Knife gate valve - Slide Valve

The knife gate valve, also known as a slide gate valve, is one of the most important components in industrial pipeline construction. It plays an essential role in regulating the flow of liquids, suspensions or other media by raising or lowering a plate, the so-called “gate valve”. Thanks to its slim design, the knife gate valve takes up very little space on the pipe, making it ideal for tight installation situations.

A particularly great advantage of this shut-off device is that an almost unimpeded flow is guaranteed when the gate valve is fully open, allowing the medium to flow with only minimal flow losses. The gate valve surfaces are usually wedge-shaped to ensure a perfect seal. Or they are also equipped with parallel wedges, which is useful when abrasive or fibrous media are used.

Knife gate valves can be found in a wide range of industries, from the paper and pulp industry to wastewater technology, the chemical and food industries and even mining. Thanks to their robust design and the possibility of using various sealing materials, they are a genuine and versatile choice. They are also available as manual, pneumatic or electrically operated shut-off devices, depending on their purpose, which means that they can be perfectly integrated into automated processes.

Knife gate valve: stainless steel and grey cast iron

The knife gate valve is a versatile valve for industrial applications. Made from robust materials such as stainless steel and grey cast iron, the knife gate valve has a slide mechanism housed in a robust body. The slide gate valve can be operated manually with a handwheel or automatically with pneumatic or electric actuators, including quick-closing options. The slide-gate valve can be sealed on one or both sides with metal, NBR and EPDM seals. Fergo offers the gate valve with integrated wiper, PTFE-Synt./NBR/PTFE-Synt. and PTFE-Synt./EPDM/PTFE-Synt. seals. They are essential in industries such as the chemical industry, waste water treatment and food production to optimise efficiency and maintain system integrity. Easy to install and highly customisable, gate valves are the best solution for many piping designs.