star valve

star valve

[′stär ‚valv]
(food engineering)
In a machine for preparing puffed foods, a thick wheel with vanes that rotates in a tight-fitting cylindrical casing and transfers the product from a higher pressure to a lower pressure, or vice versa. Also known as rotary lock.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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