Today, we’re very excited to share with you details on SPXFlow’s/Waukesha’s new quick ship program for W60 series valves, covering the most common configurations of the W61 shut-off, W62 divert, and W68 throttling valves. WCB’s new valve quick ship program helps you get the most common WCB  60 series valves in 5 days or less! Models, Sizes, Bodies, & Actuation options for the Quick Ship Program As mentioned previously, the quick ship program covers W61, W62, and W68 valves in sizes 1”- 4” and the most common body configurations- C, T, and TT. Most types of pneumatic actuation are avai ..read more

Every day at Triplex, we are in and out of our customer’s high purity processing facilities. In doing our job day in and day out, we see a lot of different process applications and fluid transfer setups. Every high purity process has a few common elements, the most common of which being pumps and valves. We’ve spent a lot of time on this blog talking about different kinds of pumps, but today we’re going to take a closer look at valves, more specifically the most common type of valves we see in high purity process- ball valves and butterfly valves or quarter turn valves. So let’s get into it! W ..read more

Our mission at Triplex is to become the world’s leading provider of high purity fluid handling solutions. After thinking carefully about what that might look like, we’ve realized that not only do we need to be able to offer our customers equipment from industry leading brands like Graco and SPXFlow, we also need to be able to service and support our customers on equipment that’s already been deployed to the field. So today, we are very excited to announce our value-added service program, Triplex Facility Services. And in this post, we’ll take a look at our newest service capability- Sanitary V ..read more

If I had a dollar for every time I heard the “supply chain” blamed for a missed delivery or unexpected downtime, I wouldn’t be writing these blogs. I’d be on a beach in Ibiza. But alas, I don’t. So we’re back today to announce a new product offering from Triplex- our On Demand VMI program.  Navigating the supply challenges during good times can be difficult. In 2022, it’s close to impossible. But one thing has never been more true- failing to plan is planning to fail. And at Triplex, we believe the best way to help our customers plan is to meet them with our inventory where they’re at- th ..read more

One of the most common posts we see on Linkedin are photos of valve arrays. Not only do they photograph well, they also solve several challenges in modern food and beverage processing plants. But what is that thing with all those electronics in the Linkedin photos and why would a food processor use one? We’ll answer those questions in today’s post. So let’s start at the top- what is a valve manifold? A valve manifold, otherwise known as a matrix or an array, is an arrangement of valves (usually double seat or mix proof valves) designed to route multiple products and supporting fluids (like wat ..read more

Have you ever walked through an industrial fluid processing facility and seen a whole bunch of valves that appeared to be adorned with Christmas lights and wonder what those do? No, those are not what guides Santa’s sleigh to the end of the mayonnaise line, those are valve control tops. But what is a control top and what does it do? Let’s take a closer look. A valve control top serves three main functions. First, it provides status of the valve- is the valve open or closed? Second, it provides an “action”- the ability to open or close the valve. Finally, a control top provides feedback- did th ..read more

While most of the posts on this blog have focused on Waukesha’s industry leading Positive Displacement Pumps (the Universal 1, Universal 2, Universal 3, and Universal Twin Screw Pumps), today we’re going to pivot and provide an overview of another product SPXFlow and Waukesha are industry leaders in- sanitary single seat valves, specifically, the W60 series. Within the W60 series we have the W61, W62, W63, W64, W65, W68, and W262/W265. But what does each valve do? Let’s dig a little deeper. W61 & W63- General Purpose & Reverse Acting Shut Off Valves W61 Shut Off Valve Let’s start with ..read more

At Triplex, not only do we sell a lot of sanitary pumps, we are also the Midwest’s leading supplier of sanitary ball valves. One of the most common types of valves we see used in sanitary fluid handling applications are sanitary ball valves, often with “cavity filled seats” or “cavity fillers”. So what is a cavity filled ball valve? Let’s dig a little deeper. QSM Sanitary Ball Valve Let’s start by talking briefly about why we specify ball valves for high purity process applications in the first place. Sanitary ball valves offer inline full fluid flow with almost no pressure drop. This makes th ..read more

Our company, Triplex, is located in Schaumburg, IL. We’re close enough to the future home of the Chicago Bears in Arlington Heights that we’ll probably be able to sell parking on Sunday’s. We’re all big Bears fans at the office- and Packers haters of course- so when word leaked Monday that both General Manager Ryan Pace and Head Coach Matt Nagy had been fired and the Chairman, George McCaskey (pictured above) held a press conference outlining his future for the Chicago Bears and his search for the next leadership regime, we got to thinking- if we were going to “hire” a Sanitary Process Equipme ..read more

Tis’ the season. The season for gifts and jolly, to celebrate the year that was and all that is ahead. Throughout the last six months, this blog has focused on a number of different products from sanitary pumps to valves to control units. Today, we recap the three products we’re asking Santa for this year- the Waukesha Universal 3, the WR63CD valve for integral pressure relief, and a whole bunch of Wayland fittings & sanitary tubing. Let’s get into it! Waukesha Universal 3 Pump Waukesha Cherry Burrell- Universal 3 Positive Displacement Pump We’ve spent a number of posts talking about all o ..read more