EasyFlow™ by InnoMatica Ltd

For further information please contact: Giovanni Bisutti, InnoMatica Ltd, 27 Newmarket Rd, Cambridge CB5 8EG, United Kingdom, (T) +44 (0) 7963 862 076, gb@innomatica.com

InnoMatica Ltd, an engineering R&D company based in Cambridge-UK, has developed and patented the EasyFlow™ hose coupling technology. EasyFlow™ is the only hose coupling technology offering all the following advantages:

• configuration of seals to prevent build up of chemicals or formation of microbial film in crevices;

• no entrapment of chemicals within compartment of the couplings after disconnection;

• no-spill disconnection; • provision of clear flow path allowing:

o pipeline flushing with a plug (pig); o reduced pressure drop and lower energy

consumption; • easy connection under pressure; • streamlined construction without levers

protruding from the body; • easy disassembling for routine maintenance; • internals easy to coat or line; • simple construction; and • ability to finely adjust the flow rate through the

coupling. The EasyFlow™ range of hose couplings is therefore suitable for applications requiring:

• full containment; • cleaning in place (CIP); • handling of fluids with suspended solids of

various dimension and shape; and • the option of line flushing with a pig.

Current couplings are only suitable for some of the above applications due to the following drawbacks: BALL VALVE COUPLINGS

• build-up of chemicals or formation of microbial film in crevices make them unsuitable for CIP;

• entrapment of chemicals in the ball lumen when disconnected;

• not fully leak-free when disconnecting; and • bulky due to the presence of operating levers.

DRY-DISCONNECT COUPLINGS

• internal parts within the flow path make them unsuitable for CIP;

• not suitable for fluids containing suspended solids;

• not suitable for flushing with a plug (pig); • relatively high pressure drop resulting in

increased energy consumption; • requiring a degree of effort when connecting

under pressure; and • bulky due to the presence of the handles.

BUTTERFLY VALVE COUPLINGS

• not suitable for fluids containing suspended solids;

• not suitable for flushing with a plug (pig); and • expensive.

PLUGS ENSURE NO-SPILLDISCONNECTION

SMOOTH TRANSITIONRESULTS IN VERY LOWPRESSURE DROP

EASY DISASSEMBLING FORROUTINE MAINTENANCE

INTERNAL SURFACES INCONTACT WITH MEDIA CANBE EASILY COATED ORLINED