Oxygen Solenoid Valves for Industrial Applications
Ensuring Safety and Reliability in Oxygen Systems
Oxygen, while not flammable itself, significantly enhances combustion processes. In high concentrations, it lowers ignition points and increases flame temperatures, potentially leading to explosive scenarios. Therefore, components in oxygen systems must be meticulously cleaned to eliminate any combustible contaminants.
The Importance of Oxygen-Clean Solenoid Valves
Standard solenoid valves often contain machining oils, greases, and other lubricants from the manufacturing process. While these residues are acceptable in many applications, their presence in oxygen systems poses serious ignition risks. Complete degreasing is essential to prevent hazardous combustion events.
Solenoid Valve World's Oxygen-Clean Solutions
At Solenoid Valve World, we specialise in providing a range of fully degreased solenoid valves designed for clean oxygen environments, ensuring safety and reliability in oxygen service applications.
24-Hour In-House Oxygen-Clean Degreasing Service
For solenoid valves that can be fully disassembled, we offer a 24-hour in-house oxygen-clean degreasing service to ensure optimal safety and performance in oxygen applications.
Our Process:
Each valve is disassembled, cleaned, dried, and reassembled in a controlled clean area environment.
All handling is conducted by trained operators wearing clean room grade, non-powdered nitrile gloves to prevent contamination.
The degreased valves are individually sealed, labelled, and packaged for shipment to maintain cleanliness.
Final Oxygen Clean UV Light Inspection
Many machine oils naturally fluorescence when exposed to ultraviolet (UV-A) light at around 365 nm. After cleaning, we inspect components using a 365 nm UV light to reveal any residual oil. Under UV, even thin traces of contamination show up as bright streaks or patches against the cleaned surface.
To improve sensitivity, our UV light is fitted with a ZWB2 optical filter. This filter blocks the small amount of visible violet/blue light that even high-quality 365 nm LEDs emit. Without the filter, that visible “spill” can mask faint fluorescence—particularly inside small ports and bores—making it harder to spot contamination. With the filter in place, the background remains dark and any oil residue stands out clearly.
Service Limitations:
Not available for oxygen applications exceeding 10 Bar.
Not applicable for internal piston or coaxial valve designs, which must be factory-ordered pre-cleaned for oxygen service.
Advanced Degreasing Technology for Maximum Safety
We utilise a stainless steel manual hot water parts washer to submerge solenoid valve components in a highly concentrated alkaline water based cleaning solution.
Key Features of Our Cleaning Process:
Heated to +40°C, ensuring deep penetration and thorough removal of contaminants.
Effectively emulsifies, suspends, and removes heavy oils, greases, and metalworking lubricants.
Leaves no film or residue, making surfaces clean enough for plating, painting, or welding.
Includes a passivating inhibitor to temporarily prevent oxidation.
Eco-friendly alternative to vapour degreasers and ozone-depleting cleaning systems.
When used at a 35% concentration with water heated to +40°C, our cleaning agent eliminates odours and efficiently cleans a variety of metals, including steel, stainless steel, chrome, nickel, copper, brass, bronze, and iron. It is also compatible with aluminium when used according to specified guidelines.
Popular Brass solenoid valves 10 Bar Oxygen service.
Popular Stainless steel solenoid valves 10 Bar Oxygen service.
Pre-order Oxygen Clean Coaxial valves.
Related Links:
Find more solenoid valves for oxygen service. (Please choose either NBR, Viton and PTFE seals)
Read chemical compatibility guides.