Pinch Valves

Sentinel Process has partnered with Carten to offer a line of sanitary pinch valves with unique advantages over traditional “throw-away” polymer components for shut-off single-use applications in bioprocessing.  All tubing brands and compounds can be operated indefinitely from batch-to-batch with no physical break to the process tubing thus preventing any possibility of contamination. The Carten pinch valve is a robust design manufactured using polished stainless steel.  These feature-rich pinch valves are customizable with quick turn-around time.

Key Features:

• Fits over existing tubing – no product exposure or breaks in tubing


• Multi-Use functionality


• Suitable for any tubing brand or compound


• Interchangeable tube holder and compressor allows 2 valve bodies to support over 60 tube configurations


• Fully autoclavable


• Optional automated flow control


• Optional real-time analytics for real-time monitoring


• Optional open/close feedback sensor


• Optional lock-out feature for User safety


• Suitable for high pressure and solvents


• XL version for high-pressure applications


• Variety of mounting options

Typical Applications Include:

• Single-Use Filling


• Single-Use Filtration


• Single-Use Ultra-Pure Water Production


• Single-Use Biopharmaceutical manufacturing


• Single-Use Cell Culture


• Single-Use Chromatography


• Single-Use Aseptic biochemical production