plant. Whether you want to improve your CO₂ footprint, shorten cleaning cycles, or make your skids lighter, more compact, and more durable, with the internally high-pressure formed Tube Valve Body, you are opting for a proven and future-proof solution that meets the most stringent hygiene requirements while reducing your operating costs.

Set new standards in your process architecture – with the Tube Valve Body from Bürkert. Contact us today for tailored advice!

All bio pharmaceutical production under control

Like many sectors, the pharmaceutical industry is also undergoing digital change. Medicines have to be manufactured in ever faster time-to-market cycles, and pharmaceutical plants have to work more efficiently, more sustainably and more intelligently. Without jeopardising the highly sensitive process reliability.

Reliable monitoring, measurement and control technology for manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API)

Safe, timely provision of quality pharmaceuticals is a major challenge. An indispensable matter here is the availability of active pharmaceutical ingredients, or API for short. The manufacture of these takes place under increasingly stringent controls whilst complying with the highest quality standards and documentation requirements. At the same time, high productivity is necessary to ensure cost-effectiveness - whilst keeping the use of resources to a minimum. Intelligent monitoring, measurement and control technology from Bürkert aids in the automation and optimisation of processes. You benefit from reliable processes, reduced CO2 emissions and ultimately, consistently high product quality. 

Optimal growth conditions for cell cultivation and fermentation in new food production processes

Be it animal cells for cultivated meat, mammalian cells for cultivated milk or organic cells to grow fungi, yeast or algae under precise fermentation conditions – Bürkert is the perfect partner for the efficient and precise automation of bioreactors and fermenters producing new food products! Bürkert provides a unique portfolio of solutions and competencies to efficiently realize and automate your fluid control tasks in the production of cultivated or fermented food products.