BWI: Bio-Chem Fluidics Pinch Valves Improve Diagnostic Systems Design

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Source: Bio-Chem Fluidics
Monday, February 21, 2011 11:00 AM IST (05:30 AM GMT)
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Bio-Chem Fluidics Pinch Valves Improve Diagnostic Systems Design


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, February 21, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Bio-Chem Fluidics helps original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) address clogging waste lines in clinical diagnostic systems with its solenoid operated pinch valves.

Many OEMs use the same rocker isolation valves from the core of the diagnostic instrument to control the system's waste line. While these valves are efficient at handling test sample and reagent flow, the higher flow rates and thicker consistencies of waste fluid often result in clogs. The diagnostic system must then be shut down, requiring expensive maintenance and part replacement to resume operation.

When pinch valves are used in waste lines, both the occurrence and severity of this problem are reduced. Bio-Chem Fluidics' pinch valves offer less flow restriction, simpler fluid paths, and larger minimum gaps than rocker valves to reduce the likelihood of clogging. Pinch tubing wears in a predictable manner for easy preventive maintenance scheduling, and can easily be replaced by the user without the need for a service technician.

Bio-Chem Fluidics pinch valves have few moving parts for reliable operation. Only the tubing comes in contact with the fluid path, and exterior surfaces can withstand common cleaning agents. There is no need for a complicated manifold block, allowing the valves to be incorporated into existing systems or new designs.

About Bio-Chem Fluidics

Bio-Chem Fluidics (www.biochemfluidics.com) is a world leading manufacturer of inert, miniature fluid handling components. Under its Bio-Chem Valve® and Omnifit® brands it offers complete fluid system solutions for a wide range of industries including analytical chemistry, clinical diagnostics and medical device manufacture, as well as a large labware portfolio for the scientific community. The company's design and prototyping expertise also enables it to offer simple modifications of standard products as well as completely customized designs. Bio-Chem Fluidics is a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has 4000 employees in 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's thriving economy in areas such as laboratory instrumentation, health, industrial safety, energy, water treatment and the environment. Halma has a hub office in Mumbai.

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CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080700, Srini@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0) 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com

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