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Red Valve Pinch Valves saw their first service in the mining industry, and are commonly specified for the demanding applications found in mining operations. Here we see a 20" Series 70 Open Frame Manual Pinch Valve installed on a pipeline that carries rock tailings from the ore processing plant. The valve's open-frame design makes it lightweight and enables the operator to tell at a glance the valve's position. Manual Pinch Valves, with their abrasion-resistant all-elastomer sleeves, are ideally suited to this harsh work. Solid rock particles pass through the Pinch Valve's 100% full port elastomer sleeve, the valve's only wetted part. When the valve is throttled, the solid particles bounce off the elastomer, which absorbs the energy of the impact.