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ABC Cork PP Inline Valve for Gravity Transfer

A two-port plastic inline valve for stopping gravity-transfer flow, with nominal half-inch barbed connections.

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The selected white two-port inline valve. No hose or filling equipment is supplied in the photograph.
The selected white two-port inline valve. No hose or filling equipment is supplied in the photograph.

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How this item fits your brewing setup

This valve sits in the liquid path between sections of transfer tubing. Its hand-operated control lets you interrupt a gravity transfer at that point. Compare it with an external pinch clamp if you prefer to control flow by compressing a suitable soft hose instead of adding a valve body and extra hose joints.

The selected source specifies nominal 1/2 in barbed ports. Its references to 7/16 in and 1/2 in poly tubing do not identify whether those hose figures are inside or outside diameters. Confirm the actual hose connection before choosing tubing from those labels; no catalogue hose is presented as a verified automatic match.

The supplier limits this plastic valve to gravity service and excludes hot liquids and pressurized transfer. Choose it for the corresponding cooled-liquid workflow. A hot process needs a component documented for that actual service, rather than an assumption based only on the word valve or the material of a different product.

The body can be disassembled for cleaning according to the selected supplier. Consider that access and the additional wetted connections when comparing it with a pinch clamp. The supported package is one valve, not a hose set, filling wand or siphon starter.

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Specifications & supplied details

Part role
Inline gravity-transfer valve
Material
PP plastic, selected source
Ports
Two barbed connections
Nominal barb designation
1/2 in
Control
Hand-operated
Maintenance feature
Disassembles for cleaning
Listing model
ABC-EQ-20012-EA
UPC
776982200126
Package
One valve

Before and during use

Advice for this reference

Before you choose

Confirm the actual hose bore and connection; unqualified 7/16 in or 1/2 in hose wording is not enough to establish fit.

Also check

Compare an external pinch clamp if the existing flexible line can be controlled without inserting a wetted valve body.

Documented use & care

The supplier describes the valve as disassemblable for cleaning. Follow the actual assembly directions when refitting its parts.

Connections & scope

Fit and useful limits

  • For gravity transfer; the selected supplier excludes hot liquids and pressure transfer.
  • No standard pipe thread, exact hose-bore range, calibrated flow rate or universal hose fit is claimed.
  • No exact lubricant compound or cleaning temperature is specified here.

Questions about this product

What else should you know?

Does half-inch mean a half-inch pipe thread?

The stated connections are barbs. No standard pipe-thread connection is established for this part.

Will it fit a hose labeled 7/16 in outside diameter?

That is not verified from the nominal wording. The valve’s claimed hose sizes do not state their diameter scope; confirm the actual bore-to-barb connection rather than equating those labels.

When should I compare a pinch clamp instead?

Compare one when a suitable soft hose can be compressed externally. This inline valve instead adds a wetted body and hose connections to the transfer path.

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