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Valve Block VESTA® HWA & HXA

VESTA® valve blocks are compact and versatile sterile valves with two independent actuators. The concept of the single-piece housing enables merging, separating or diverting of product flow in tight space conditions.

VESTA® valve blocks offer optimized piping by simultaneously reducing dead spaces. In contrast to concepts with individual valves, solutions with VESTA® valve blocks reduce the required quantity of fittings and therefore also contribute to economical installation concepts.

Brand: GEA
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Product Overview
Main Components

Housing
VESTA® valve blocks are available with three (type HWA) or four (type HXA) connection ports by default. With the type HXA the intermediate chamber is executed for media transfer. The single-piece housing includes three sections and is produced from one solid piece. Further housing configurations are available upon request.

Internal Assembly
The PTFE bellows are identical with those for VESTA® shut-off valves. Bellows up to DN25, OD 1″ and ISO 33,7 include a tapered tip. All other valve dimensions include a regular flat seat area.

Actuator
Both actuators can be executed pneumatically or manually. The manual version is made of plastic in all cases. Pneumatic actuators are available in plastic or stainless steel, and the fail-safe (normally close or normally open) position can be easily reversed. Differential configurations of the two actuators are possible.

Control and feedback systems
Pneumatic actuators include a visual valve status indicator by default. Alternatively, visual indicators can be replaced by an open feedback unit or by using the adequate adaptor plate with a T.VIS® control and feedback system in various executions.

Technical data of the standard execution
Item Size
Nominal pressure valve 10 bar
Control air pressure Actuator NC - min. 5 bar, max. 10 bar
Actuator NO - min. 5 bar, max. 6 bar
Hermetic sealing element PTFE bellows
Surface quality in product area Ra ≤ 0.8
Material quality in product area AISI 316L
Max. operating temperature + 135 °C
Max. sterilization temperature + 150° for 60 min
VESTA® valve line

VESTA® Sterile Valves

Shut-off valve VESTA® H_A - valve distribution bulkhead connection
Shut-off valve VESTA® H_A - valve distribution bulkhead connection

VESTA® sterile valves are a true asset for applications from laboratory up to highly complex process plants especially in the pharmaceutical, biotech, cosmetics industry, but can also be used in the food industry.
Thanks to the hermetic sealing of the valve stem with a PTFE bellows, VESTA® sterile valves provide a maximum level of process line isolation and therewith contribute to customers’ product and process safety.

The VESTA® valve line is specifically designed to meet the highest requirements for sterile processes in the pharmaceutical, biotech and cosmetics industry. The valve program provides everything that is required to ideally serve these industries. The high-quality valve range consists of different valve types, and thanks to the modular build-up, the valves can also be tailor-made for specific process conditions and still meet all requirements from a regulatory point of view.

VESTA® valves can be seamlessly integrated into an automated process plant by using the T.VIS® control tops.

PTFE bellows as key element
VESTA® - PTFE bellows
VESTA® - PTFE bellows

Key element of VESTA® sterile valves is a single-piece PTFE bellows made of the material TFM 1705. Adding to its excellent chemical resistance against almost all media, TFM 1705 also complies with all standards relevant for the pharmaceutical industry, such as e.g. FDA 21 CFR 177.1550 and USP class VI. The high-value surface finish (Ra ≤ 0,8 μm), the seamless and hermetic sealing as well as the CIP/SIP optimized design are other characteristic features. The patented bellows sealing system safely separates the product-wetted area from the atmosphere in all process steps and furthermore seals the valve seat.

VESTA® at a Glance
  • Optimized flow and dead-space-free design
  • Optimized CIP/SIP cleanability
  • Hermetic sealing of the product-wetted area by PTFE bellows
  • Defined sealing pre-load by metallic stop
  • Valve in accordance with EHEDG design guidelines
  • Self-locking groove nut connection
  • Safe and easy maintenance
Overview of the

Valve type Metric Inch OD ISO
Shut-off valves DN 10 - DN 65 0.5” - 3” ISO 13.5 - ISO 76.1
Shut-off valves graduated DN 10 - DN 65 0.5” - 3” ISO 13.5 - ISO 76.1
Tank-bottom valves DN 10 - DN 65 0.5” - 3” ISO 13.5 - ISO 76.1
Valve blocks DN 10 - DN 65 0.5” - 3” ISO 13.5 - ISO 76.1
Sampling valves DN 10 - DN 15 0.5” - 0.75” ISO 13.5 - ISO 17.2 

* Additional valve sizes available upon request

Downloadable material
DE+EN Operating Instructions - VESTA Sterile Valves Valve block HWA-HXA
Operating Instruction
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GEA VESTA® Sterile valves - Brochure
Brochure
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GEA VESTA® Sterile valves - Catalog
Brochure
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