How to: Clean a Quick-Clean Rotary Valve

Posted by Paul Bowman on Nov 14, 2022

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Cleaning the kitchen, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning your house after an epic party… These are all painful but necessary.

Cleaning a Quick-Clean Valve with RotorRails is pretty much guaranteed to be faster than any of these. That’s because it’s built on a rail system, which means you can slide the rotor in and out of the housing for convenient cleaning. No special tools required.

But there are a few key steps to understand first. Once you get the hang of it, you can do the whole disassembly and cleaning process from start to finish in just a few minutes.

As always, be sure to shut down power and lock out/tag beforehand.

Wait, I don’t need tools?

Not really. There are two slightly different versions of the Quick-Clean valve: one with clamps and one with T-handles. Either way, all the tools you need are secured to the rotary valve itself, which means all you need are your cleaning supplies.

Time required: 5 minutes

(Option A) Clamp Method

One version of our Quick-Clean comes with two clamps. The steps are basically:

Release the clamps to the open position.
Slide out the rotor assembly from the housing.
Clean the rotor vanes and housing.
Install the rotor assembly into the housing and re-align the rotor with the drive shaft using the locating tool.
Lock the clamps into position.

Easy as pie.

(Option B) T-Handle Method

Follow this guide for the Quick-Clean model secured by several T-handles.

Step 1: Remove the T-Handles

Remove the 6 T-handles that secure the rotor assembly into the housing.

Step 2: Release the Endplate

Install 2 T-handles into the clearance holes nearest the top and bottom of the endplate. Screw the T-handles in until the endplate separates from the housing.

Step 3: Slide the Rotor Out

Slide out the rotor assembly from the housing.

Step 4: Clean Up!

Clean the rotor vanes and housing. It’s even faster with U-shaped rotor vanes!

Step 5: Push it Back

Install the rotor assembly into the housing. Remove the bearing cap cover and use the locating tool to align the rotor with the drive shaft.

Step 6: Tighten the T-Handles

Replace the bearing cap plug and locating handle. Replace all 6 T-handles to their original positions, and tighten them to secure everything back in place.