Operation
WARNING
!
Risk of personal injury due to process me-
dium escaping.
Î Align the pipe elbow to ensure that any
escaping process medium does not hit
operating personnel.
Î Wear protective clothing (eye protection,
safety gloves) when working in close
proximity to the control valve.
NOTICE
!
Diaphragm damage through the use of an
incompressible medium.
Closing the valve when the shut-off valves
upstream and downstream of the valve are
closed may lead to the diaphragm rupturing
in plants with liquid media flowing through
them.
Î Only close the valve when the shut-off
valves upstream and downstream of the
valve are open.
7.1 Normal operation
The handwheel of valves with actuators fitted
with a handwheel must be in the neutral po-
sition during normal operation.
7.2 Manual operation
Valves with actuators fitted with a handwheel
can be manually closed or opened in the
event of failure of the auxiliary energy sup-
ply.
7-2
7.3 CIP (cleaning-in-place)
CIP can be performed with commonly used
cleaning fluids.
Î Observe the applicable hygiene regula-
tions.
7.4 SIP (sterilization-in-place)
SIP can be performed using steam at a tem-
perature up to 180 °C for a maximum of
30 minutes.
Î Observe the applicable hygiene regula-
tions.
EB 8048-2 EN