Sanitary valves are designed for use in applications requiring clean or sterile processing.  Sanitary valves are commonly used in dairy, food, pharmaceutical, medical, and chemical applications.  Common features include easy cleaning, crevice free, and polished contact surfaces.  Valve types include globe, diaphragm, pinch, knife or gate, needle, butterfly, ball, and plug.

  Media types that sanitary valves can be configured to work with include gases, liquids, and liquids with suspended solids.  The material temperature is the range of temperature that the valve can withstand and still function properly.  This relates to the media being transported, not the ambient or operating temperature outside of the system.